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The gray revolution: Fundraising within the older adult space

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Lawrence Kosick is the co-founder of GetSetUp , the largest online learning community designed specifically for older adults. We see an emphasis on young founders (“40 Under 40”), innovative ideas and disruptive challenges to legacy brands, incumbent companies and “old” ways of thinking. billion in 2050. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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These changes will create opportunities for founders across the entire stack of computer-aided design tools for architects, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools, and finally integration with 3-D environmental models to understand and design the lifetime impact of the buildings.

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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 one that’s working really surprisingly well is the disruption insurance.” “Price freeze is a good example.

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FarmSense uses sensors and machine learning to bug-proof crops

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“Some of these bugs only live as adults for like five days, so by the time you know you have a problem, the problem has already taken root and is now a bigger problem,” said Eamonn Keogh, a co-founder of FarmSense. Assisting on the development and deployment are entomologists and field specialists, including co-founder Leslie Hickle.

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The biggest moonshots in YC’s S22 batch

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And while the accelerator says it only looks at founders when investing in startups, not sector, category or idea, more money in the pipeline may be empowering enough to attract a different cohort of founders. The co-founders have a balance in backgrounds. – Harri Weber. – Haje Kamps. hospital systems.

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Mistaking performance for competence

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That’s doubly the case if you’re a founder who can see the end of the runway looming on the horizon. Rodney Brooks (Rethink Robotics) at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017. That’s already a huge shift from all of the automation firms that were flying high during the pandemic. At very least, this is going to be a new hurdle.

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Salesforce leads $15M investment in Asian HR tech platform Darwinbox

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“India is home to one of the world’s youngest populations, and by 2050, it is expected to account for over 18% of the global working age population,” said Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairperson and CEO, Salesforce India, in a statement.