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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. 80 percent of construction firms are having trouble hiring craft workers ( Associated General Contractors of America from August 2018 ).Today, billion into construction tech in 2018. USA News ).Labor

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

TechCrunch

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. ” Before launching Reveal in 2020, Bouchez was the CEO of Multiposting, an HR tech startup, until 2018, when it was acquired by SAP.

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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

provides aquatic data collection services and aquatic drones that work in pods of 1- 20 to collect data at unprecedented scale at orders of magnitude less cost. 2018 Libboo Accelerating great stories and big ideas. Jaia Robotics Inc. Jaia Robotics Inc.

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Formstack raises $425M for a no-code platform that helps businesses automate their customer and internal workflows

TechCrunch

He said the company raised this round not because it needed the funds to operate — it is profitable — but because it sees helping non-tech users in this way as a very big opportunity, worth some $100 billion globally. “Now we are not only focused on data collection, but document generation.”

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Seraphim Capital’s space tech accelerator releases details of its newest Space Camp cohort

TechCrunch

Kinnami has created a unique storage and security system, ‘AmiShare’, which fragments and encrypts data. By storing these encrypted fragments across a distributed network of devices, it can secure data collected on the edge and have application within Satcoms, Defence and Enterprise.” ” Starfish Space.

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How Amazon’s continued expansion into healthcare could buoy the sector

TechCrunch

The tech behemoth originally entered the health sector after it acquired PillPack , an online pharmacy, in 2018 and later rebranded as Amazon Pharmacy. It’s a better multiple/comp than we are seeing in the public markets right now and shows that there are valuable exit opportunities for companies even in a downturn or icy IPO market.”.

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Why India Leads in Digital Payments

Andreessen Horowitz

It was shockingly difficult for a low income person to access consumer credit at the time, which presented an opportunity for fintech companies like Branch to extend availability to digital lending. Only 11% of micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India have access to formal credit, and 60% of all credit demand is unmet.