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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective? We are active in construction with investments such as HOVER and Fieldwire and believe the entire sector is right for a digital and automation overhaul. billion into construction tech in 2018.

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Reveal raises $50M to espouse the benefits of partner ecosystems

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In a 2018 Accenture survey , 76% of business leaders said that current business models will be unrecognizable in the next five years, with ecosystems being the main change agent. “But most of the time, companies don’t know how to capture this value and don’t invest in partnerships. ”

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Searchlight puts new capital to work with expanded talent intelligence tools

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They started Searchlight in 2018 to develop technology that uses behavioral reference data and prescriptive analytics to give employers a more 360-degree view of a potential candidate’s strengths and weaknesses that might not appear on a resume or come out during an interview.

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Data show 2021 was a bonkers, record-setting year for venture capital

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Data collected from a number of sources indicates that last year set venture capital records around the world. From dollars invested to deal volume, sectors and geographies posted their strongest performance and excelled on essentially every continent. Venture capitalists went hard in 2021. A record year ‘round the world.

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Latent AI, which says it can compress common AI models by 10x, lands some key backing

TechCrunch

In a press release last month about Booz Allen’s investment in Latent AI, Steve Escaravage, an SVP at the government services agency, noted that the “ability to collect, analyze and quickly act on data is at the core” of the U.S.’s “This is the only one I have invested in,” he says.

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Landbot closes $8M Series A for its ‘no code’ chatbot builder

TechCrunch

We last chatted to Landbot back in 2018 when it raised a $2.2 It says the coronavirus pandemic has supercharged demand for conversational landing pages as all sorts of businesses look for ways to automate higher volumes of digitally inbound customer comms, without needing to make major investments in in-house IT.

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Why India Leads in Digital Payments

Andreessen Horowitz

In particular, we’ve seen several relevant developments: Co-lending lowers the cost of capital for digital lenders The introduction of co-lending regulations in 2018, and subsequent amendments to it, have materially lowered the cost of funds for digital lenders. Over the past 5+ years, RBI has enacted regulations at a rapid pace.