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When VCs turned to Zoom, Chicago startups were ready for their close-up

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Chicago’s startup scene is finally getting the attention it long felt it deserved. By now it’s common knowledge that 2021 is shaping up to be a breakout year for the startup and venture capital worlds, surpassing years of strong results in a long-term bull market for tech-focused business upstarts. But no boom is equally distributed.

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Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar industry

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Miscommunication and poor project data accounts for 48% of all rework on U.S. Lack of data transparency : Manual data collection and data entry are still common on construction sites. Technology startups are emerging to help solve these problems. Project conception.

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Did venture capitalists undervalue startups for decades?

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Data indicate that the pace of startup value creation reached a fever pitch in 2021. According to venture capital data collected by PitchBook , prices spiked for startup equity across the maturity spectrum last year. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. The former, yes. The latter, maybe.

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Why you have to pay attention to the Indian startup scene

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Back in August during Y Combinator’s two-day demo extravaganza , TechCrunch noted a number of startups from India that stood out from the batch. Seeing so many India-focused startups in the mix wasn’t a fluke. After a somewhat average start to the year, Indian startups saw their venture capital investment fall to just $1.5

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China’s work automation startup Laiye raises $160M, acquires France’s Mindsay

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An ambitious Chinese startup wants a slice of the flourishing global work automation market. Guanchun Wang, Laiye’s founder and CEO, saw the “value of artificial intelligence” in the years he worked at Baidu’s smart speaker department after his film discovery startup was sold to the Chinese search engine giant.

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Why Computer Vision Tracking the Flow of People Will be a Huge Market

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That’s why today I’m so excited to finally be able to tell you about Density , a company I led a $4 million financing (2) along with Jason Calacanis (We’re teaming up on the board together! Innovators Dilemma and Deflationary Economics and how they drive startups. How I Invest ?

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Got the right stuff? Exhibit and pitch at TC Sessions: Space 2020

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Join a global community of brilliant visionaries, makers and investors on December 16-17 for TC Sessions: Space 2020 , an online conference dedicated to moving beyond the confines of this world through innovative tech and to creating stellar startup opportunities. military and VCs determined to finance pioneering space startups.

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