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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. Finishing is the ripest for disruption.

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

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The UN predicts that by 2050, this proportion will rise to more than two thirds. Feeding the City Start Up has now worked with 23 early-stage social enterprises, providing business mentoring, practical workshops, direct funding, and access to investment. More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities and urban areas.

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Hopper raises $170M and partners with Capital One on a new cardholder travel booking portal

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This is Hopper’s second raise in a year that has been marked by turmoil for the travel industry, owing to the disruptions caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. “And second is our thesis at Inovia — we invest in companies with the mindset of, ‘Does this company have a shot at being a global company?’

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The biggest moonshots in YC’s S22 batch

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Y Combinator’s latest participants are the second batch to land a $500,00 check as part of the accelerator’s recently refreshed standard deal. That’s a whole lot of potential mouths to feed; seafood consumption is poised to nearly double by 2050, per researchers at Stanford. – Harri Weber. So why is this a moonshot?