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ACA Receives an NSF Award to Connect Early Stage Capital to Deep Tech Innovations

Angel Capital Association

For Immediate Release Alexandria, VA (October 4, 2023) – The Angel Capital Association (ACA) has received an $123k award from the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIPs) designed to catalyze private investment in the Deep Tech Sector. Margaret Bacheler, Ed.d.,

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Packworks makes operations easier for sari-sari stores in the Philippines

TechCrunch

Packworks has now onboarded 150,000 stores and wants to have 220,000 stores by the end of 2022 and 500,000 by the end of 2023. The Pack SuperStore app enables sari-sari owners to process their business’ inventory, bookkeeping and data collection. It also gives access to financial products and supply ordering at a cheaper price.

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Is ocean conservation the next climate tech? 7 investors explain why they’re all in

TechCrunch

We have to think beyond community beach cleanups — there are actually extremely investable approaches to solving the plastic problem.” Seafood traceability solutions; ropeless traps; microalgae and seaweed are a hugely untapped resource with multiple market opportunities; ocean and weather data collection and analysis.

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How to Make $100,000 from an Online Event

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Increased data collection: Online events offer greater opportunities for data collection , including attendee demographics, behavior, and preferences. This data can be used to improve future events and marketing efforts. What about in 2023? A timeless tactic, you can charge a ticket fee to attend the event.

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NebulaGraph reaps from China’s growing appetite for graph databases

TechCrunch

That’s not the end of data collection. That means auto companies need more robust tools to process the ocean of data they own, which is where graph databases come into play. “You could still find relationships in data before, but relational databases become very slow as the data set grows,” explained Yu.

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The New Drug Delivery Challenge: How Will Cures Reach Patients?

Andreessen Horowitz

2023 was a particularly challenging year for churn in Medicaid populations (due to redeterminations ) as well as commercially-insured populations ( 33% of employees left their job within the first year). But health insurance churn rates can be relatively high.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Over the last few years, we’ve seen many entrepreneurs begin to tackle challenges in the construction world using robotics and AI, ranging from data-collection to completion of actual construction tasks like electrical wiring, drywall installation, concrete pouring, pad leveling and much more.