A Mercury News article from earlier this week reported that, “Money to find the next big thing is flowing into Silicon Valley at the highest rate since the dot-com boom — and there does not seem to be a bubble in sight. “In 2017, U.S. venture capital companies dished out $84 billion to 8,000 technology startups… Continue Reading
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U.S. Venture Capital Firms Invest $84 billion in Tech in 2017, Returns Slower Than in the Past
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Driveless Car Startup Aurora Innovation Inc. Gets Backing from Volkswagen and Hyundai
Tim Higgins reported earlier this month at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “In the race to develop driverless cars, Volkswagen AG and Hyundai Motor Co. are placing bets on a Silicon Valley startup founded a year ago by the former leaders of autonomous vehicles at Google and Tesla. “Aurora Innovation Inc. on Thursday announced separate partnerships… Continue Reading
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FoodMaven, a Startup to Cut Food Waste, Gets Backing from Walton Family
Bloomberg writer Craig Giammona reported earlier this week that, “Members of the Walton family, heirs to the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fortune, are backing a startup that thinks it can turn a profit by reducing food waste. “The business, called FoodMaven, has completed an $8.6 million Series A fundraising round that includes financing from the billionaire Walton… Continue Reading
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Investors Questioning Viability of Meal-kit Startups
Heather Haddon reported yesterday at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “Investors are losing their appetite for meal kits. “Just a few years ago, the business of delivering packages containing premeasured ingredients that people assembled into meals was a novel one, drawing hundreds of millions of dollars from venture capitalists and other investors. “Now, many… Continue Reading
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Investors Ploughed at least $700m into Agricultural Tech Companies in 2017
Chloe Cornish reported today at The Financial Times Online that, “More money went into funding agricultural technology start-ups last year than the previous two combined, as battle lines were drawn between traditional ‘big ag’ companies and some of the Silicon Valley venture capitalists looking to upend the multibillion-dollar industry. “Investors ploughed more than $700m into… Continue Reading
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“Habit,” A Nutrition Start-Up Based on DNA
Tracey Lien reported yesterday at the Los Angeles Times Online that, “When Liesl Bettencourt of Pleasanton, Calif., turned 50 recently, she decided it was time to get into shape. She signed up with Habit, an Oakland start-up that offers personalized nutrition recommendations, coaching and meals. And as soon as Habit sent her an initiation kit,… Continue Reading
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Cargill Inc. and Ecolab Look to Fund Ag Related Startups
Jackie Crosby reported earlier this week at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune Online that, “In an effort to jump-start innovation in the agriculture industry, Cargill Inc. and Ecolab said Monday they will launch a program to fund entrepreneurs and startups beginning in early 2018. “The companies are working with Techstars on an initiative called the Farm to… Continue Reading
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China’s Venture-Capital Firms are Raising Heaps of Money
Li Yuan indicated yesterday at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “David Su was one of China’s first venture capitalists. A month after starting out in 2000, the dot-com bubble burst. For much of the year, he and his partners scraped to raise $33 million to invest in China’s nascent internet industry. “Despite that initial… Continue Reading
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Venture Capital Firms are using Algorithms to Find Start-Ups
Maija Palmer indicated yesterday at The Financial Times Online that, “One of the biggest challenges for venture capital companies is finding interesting investment targets before anyone else. It is often a laborious, travel-intensive job. But machine learning and predictive analytics are starting to transform how an investor puts a portfolio together. “‘My job used to… Continue Reading
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Farming Technology Startup Indigo Raised More than $200 million from Investors
Reuters wrier Heather Somerville reported earlier this week that, “Farming technology startup Indigo has raised more than $200 million from investors to fund its efforts to reform how crops including wheat, soybeans, cotton and corn are grown around the world. “The Boston-based company announced on Wednesday an additional $47 million investment led by the Investment… Continue Reading
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