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Snap quietly acquired 3D-scanning startup Th3rd last year

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Snap quietly acquired Amsterdam-based 3D-scanning studio Th3rd in the second quarter of last year, at a time when the company was looking to bolster its AR-powered commerce ambitions. In July 2021, it acquired 3D and AR commerce company Vertebrae. The company did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.

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Vectary, a design platform for 3D and AR, raises $7.3M from EQT and BlueYard

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Vectary , a design platform for 3D and augmented reality (AR), has raised a $7.3 Vectary makes high-quality 3D design more accessible for consumers, garnering over one million creators worldwide, and has more than a thousand digital agencies and creative studios as users. million round led by European fund EQT Ventures.

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Stämm Biotech raises $17M for its next-generation, 3D printed bioreactor

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Stämm Biotech , founded in 2014, is developing a desktop-sized bioreactor that looks pretty different from the tanks, tubes and knobs traditionally seen in industrial or even benchtop bioreactors. Instead, it’s developing a unit that 3D prints a dense network of microchannels that pass cells through the nutrients and oxygen they need.

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Autonomous drone maker Skydio raises $170M led by Andreessen Horowitz

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The company also launched a suite of software for commercial and enterprise customers, its first departure from the consumer drone market where it had been focused prior to that raise since its founding in 2014. Skydio’s debut drone, the R1, received a lot of accolades and praise for its autonomous capabilities.

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Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?

The Crazy Programmer

A 2014 movie, “Hidden Figures,” was based on her experiences. Women developing advanced IT systems, designing 3D animation for box office hit movies, and enabled laptop computer developments that are suitable for work from home environments. Katherine Johnson.

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Interior design startup Havenly introduces IRL services

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Havenly , a Denver, Colorado-based company founded in 2014, is today launching “Havenly At Home” — an at-home offering that allows clients to work with their chosen interior designer in person. Marrying digital with Havenly’s new in-person service will attract a wider audience who want extra personal attention and service.

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Synthesis Capital closed its first fund with $300M, giving boost to foodtech’s future

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The firm is led by former CPT Capital investors Costa Yiannoulis and Rosie Wardle, who have invested in the sector since its nascency in 2014, and biologist David Welch, and supports startups leveraging high tech to solve global food system challenges across the food value chain.

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