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Upp wants to add more broccoli to the plant-protein mix using big automation

TechCrunch

based agtech startup that’s using computer vision AI plus farm-sized proprietary machinery to expand crop yields. “They’ve using a depth-sensing camera with the 3D piece in it to determine the size of that head. What is automation good for?

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Eight Ben Franklin TechCelerator Finalists Chosen from Erie, Pennsylvania!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Out of 14 applicants, eight finalists were selected to participate in Ben Franklin Technology Partner’s TechCelerator Business Bootcamp , a program designed to help entrepreneurs explore the likelihood of success for a startup business idea. Over the past ten years, the program has helped create dozens of new tech startups.

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

TechCrunch

If you think embedded insurance is the only hot thing in insurtech these days, we’ve got a surprise in store for you: While it’s true that startups that help sell insurance together with other products and services are enjoying tailwinds, there are plenty of other opportunities in the space, several investors told TechCrunch+.

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Extra Crunch roundup: B2B marketplaces, edtech M&A, breaking into the $1M ARR club

TechCrunch

These articles are only available to members, but you can use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one or two-year subscription. B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups. trillion by 2024. trillion by 2024. B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

Talent in 2024. Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. Are we putting our energy into sustaining those relationships by being there to offer counsel or introductions? How can we help the team get calibrated on the role? Where are we putting our energy?

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Solar Foods wants to replace industrial animal farming with a high-tech protein harvest

TechCrunch

But if this 2017-founded Finnish startup, Solar Foods , has its way fermentation could have a very special place in the future of human food too. The industrial biotech startup is working on bringing a novel protein to market — one it says will offer a nutritious, sustainable alternative to animal-derived proteins.

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Mistaking performance for competence

TechCrunch

That’s why so much of our robotics coverage revolves around startups and venture funding. I’d be lying if I told you that every week was an embarrassment of riches here at Actuator HQ (a one-bedroom in a Queens office managed by a mischievous lionhead rabbit mix), but I’ve thus far been happy with the flow of news. More M&A?