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Nigerian agritech startup Releaf secures $4.2M to scale its food processing technology

TechCrunch

Nigerian agritech startup Releaf is solving this by building proprietary hardware and software solutions to make these farmers and food factories more efficient and profitable. When the pair started the company in 2017, the idea behind Releaf was not concrete yet as the team, based in the U.S., million in seed towards this effort.

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John Deere buys autonomous tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics

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The agricultural technology giant announced today that it’s set to acquire Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million. The Bay Area-based firm, which specializes in autonomous farming heavy machinery, was founded in 2017. The startup gains a lot of resources from its massive new owner, and its new owner adds some new tech to its portfolio.

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Make a resolution to clean up your digital act? Here’s how

The Parallax

Did you get hacked in 2017? And if you want to level up your two-factor security, get a YubiKey (or similar hardware key), and learn how to use it too. Tech companies often have extensive privacy policies written in dense legalese, but that doesn’t mean you should do your due diligence about a new product before buying it.

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Intel’s plan to free Mobileye brings welcome IPO heat check

TechCrunch

Intel bought the computer vision company focused on the self-driving sector back in 2017, before which it had been a public concern. If Mobileye manages a smooth IPO at an attractive price, the company could help shake loose the exit market for tech companies. No single IPO will fix a bear market, but it would help. chip giant Intel.

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Bosch picks up Five.ai after the self-driving startup pivoted to B2B and then put itself up for sale

TechCrunch

Today, Bosch announced that it would be acquiring Five.ai , the autonomous driving startup that started with big ambitions to build and operate its own fleet of robotaxis but ultimately pivoted to focusing on technology development as a B2B play. Scale matters in building automated driving technology. Headquartered in Cambridge, U.K.,

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China’s game engine Cocos raises $50M, goes beyond games

TechCrunch

Cocos Technologies, a China-based game engine provider that has been around since 2010, just announced it has picked up $50 million in a Series B funding round in a bid to work on development and move beyond games. The boom caught the eye of hardware makers like Vivo, which partnered up with Cocos to make its equivalent of mini games.

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reMarkable, maker of a focus-friendly e-paper tablet, says it closed funding at a $1B+ valuation after selling 1M devices

TechCrunch

Hardware, as the saying goes, is hard; but there remains an opportunity for startups that focus on specific niches to build viable businesses. Wanberg believes that this company’s success to date is due in large part to the focus it has on “focus.” reMarkable is one of them.

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