Eight student teams received critical feedback and encouragement about their entrepreneurial ideas while making presentations before a panel of Rose-Hulman alumni during this year’s Techstars Startup Weekend on campus. There was no shortage of entrepreneurial ideas from teams of Rose-Hulman students that spent a weekend participating in the Techstars Startup…
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Each year, the Chinese Ali-Baba editor, owner of Ali Express, competes for rising startups called Create. Out of 1000 competitors, they finished 7th, including the Israeli Wise-Smoker. What is being tested in the competition is technology, business potential, and product adaptation to the Chinese market. This year, a white-and-white startup…
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Grenoble, France-based startup Diabeloop has secured €31m in a Series B funding round led by Cemag Invest, with ADAG, Odyssée Venture, previous backers Supernova Invest, Air Liquide Venture Capital and others also participating. WHAT THEY DO Founded in 2015 out of a medical research project, the company’s primary product is…
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PCComponentes, the main technology company in the Region and established as one of the ‘big ten’ of the Murcian economy according to Top Empresas Murciadiario 2019, takes another step in its commitment to growth and wants to do it in the hands of the most incipient companies , the startups.…
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The Heliogen firm managed to generate extreme solar heat that could be used in the production of steel and cement without polluting emissions. A very reserved startup backed by Bill Gates, has achieved a solar advance to save the planet. Heliogen is a company that recently discovered a way to…
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Workforce management startup Deputy has doubled in size since raising $111 million in funding last year but its founders are trying to ignore the hype of predictions it will be Australia’s next tech unicorn. “Being a unicorn, I don’t think it should be anyone’s focus, it’s just an outcome of…
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Financial institutions know how to calculate the risk of serving traditional businesses, although for the firms touching cryptocurrency, the math is still a bit fuzzy. The assumption of added regulatory hurdles and money-laundering fears, have led to a widespread problem, and most likely your bank would rather just not deal…
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China’s pivot to Africa Three African fintech startups; OPay, PalmPay and East African trucking logistics company Lori Systems, closed large fundraises this year. On their own, the deals aren’t particularly notable, but together, they expose a new trend within the African startup ecosystem. This year, those three companies brought in…
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Even the most ambitious attendees at Twin Cities Startup Week in October would have been hard-pressed to make it to every event. Along with dozens of inspiring speakers, networking sessions, and educational classes, more than 100 startups from around the state exhibited their businesses and discussed where they’re headed. The…
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It’s time to expand the horizons of microscopy, according to Israeli startup Augmentiqs, as the instruments — used for seeing small objects invisible to the naked eye — have remained essentially unchanged since their invention some 400 years ago. It’s still an “analog box that uses glass and light,” said…
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