[Oxx in TechCrunch] The era of the European insurtech IPO will soon be upon us
Once the uncool sibling of a flourishing fintech sector, insurtech is now one of the hottest areas of a buoyant venture market. Read...
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Newsletter: Israeli tech enters hypergrowth
Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: Materials Zone Israel’s tech sector enters hypergrowth Join us online for XTC regional finals Medtronic taps Surgical Theater’s fighter-jet simulation for brain surgery TheraRay takes anti-money laundering to the cloud Bill Gross: Launchpad will ‘disrupt manufacturing forever’ Overtime Sports raises $80M from Bezos, Drake and A-listers Syqe Medical gets Canada go-ahead for cannabis inhaler Introductions More than 1,100 high-tech jobs Startup of the Week: Materials Zone: $6M raised for materials discovery Our new portfolio company Materials Zone, which uses AI to speed up the search for new materials, has raised $6M for its Series A round led by Insight Partners together with OurCrowd, TechCrunch reports. OurCrowd investors can still participate. Materials science is becoming increasingly important for innovations in batteries, nanomaterials, solar fuels, and much more, but few companies are fully able to optimize and analyze the huge trove of data necessary for material discovery. The Materials Zone platform normalizes data, applies AI and ML algorithms, and allows customized analysis that significantly reduces time to market and R&D expenses. “Understanding the science...
Read More[BlueNalu in Nikkei Asia] Thai Union and Mitsubishi tie up with US startup on lab-grown seafood
BANGKOK — Asia has a voracious appetite for seafood, but global fishing stocks are already under critical pressure. To help alleviate this problem, top canned-tuna producer Thai Union Group and Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. are tying up with BlueNalu, a California startup that cultures seafood from cells. Read...
Read More[Beyond Meat in Plant Based News] Beyond Meat Vegan Chicken ‘Coming Soon’, Says Report
Plant-based brand Beyond Meat is launching vegan chicken later this year, a new report claims. Read...
Read More[yulife in HRD] YuLife introduces five days paid miscarriage leave – for both parents
For Cali Gold, implementing paid miscarriage leave was a no-brainer. As head of people at London-based insurance firm YuLife, Gold believes that miscarriage leave should be available to both parties involved – the pregnant person and the partner. Read...
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