Investors Want Authenticity More Than Promise
In a time of tighter financial conditions, VCs are cautious about their investments, and this is more important than ever.
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Shannon Nangle Named MIT Top Innovator Under 35
Shannon Nangle, 33, is the founder of Circe Bioscence and has built a fermentation technology that converts carbon dioxide and hydrogen into fats for the food industry. “This technology will allow us to produce fats to make meat alternatives juicier and more savory, ice cream and cheese alternatives creamier, and cacao butter for truly guilt-free … Read more
SynthesisAI: Fall 2023 Release
Easier, faster, more powerful. Introducing Synthesis Humans & Synthesis Scenarios Our mission here at Synthesis AI has been the same since our initial launch: To enable more capable and ethical AI. Our unique platform couples generative AI with cinematic CGI pipelines to enable the on-demand generation of photorealistic, diverse and perfectly labeled images and videos. … Read more
Conquering the abyss: scaling biomanufacturing without the tank
The immense potential of synthetic biology. The biorevolution, decades in the making, is well underway and synthetic biology (synbio) is progressing at a blistering speed, said to be even outpacing Moore’s law (which states that computing power doubles every two years). This rapid progression in synbio is largely owed to the growing interface between biology … Read more
Rapid Robotics x Kira x TechCrunch Live
The two are experts on selling technical services, and during this TechCrunch Live event, they walk through their processes.
The Machine-to-Machine Learning Vector
While industry 4.0 has traditionally been focused on manufacturing, the Machine-to-Machine Learning (M2ML) value proposition is extensible to a much wider scope of new industries
Human-Machine Convergence: The Intersection of Early Investments & Profound Opportunity
Machines Will Win.
This statement may sound dystopian and alarming, but what it means in the simplest terms is that the next major evolution in technology is currently underway as the advancement of machines outpaces human capacity.
Snapcommerce grabs its cape and becomes Super
Mobile shopping experience company Snapcommerce is moving from commerce to fintech, unveiling both a new name, Super, and a new credit card product. The company, which raised $85 million last year, describes its SuperCash card as a “first-of-its-kind, debt-protecting card” that provides users with rewards and cash back in a way that enables them to build credit. … Read more
Skycatch’s Drone-Enabled Data Collection Takes On New Territory
Bee Partners portfolio company Skycatch, which recently closed a $25M raise with support from ABD Ventures and Wavemaker, doesn’t consider itself a drone company at all. That’s why, when Founder and CEO Christian Sanz talks about Skycatch, he talks less about the drones Skycatch deploys, and more about the problems being solved by the computer-vision … Read more
A Hive for Entrepreneurs: Michael Berolzheimer, BS’00, and Kira Noodleman, BA’08
Written by Jennifer Plant Johnston, MLAS’21 for Vanderbilt Magazine, original article can be viewed here. San Francisco-based venture capital firm Bee Partners now boasts two Vanderbilt graduates among its leadership: Founder Michael Berolzheimer and Kira Noodleman, who recently was promoted to partner. The two met in 2008 when Noodleman applied for a summer internship while she … Read more