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Is ocean conservation the next climate tech? 7 investors explain why they’re all in

TechCrunch

Founders and investors have started to look for opportunities to conserve, and even enhance, the ocean’s resources rather than exploit them. Because the oceans take up so much of the planet and the space is relatively uncharted, there are plenty of opportunities for investors to find niches ripe with financial and environmental upsides.

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InstaDeep’s acquisition is a classic case of an African startup gone global 

TechCrunch

One of the reasons we founded InstaDeep was to show that there was real potential and opportunity for AI in Africa. I believe that AI is a huge opportunity for Africa and I’ve been vocal about it. As such, it is a great opportunity for the continent.”

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Developing Rapid-Response Plans for Cities to Help Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in This Time of Economic Crisis

Forward Cities

As the Economic Innovation Group states, “the startup-less recovery revealed one of the glaring failures of the response to the Great Recession.” Additionally, with crisis comes opportunity. As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it.

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Bright Cellars lands more funding to personalize its subscription-based wine collection

TechCrunch

Yau also talked about industry trends that he’s seeing because of all that data collection. But fortunately, so far for this year, we haven’t had any operational or supply-chain disruptions. RY: We’ve had conversations, more in terms of partnerships because we have lots of data and can help them.

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5 construction tech investors analyze 2022 trends and opportunities

TechCrunch

Often, industries that have great potential to be disrupted are also the most resistant to adopting bleeding-edge technology. While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. With the industry representing about 6.3% of the U.S.

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Navigating Supply Chain Disruption: 7 Strategies for Small Businesses

StartupNation

According to the weekly pulse data collected by the U.S. Wherever your business sits on the spectrum, you’ll want to follow these tips to navigate supply chain disruption. Wherever your business sits on the spectrum, you’ll want to follow these tips to navigate supply chain disruption. You got this!

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. Finishing is the ripest for disruption. Travis Connors, Building Ventures At Building Ventures, we see enormous opportunities developing for the use of robotics in construction over the next 20 years.