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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

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The group occupies some familiar spaces for past investments, with a focus on niche social communities, mobile media tools and augmented reality. Snap investment Hardworkers. TRASH : an app for quickly editing social video cuts using machine learning. Yellow investment SketchAR. making their way to Los Angeles.

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London and SF have become Impact Tech hubs, with 280% increase in VC in 5 years

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New research has found that San Francisco and London have become two of the world’s leading hubs for VC investment into tech solutions that address one or more of the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more commonly referred to as “Impact Tech” They are followed by Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing.

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Miso Robotics Boots Up Crowdfunding Campaign, Seeks $30M

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The company said it is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop robots to complete "mundane tasks" in the kitchen. The company said it had a $80M pre-money valuation in 2019. The company says that individual investors can make investments in the crowdfunding effort for a minimum of $1500.

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Elementary Robotics is making its quality assurance robots commercially available

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Machine learning paired with humans always performs better,” says Barnehama. million in financing that Elementary closed at the end of 2019. In Elementary Robotics, Islam saw a company that could compete with large, publicly traded businesses like Cognex. We’re not really a lights-out factory.”

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Investment in Technology and Automation Across Industry in LA County

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Thursday, March 21, 2019 -- R.E.D Talk: Investment in Technology and Automation Across Industry in LA County. Technological innovations like artificial intelligence and automation are impacting how businesses are looking to the future investments in their organizations, and their industries as a whole.

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How To Be A Leader When Machines Are Smarter Than You

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Yet most executives are struggling with how to harness this data with artificial intelligence and machine learning, and use it to hone their intuition and improve their business leadership. Your job is thinking big enough about your future opportunities, and letting the data and machine learning do the incremental work.

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Reflections on 2019: Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital

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Thin Line Capital launched its first fund, closed its first three investments, and brought a dedicated energy/sustainability venture capital firm to southern California. The challenge is finding the right investor with the right match for any given company - stage, sector, investment thesis, check size, etc. READ MORE>>.