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PM Pham Minh Chinh’s Roadmap to Drive Vietnam’s Startup Ecosystem

AsiaTechDaily

Post-COVID-19, Vietnam attracted growing venture capital, reaching $634 million in 2022 and nearly $500 million in the first half of 2023. For this, he announced plans for initiatives like the Startup and Innovation Support Center, the Institute of Advanced Technology and Innovation, and the Revolution 4.0

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Governor Murphy Cuts the Ribbon at HAX Flagship U.S. HQ in Newark

American Entrepreneurship

HAX, which is operated by Princeton-based venture capital firm SOSV , provides support for emerging companies, including a $250,000 initial investment in each participating company, 180 days of hands-on collaboration, and a global community for early-stage founders building hard tech startups. This really is a truly unique place.”

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VCs at Freestyle, Plexo Capital and Sequoia join Startup Battlefield judges

TechCrunch

Twenty of the most promising and creative early-stage startups — chosen from the elite Startup Battlefield 200 — will bring the heat for $100,000 in the world-renown Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Lo Toney, the founding managing partner at Plexo Capital.

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Disney-backed Inworld raises new cash for its AI-powered virtual characters

TechCrunch

As illustrated by games like AI Dungeon, AI — while imperfect — can inject surprising creativity and novelty into branching narrative storytelling. “ Inworld is a creative platform for building virtual characters for immersive realities. Inworld AI was founded on this premise.

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Amplio helps companies find components when supply chain breaks down

TechCrunch

He conceived of and incubated the company as part of a program run by Koch and High Alpha Innovation , the program launched by former Exact Target execs to help startups with enterprise-focused ideas. The company currently has six employees, but plans to expand with the funding (which closed in May).

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Space startup Wyvern raises $4.5M and joins YC’s latest cohort

TechCrunch

I’ve covered Wyvern in the past, including when the startup participated in incubator Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)’s academic conference-like demo day back in 2019. Hyperspectral imaging can provide detail about previously hidden information, including the chemical makeup of the scene it captures.

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10 Questions for Brooklyn's Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

There's no specific agenda or goal, other than to bring together all of the people that have an interest in this great community and its ability to incubate cutting edge and creative ideas. Now we can honestly say that NYC is a great place to build a venture backed company.