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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

From 2003-2022 the River Valley Investors operated as a traditional angel group, investing in nearly 100 startups. For posterity, here are some of the more recent investments… 2022 Hubly Surgical Hubly Surgical has an advanced drill, complete with auto-stop and visual feedback, to make medical drilling safe across underserved settings.

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China’s Ellipspace Receives 100 Million Yuan Funding for Satellite Innovation

AsiaTechDaily

It will serve as a platform supporting digital applications, providing valuable solutions in various sectors, such as smart inspection of electric power and oil infrastructure, supervision of marine equipment and facilities, and ecological environment monitoring. It will provide database support for the future development of smart Earth.

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EO Members Share Entrepreneurial Trends for the New Year

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Travel is going to be one of the biggest investments companies will make, and it will be well worth it. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in this sector for commercial-scale facilities. Be it a product or service, technology and digital tools add to enhanced reach, innovation and overall customer experience.

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Hong Kong’s Brinc Launches Climate Tech Program to Support Early-Stage Startups in Carbon Dioxide Removal Solutions

AsiaTechDaily

In addition to its accelerator programs, Brinc offers investment services and distributed innovation strategies to support corporations in sourcing new startups and technologies. Headquartered in Hong Kong Brinc is a prominent global venture accelerator that operates 13 accelerator programs across seven countries.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

When Marc Cenedella first started TheLadders, he build the first version himself after investing $350 in MySQL and PHP books to teach himself to code. HackNY is a terrific example of how academics should be inspiring innovation. So what role, then, should local schools be playing in the innovation ecosystem? It was easy peasy.

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Marie Ekeland launches 2050, a new fund with radically ambitious, long-term goals

TechCrunch

She invested in adtech firm Criteo, which later became a public company in the U.S. While she’s no longer involved with Daphni’s day-to-day activities, she still follows her own investments in Daphni’s first fund. Her investments include Shine , Swile , Holberton School and Lifen. Investment is self-fulfilling,” Ekeland told me.

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Founders from MIT With a Plan to Change How We Grow and Eat Food

Both Sides of the Table

Today we’re proud to talk more about Grove Labs – we really hope you’ll quickly check out this innovative product and we think many of you will be as impressed with Grove as we have been. The initial investment certainly wasn’t a consensus decision at Upfront, but that’s how we invest. We loved the idea.

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