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7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020

TechCrunch

For all of the investors preaching that augmented reality technology will likely be the successor to the modern smartphone, today, most venture capitalists are still quite wary to back AR plays. On the hardware side, the ghost of Magic Leap’s formerly hyped glory still looms large.

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Human firewalls: The first line of defense against cyber threats in 2025

CIO

While a firewall is simply hardware or software that identifies and blocks malicious traffic based on rules, a human firewall is a more versatile, real-time, and intelligent version that learns, identifies, and responds to security threats in a trained manner. Humans have traditionally been the weakest link in any tech setup or network.

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Bild takes in funding to share, collaborate on hardware designs in the cloud

TechCrunch

When Pradyut Paul was a hardware engineering program manager at Apple, he saw firsthand the challenges of building and sharing hardware products using antiquated tools like email and spreadsheets. The road to recurring revenue for hardware startups. Bild co-founders Pradyut Paul and Avinash Kunaparaju. Image Credits: Bild.

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Trigo raises $100M to expand its Amazon-style cashier-free store technology

TechCrunch

Amazon has become the pacemaker in commerce, and today a startup that’s been building technology to help retailers keep up with it in the world of physical stores is announcing some funding to expand its business. It will also be doubling down on expanding its technology.

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11:11 Systems: Empowering enterprises to modernize, protect, and manage their IT assets and data

CIO

In 2020, 11:11 CEO Brett Diamond noticed a gap in the market. Virtually every company relied on cloud, connectivity, and security solutions, but no technology organization provided all three. Giardina notes that VMware by Broadcom technologies are used throughout the platform. VMware’s technologies are at the core,” he says.

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Sectors where New Zealand startups are poised to win

TechCrunch

Now, certain industries are emerging as potential areas where New Zealand can win in the tech space. Deep tech, medtech/biotech, climate tech, and crypto and blockchain are all areas that investors say they’re either actively investing in or watching for signs of scale. New Zealanders make really good founders.

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Bird Buddy lands $8.5M to pursue ‘tech for nature’ after smart bird feeder campaign takes off

TechCrunch

Its first product will ship in a few months, but it’s just the start of what the company hopes will be a new approach to using tech to better enjoy nature. “We spent the first half of 2020 doing a lot of validation, and it’s something people are really passionate and active about. million seed round.