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Venture capital and healthcare startups have had a tumultuous relationship over the past few years. Before the pandemic, the majority of venture investment in health tech and healthcare startups came from VCs focused on the sector. That changed in 2020, when seemingly every flavor of VC flooded into the market. Much of this newfound interest…

Brian Shirley Contributor Brian Shirley is a senior executive and adviser with more than 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. He serves on the Board of Regents of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and on the board of Advanced Energy. In the year since President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act,…

I have long flirted with the idea that I’m an audiophile, though I don’t typically spend thousands of dollars on either headphones or speakers, and I only sporadically indulge in lossless audio. True audiophiles would likely balk at my home Sonos system and penchant for AirPods (Pro and Max primarily), but I like to think…

Eliza Eddison Contributor Eliza Eddison is COO at FabricNano, a biocatalyst engineering company that enables the sustainable manufacture of products — including but not limited to industrial chemicals — at scale. When British prime minister Rishi Sunak appeared in front of the hastily assembled press on September 20, the letter-crammed slogan on his lectern caused…

Access to education in Bangladesh is filled with inequalities, say the founders of edtech 10 Minute School. Many rural areas don’t have good learning centers and as a result, students travel to capital Dhaka to prepare for their university admission exams. That option, however, is only available to families who have the financial means. Originally…

Lyon, France-based precision fermentation startup Bon Vivant, which is using biotech techniques to reprogram yeast microorganisms to produce animal-free milk proteins with a substantially lower environmental footprint than traditional dairy, credits clarity of strategy and execution for keeping its investors enthused at a time when raising remains a challenge for many tech founders. All the…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinAn Israeli police station in Sderot damaged during battles to dislodge Hamas militants who were stationed inside, on October 8 2023. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images When family members send in photos of their missing loved ones, Corsight AI’s technology checks for matches…

A Japanese fund focused on early-stage, Asian deep tech startups is doubling down on the opportunity, despite a wider slowdown investing in moonshots globally. Tokyo-based Beyond Next Ventures is targeting up to ¥25 billion (about $168 million) for BNV Fund 3, its third fund, and today, the venture capital firm said it completed a first…