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‘Insane’ — UK tech reacts to government moves that might hand UK startups contract to Barclays Bank

TechCrunch

Barclays had applied for the contract through its network of Eagle Labs incubators , some of which have physical locations, but most do not. We can’t hand the support to the tech ecosystem to an incumbent bank! We need to shout this into oblivion. Everyone needs to know how mad this is,” he said.

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Opportunity Amid Volatility

Haystack

Now that everyone knows the stakes of a Facebook-like outcome, there’s more money looking to fund and fuel web-scale network-effect businesses. They’ll have to back up the truck for their best companies, take acquisitions off the table, and go right after the incumbents head-on. Money has been coming into the U.S.

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African healthtech startups in the supply chain segment show rapid growth, spurring a $7M investment initiative

TechCrunch

And save from mPharma, which has a network of Mutti pharmacies and recently raised $35 million to build out its telehealth and e-commerce offerings, funding has been few and far between for B2B distribution healthtech startups.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

Any area that needs to compete both with incumbents and also a set of already successful “new age” companies that made the first step of meaningful disruption. The army plays an important role in the socialization, education, skills development, social network and fabric of Israeli society.

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