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| 12.04.2025 | Lerer Hippeau's $200 Million Seed Fund: A New Chapter in Venture Capital | In the bustling heart of New York City, Lerer Hippeau has made waves again. The early-stage venture capital firm recently announced the closing of its ninth seed fund, raising a remarkable $200 million. This is not just a number; it’s a tes... |
| 09.04.2025 | Lerer Hippeau Closes $200M for Ninth Seed Fund | Firm celebrates 15 years investing in early stage founders
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Lerer Hippeau, a leading early stage venture capital firm founded and operated in New York City, announced today that it has closed $200M in ... |
| 02.04.2025 | Amazon's Dual Approach: Security and Innovation in the Age of Drones and Metal Detectors | Amazon is a giant that never sleeps. It constantly evolves, adapting to the tides of technology and public sentiment. Recently, the company has made headlines for two contrasting moves: reinstating metal detector screenings for warehouse em... |
| 01.04.2025 | Amazon's Dual Flight: Drones and AI Take Center Stage | Amazon is soaring high on two fronts: drone deliveries and artificial intelligence. The tech giant has recently reignited its drone delivery program after a brief hiatus, while simultaneously launching a new AI model that promises to revolu... |
| 01.04.2025 | Amazon resumes drone deliveries after two-month pause | Amazon has resumed making drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona after it halted the program earlier this year.
The company suspended Prime Air deliveries in January as it rolled out a software update to correct issues with the drone’s altit... |
| 01.04.2025 | 'Unprecedented Levels of Demand': Amazon Prime Air Drones Are Back in the Skies Making Delivery Drops Amazon stopped the program two months ago to update the software of its drones. | After being inactive for two months, Amazon's drones are once again taking to the skies.
Amazon confirmed to CNBC on Monday that it will resume Prime Air drone deliveries in the two U.S. areas where it is testing the service: College Statio... |
| 21.03.2025 | Rerun's $17 Million Seed Funding: A Leap into the Future of Physical AI | In the bustling world of technology, a new player is making waves. Rerun, a Stockholm-based startup, has just secured $17 million in seed funding. This infusion of capital is set to fuel the development of a groundbreaking multimodal data s... |
| 21.03.2025 | Rerun Raises $17Million to Build the Data Infrastructure Powering the Physical AI Revolution | Computer vision and robotics veterans create the first multimodal data stack purpose-built for robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones and spatial computing
Rerun, the company building the multimodal data stack for Physical AI, today announce... |
| 29.01.2025 | Amazon's Drone Delivery Takes Flight in the UK | Amazon is gearing up to launch its Prime Air drone delivery service in Darlington, a town in northeast England. The e-commerce giant is currently seeking approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Once the green light is given, Am... |
| 29.01.2025 | Amazon готовится запустить доставку дронами в Великобритании | Корпорация Amazon готовится к запуску услуги доставки дронами Prime Air в городе Дарлингтон на северо-востоке Великобритании. Сейчас гигант электронной коммерции получает разрешение Управления гражданской авиации Великобритании (CAA).
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| 13.01.2025 | От тележки с интернетом до ИИ Legaltech: четыре цифровых стартапа из Руанды | Продолжаем рассказывать о Руанде, на этот раз — о ее инновационном и IT-секторе. Страну часто называет одним из самых быстрорастущих инновационных хабов субсахарской Африки, хотя из-за низкого старта и небольшой численности населения ей еще... |
| 23.12.2024 | Tuesday Capital: Ethan Imboden Named As Partner | Seed-stage fund firm Tuesday Capital announced it had added Ethan Imboden, a long-time collaborator, as a partner. Imboden joins the team after 10 years at global design & strategy consulting firm frog, where he founded and led the vent... |
| 10.12.2024 | Navigating the Waters of Cryptocurrency: The Battle Against Dirty Money | In the world of cryptocurrency, the phrase "clean coins" has become a buzzword. But what does it mean? And why does it matter? The rise of anti-money laundering (AML) regulations has transformed the landscape of digital currencies... |
| 10.12.2024 | Techstars and WirelessCar Collaborate to Propel Connected Vehicle Services Innovation that Empowers Future Mobility | Techstars and WirelessCar Collaborate to Propel Connected Vehicle Services Innovation that Empowers Future Mobility
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| 19.11.2024 | Soaring Civil & Commercial Applications Propel Drone Market to US$123 Billion by 2030 | LONDON, Nov. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The drone economy is set to soar, with unprecedented growth on the horizon. According to global intelligence firm ABI Research, civil and commercial applications of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS),... |
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| 26.09.2024 | Zero Gravity Names Sacramento Kings Owner Chris Kelly to Board of Directors | Zero Gravity Corporation Logo
Zero Gravity Corp has named Chris Kelly to its Board of Directors. As an investor in Silicon Valley, Chris Kelly has been a prolific angel and later-stage backer of innovative technology, media, and finance sta... |
| 25.07.2024 | Navigating the Startup Landscape: Culture and Innovation in Focus**
** | ** In the ever-evolving world of startups, culture and innovation are the twin engines driving success. Recently, two stories have emerged that highlight the delicate balance between these elements. One revolves around Techstars, a prominen... |
| 25.07.2024 | Techstars Faces Cultural Reckoning Amidst Leadership Changes**
** | ** In the fast-paced world of startups, culture is the backbone. It can make or break a company. Recently, Techstars, a prominent startup accelerator, found itself in the eye of a storm. David Cohen, the CEO and co-founder, acknowledged tha... |
| 25.07.2024 | Techstars and Risevest: Navigating Change in the Startup Landscape**
** | ** In the ever-evolving world of startups, change is the only constant. Two recent stories highlight this truth: Techstars grappling with its corporate culture and Risevest eyeing expansion through acquisition. Both narratives reflect the c... |
| 23.07.2024 | “Maybe some things got a little wobbly,” says Techstars CEO addressing criticism about its corporate culture | The CEO and co-founder of Techstars, the well-known US startup accelerator which has backed thousands of startups, has admitted that “maybe things got a little wobbly” as he addresses criticism over its corporate culture.
David Cohen was sp... |
| 03.07.2024 | Mayo Clinic to Launch Same-Day Prescription Drugs Drone Delivery Next Year | By John Lopez
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Non-profit medical group Mayo Clinic is set to launch same-day prescription drug deliveri... |
| 04.06.2024 | Hakluyt Capital announces final close on first investment fund and establishes advisory board | LONDON, June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hakluyt Capital, the investment arm of Hakluyt – the global strategic advisory firm for businesses and investors – has announced the final close of its first investment fund, exceeding its target raise o... |
| 22.05.2024 | Govt needs to further expand PLI scheme to make India 'Global Drone Hub' | - |
| 28.04.2024 | Tesla profits tumble, Fisker flatlines, and California cities battle for control of AVs | Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free.
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| 23.04.2024 | Amazon закрывает службу доставки дронами в Калифорнии | Amazon объявила о закрытии службы доставки товаров беспилотниками Prime Air в Локфорде, штат Калифорния. В рамках услуги клиентам доставляли товары весом 2,2 кг примерно за 30 минут с момента заказа.
Компания также открывает новое подраздел... |
| 27.03.2024 | Commercial UAV Expo Announces the 2024 Advisory Board Members | Advisory Board Announced
Commercial UAS industry leaders will provide guidance for landmark 10th edition by serving on Commercial UAV Expo Advisory Board
PORTLAND, Maine, March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Organizers of Commercial UAV Exp... |
| 20.03.2024 | Drone delivery's biggest problem isn't in the air | Getting a carton of eggs delivered flawlessly by drone is impressive — in fact, it's downright miraculous! — but behind the scenes there are still a lot of inefficiencies to work out.
Why it matters: Drone delivery isn't a fantasy anymore. ... |
| 13.03.2024 | Роботы–доставщики и беспилотные фуры: как трансформируется логистика | Тягачи для перевозки грузов, выполняющие работу без участия человека становятся повседневной реальностью. Машины автоконцерна КамАз и СберАвтоТеха успели перевезти более 12 тыс тонн товаров, пройдя 600+ тыс км.
Эксперимент начат в июле 2023... |
| 11.03.2024 | Global Delivery Drone Services Market Forecast 2024-2033 – Market Size, Drivers, Trends, And Competitors | The Business Research Company's Delivery Drone Services Global Market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033
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| 09.01.2024 | Walmart debuts generative AI search and AI replenishment features at CES | In a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Walmart president and CEO Doug McMillon and other Walmart execs offered a glimpse as to how the retail giant was putting new technologies, including augmented reality (AR),... |
| 19.11.2023 | Cruise’s mea culpa and everything that stood out at the LA Auto Show | The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free.
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| 26.07.2023 | Funding For Drone Delivery Startups Still Flying High Amid VC Downturn | 8 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Those who follow the startup world are accustomed to pitches about how our future lives will look. Sometimes it never pans out. Other times, shifts happen surprisingly fast.
For consumer drone delive... |
| 19.06.2023 | Africa’s next leap forward (part 1): Agrifoodtech startups to watch, from Cupmena to Aerobotics | Editor’s note: Bioengineer and microbiologist Saron Berhane is an independent consultant and was the cofounder of Australian agtech startup BioScout.
The views expressed in this guest article are the author’s own and do not necessarily repr... |
| 07.05.2023 | Drone Delivery Startup Zipline Boosts Valuation To $4.2 Billion | - |
| 25.04.2023 | Why Tech Companies Have Been Gaining So Much Value In The Recent Years? | Noah Miller, Tech Times 25 April 2023, 03:04 pm
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Tech companies have been on the rise for some time now as they offer advanced devices, cars, computers, and many more that transform the dai... |
| 28.03.2023 | African startups working to expand internet access across the continent | In today’s digital age, access to the internet is a fundamental requirement for economic development and social progress. Yet, many people in Africa lack internet connectivity, thereby hindering the region’s ability to create jobs, reduce p... |
| 16.03.2023 | Zipline Unveils New Autonomous System Capable of Quiet, Fast and Precise Home Delivery | Zipline unveiled its new platform that provides quiet, fast and precise autonomous delivery directly to homes in cities and suburbs. The company’s next generation home delivery platform is practically silent (designed to sound like wind rus... |
| 09.03.2023 | Mistakes were made (and that’s fine) | Forgive the scattered nature of this week’s Actuator. No big, overarching monologs this week — just a handful of things I’ve been thinking about lately that I’d like to get down on paper. I suppose that’s one of the perks of doing a weekly ... |
| 04.10.2022 | Zipline’s drones to deliver medicine in Salt Lake City area | Zipline, a drone delivery and logistics company that got its start delivering medical supplies in Africa, has started dropping prescriptions and over-the-counter medications to homes in the Salt Lake City, Utah area.
In a partnership with I... |
| 12.09.2022 | Former Tesla CFO joins drone delivery startup Zipline | Zipline has been making the headlines in recent weeks. Early this month, we wrote about the drone-delivery startup Zipline after it joined forces with African e-commerce company Jumia to launch an on-demand drone delivery in remote areas of... |
| 09.09.2022 | Zipline lands departing Verily CFO, Tesla veteran Deepak Ahuja | Zipline has hired departing Verily CFO and Tesla veteran Deepak Ahuja as its first chief business and financial officer, an appointment that comes as the drone delivery and logistics startup accelerates its global expansion in Africa, the U... |
| 01.09.2022 | Jumia partners with Zipline to launch on-demand drone package delivery in remote areas of Africa | Jumia, the African e-commerce company, has joined forces with drone-delivery startup Zipline to launch an on-demand drone delivery in remote areas of Ghana, the companies announced Thursday. They launched the pilot program and testing a few... |
| 03.07.2022 | The future of delivery? This startup uses drones to deliver life-saving medicine to remote villages in Africa | The future is drone is here. In just a decade, what started as a hobby for many drone enthusiasts has turned into a multi-billion dollar industry. Due to the growing demand for drones from organizations and the government, the total drone m... |
| 28.06.2022 | Cardinal Health launches on-demand drone delivery with Zipline | Today, Cardinal Health and Zipline announced that the two companies began long-range drone deliveries in North Carolina. This launch follows a successful pilot phase as well as Part 135 certification awarded by the Federal Aviation Administ... |
| 22.06.2022 | FAA certifies Zipline for U.S. medical supply drone delivery | [Image courtesy of Zipline]Zipline announced that it received certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for U.S. drone deliveries.
San Francisco-based Zipline garnered FAA Part 135 air carrier certification, authoriz... |
| 24.04.2022 | Zipline drones start delivering medicine in Japan | Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver medical supplies, has taken off in Japan.
They're flying, starting Thursday, across the tiny Goto Islands, off the western coast of Kyushu, in sout... |
| 17.04.2022 | Самолетная система доставки Zipline | Доставка грузов при помощи беспилотных летательных аппаратов (БЛА) в самое ближайшее время станет обыденность. Причем в этой новой области, помимо возникающих и исчезающих хайповых проектов доставки пива/пиццы/смартфонов, уже несколько лет ... |
| 29.01.2022 | Zipline is a tech startup using drones to deliver blood and life-saving vaccines to remote villages in Africa | As covid ravages around the world, rich nations were able to get access to the life-saving treatment immediately after the vaccines became available in early 2021. However, poor countries continued to suffer despite early promises by develo... |
| 14.12.2021 | United Parcel Service : UPS SURPASSES ONE BILLION COVID-19 VACCINE DELIVERY MILESTONE, CONTINUES TO DELIVER HOPE AROUND THE WORLD | ATLANTA - December 14, 2021 - UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced that it surpassed the one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered mark with near-perfect on-time delivery. Just one year after the first vaccine was delivered by UPS, this miles... |
| 06.12.2021 | Cellular agriculture & emerging markets: Just because we can, does it mean we should? | Saron Berhane is an agrifoodtech entrepreneur based in Sydney, Australia.
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| 15.10.2021 | Top 10 Global Drone Delivery Startups | In recent years, drones have become central to the functioning of several businesses and governmental entities and have managed to pierce through the traditional way of doing business in many industries. Drones are rapidly growing in popula... |
| 22.09.2021 | The most successful accelerator cohort ever: How this Techstars Seattle class produced 3 unicorns | The Techstars Seattle 2011 cohort. (Photo courtesy of Marcelo Calbucci)
In 2011, the world was still recovering from the financial crisis a couple of years earlier. The startup economy wasn’t in full swing yet. SaaS, pre-seed, or even mobil... |
| 11.07.2021 | TAKE A LOOK | These vaccine-delivery drones may soon take to South African skies | (Image: Zipline)
A drone company delivering vaccines in Ghana, Rwanda and, most recently, Nigeria is in discussions with public and private sector partners in South Africa.
The California-based drone start-up, Zipline, recently partnered wi... |
| 02.07.2021 | Zipline raises $250M at $2.75B valuation to build out its instant logistics service | - |
| 01.07.2021 | Daily funding roundup - July 1st, 2021 | Zipline raised $250M; FightCamp secured $90M; Sword Health landed $85M
Zipline: Zipline is a San Francisco-based drone delivery startup that got its start delivering medical supplies across Africa and now sees opportunity in delivering heal... |
| 30.06.2021 | Can J.Crew make a comeback? | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 30.06.2021 | Autonomous drone delivery startup Zipline raises $250M on a $2.75B valuation
Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that in... | Autonomous drone delivery startup Zipline Inc. today announced that it had raised $250 million in new funding to help it accelerate development of a new model for instant logistics.
The Series E round was raised at a valuation of $2.75 bill... |
| 02.04.2021 | Contactless delivery: The future of logistics? | Introduction: |
| 06.03.2021 | Drones Are Now Being Used To Deliver Covid-19 Vaccines | Drones are playing a critical role in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic: delivering vaccines to communities that need them the most. |
| 26.01.2021 | Tesla loses lead designer of a Model Y feature Elon Musk once called ‘some of the best engineering’ he’s seen | A Tesla Model Y Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images
Tesla engineering director Joseph Mardall is leaving the company after a decade.
Mardall will now be the head of engineering at drone-delivery company Zipline, he said on LinkedIn.
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| 12.01.2021 | 6 flying car startups that will produce returns years before air taxis take off, according VCs and experts | It will be years before companies like Lilium can put their aircraft into service. Lilium This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 14.09.2020 | Walmart expands drone delivery tests to Arkansas with new Zipline partnership | Walmart now has two tests for drone delivery running in the U.S.
Early Monday morning the company announced a new drone delivery program with Zipline, a startup that made its name delivering medical supplies across Africa.
The partnership w... |
| 05.09.2020 | The Race For Drone Delivery Just Got A New Leader: 3 Key Differences That Will Define Who Wins | By Harrison Wolf, Lead, Aerospace and Drones, World Economic Forum |
| 08.06.2020 | Novant Health Launches Nation’s First Emergency Drone Operation for COVID-19 Pandemic Response | Source: Novant Health
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– North Carolina-based health system Novant Health launches the nation’s first emergency drone logistics operation by a hospital for its COVID-19 pandemic response.
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| 26.05.2020 | Zipline begins US medical delivery with drone program honed in Africa | Drones are being deployed in the fight to curb COVID-19 in the U.S.
Novant Health and California-based UAV delivery startup Zipline have launched distribution of personal protective gear and medical equipment in North Carolina.
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| 15.04.2020 | [VIDEO] Coronavirus: Are Drones On Their Way To Fight COVID-19? | Tiziana Celine, Tech Times 15 April 2020, 12:04 pm
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Public health measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have introduced "social distancing" into the worldwide lexicon. Companies worldwide, according to The... |
| 14.04.2020 | The Time For Delivery Drones To Rise Up Is Now | 3D rendering of a drone-delivery worldGetty |
| 02.04.2020 | The space in between: The stratosphere | Tess Hatch Contributor
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| 14.02.2020 | From The Land of 1,000 Hills to Tackling Sickle Cell In Ghana – The Zipline Story | Share this:
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| 27.11.2019 | Techstars’s new CEO on the state of the famed accelerator and what’s next for 2020 | Like another famous accelerator program founded around the same time, Techstars has grown considerably since its 2006 launch in Boulder, Colorado.
In fact, the brand seems to be in so many places that it’s hard to keep track of its reach, a... |
| 22.10.2019 | Top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 | Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, October 22, 2019.
Drone startup Zipline testing medical supply drones with US military. Drone tech startup company Zipline, which already delivers emergency medi... |
| 22.10.2019 | Drone startup Zipline demonstrates its medical supply drones with US military | Zipline, a drone-delivery startup today announced it’s testing medical supply drones with US military. Zipline, which already delivers emergency medical supplies in Rwanda and Ghana, is testing drone flights with the U.S. Department of Defe... |
| 24.05.2019 | Op-Ed: Slow and Steady is the Recommended Course for Healthcare Innovation | Move fast and break things is a startup motto popularized by Mark Zuckerberg, the now billionaire founder of Facebook. Mark instituted a culture of moving at breakneck speed and focusing on growth at the risk of sometimes breaking things. T... |
| 17.05.2019 | Term Sheet — Friday, May 17 | AMAZON VS. UBER
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| 16.05.2019 | Fixing Amazon's Drone Delivery Problem | The Amazon.com Inc. Prime Air octocopter is seen at an undisclosed location. Source: Amazon.com Inc.... [+] via Bloomberg |
| 03.05.2019 | Liam O’Connor, hired to help build Lyft’s bike and scooter business, has left after 7 months | The emerging business of offering bikes and scooters on demand has not always been very smooth, and today comes one of the latest bumps: TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Liam O’Connor, an executive hired to help transportation comp... |
| 02.05.2019 | Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s $168M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired | The biggest news in a month of weighty African headlines was Jumia listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
After filing SEC IPO docs in March, the Pan-African e-commerce company’s shares began trading on the NYSE April 12, opening at $14.50... |
| 24.04.2019 | Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in Ghana | Zipline, the San Francisco-based UAV manufacturer and logistics services provider, has launched a program in Ghana today for drone delivery of medical supplies.
Working with the Ghanaian government, Zipline will operate 30 drones out of fou... |
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| 18.01.2019 | Drones delivering medical supplies and more can help save American lives | On July 17, 2015, a small drone traversed the mountainous terrain of Wise County, Va., and lowered a shipment of medications to a pop-up clinic offered by Remote Area Medical. This hexacopter, operated by Flirtey, an Australian company, was... |
| 27.11.2018 | The innovation supply chain: How ideas traverse continents and transform economies | Alex Lazarow Contributor
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| 09.07.2018 | A Quick Look At The Different Sectors Drone Tech Is Transforming In Africa | Drones, those aerial vehicles that require no human pilots, originally used for military purposes, have gone from being popular for taking aerial images to now delivering life saving medical supplies. Today, it is finding application in dif... |
| 10.04.2018 | Uganda could use a Lifebank, or a Zipline, or both | Uganda has been dealing with a blood shortage since January 2018. Across the East African country, the death toll has risen steadily as caregivers struggle to find plasma to save their patients.
According to news sources in Uganda, ineffici... |
| 03.02.2018 | Storm Ventures brings on two new partners at enterprise-focused firm | In a town full of venture capital firms, Storm Ventures has made its mark with a singular focus on the enterprise. This week, the company announced it has taken on two freshly minted partners, Arun Penmetsa and Paul Willard, to continue the... |
| 31.01.2018 | A New VC Firm Tied to the Koch Brothers Plans to Take on Government Regulations | A new venture capital firm that has launched with the support of the Koch brothers is looking for startups that will challenge government corruption and regulations.
Trust Ventures, is designed to “find, fund, and assist companies whose gro... |
| 20.01.2018 | Katalyst.Ventures, a new firm led by Susan Choe, has raised $34 million | There aren’t a lot of venture funds that are led by a single general partner who happens to be a woman. Sonja Hoel Perkins is one. The longtime Menlo Ventures managing director founded her own venture firm two years ago.
Another is Cindy Pa... |
| 03.01.2018 | Blood delivered by drone is saving lives in Rwanda | Originally Published by:
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| 25.12.2017 | Using drones to build the ambulance fleet of the future | Alice Lloyd George Contributor
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| 18.10.2017 | Techstars Launches an Impact Accelerator Based in Austin | Techstars on Wednesday morning announced the launch of the Techstars Impact Accelerator, its first program aimed at for-profit startups that are tackling social and environmental problems. |
| 18.10.2017 | Techstars launches an impact accelerator for companies focused on social and environmental impact | Techstars has launched a new accelerator in Austin focused on the increasingly popular category of “impact” technologies.
In a bog post, the international accelerator network’s newest managing director, Zoe Schlag, said that the new acceler... |
| 18.10.2017 | Two Accelerator Programs Open in Austin as Texas Bolsters Ecosystem | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Austin—Two new startup programs have launched in Austin in the last week: One is a Boston-based program that doesn’t take an equity stake in the startups it helps accelerate, ... |
| 10.09.2017 | You Will Never Guess Which Country Is Leading the World in Drone Delivery | East Africa is a territory like no other. In addition to the unique landscape and the diversity of people, this area is rich in natural beauty and has recently become the hub for drone deliveries. Despite the fact that mainly western civili... |
| 24.08.2017 | Tanzania taps California’s Zipline to build ‘world’s largest drone delivery network’ for medical supplies | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Tanzania is leading the way on drone deliveries as the east African country looks to provide easier access to emergency medical supplie... |
| 15.08.2017 | Separating fiction from feasibility in the future of drone delivery | Jon Hegranes Contributor
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