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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. Dr. Margaret Bacheler, Ed.d.,

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Innovation in the Financial Markets: Seventy Years of Hedge Funds

Tomasz Tunguz

Since that era, hedge funds have innovated roughly every decade or so. With that backdrop, the first quant funds formed to forecast price swings in commodities and capitalize on correct calculations. And without a doubt, these firms will continue to innovate and push the market forward.

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Tokyo-based Startup FLUX Raises $32M in Series B Funding for its No-Code AI Platform

AsiaTechDaily

Register Tokyo-based startup FLUX has secured $32 million in a Series B funding round led by DNX Ventures, a venture capital firm. The company boasts a monthly data collection volume of over 100 terabytes through its services, which is utilized to train and enhance its models.

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Social AI Platform Chai reaches 100M+ Chats, Strategic CoreWeave investment announced

American Entrepreneurship

CoreWeave’s Cloud will handle every message sent on the social AI platform Those in the know say we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution—and that it is hard to predict what innovations will emerge. This brings total capital invested to date to $10 million, giving Chai a $450 million valuation.

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STARTUPS RECEIVE INVESTMENT FROM BEN FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

The largest early-stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin provides investment capital, business support services, BIG IDEA Contests, and Startup Boot Camps to emerging tech-entrepreneurs and small manufacturers located in central and northern Pennsylvania. WE INVEST IN INNOVATION. . For more information: [link].

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Investors discuss how labor shortage is shaking up the construction tech stack

TechCrunch

Construction’s digital transformation journey is only just beginning, and the sector offers a ton of space for innovation. And the overall consensus seems to be that the pandemic was a big boost to innovation as stakeholders realized the need to observe and direct work remotely.

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

TechCrunch

For Deena Shakir, a partner at Lux Capital, the move by Amazon shows the value of healthcare for leading tech companies. Amazon just frankly made what I would argue is one of the classic mistakes in innovation,” Aoun said. They’re trying to rebuild the old world. Talkspace and BetterHelp have been in the spotlight as the U.S.

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