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Find trends, advice and value at these special breakout sessions during TC Disrupt 2021

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes place September 21-23, and we’re here to call out just some of the awesome content we have scheduled over three very busy days. You gotta pay to play: Buy your pass to Disrupt 2021 here and open a door to opportunity. You gotta pay to play: Buy your pass to Disrupt 2021 here and open a door to opportunity.

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Lightspeed’s Mercedes Bent on why the metaverse isn’t overhyped

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When we asked Bent, who once worked for virtual reality technology company Upload, she said she used to think the metaverse had to be tied to VR technology, specifically the head-mounted display screen. ” A blockchain billionaire’s big bet. Cryptocurrency, she believes, made that switch possible.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

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Other themes included cybersecurity, AR/VR, remote work, and cybersecurity. Saturated areas included cryptocurrency, blockchain, fintech and martech. This offer is only available to readers in Europe and expires on April 30, 2021. 6 Copenhagen investors share their outlook on investing in 2021. More than 50%?

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10 Key Trends of Digital Transformation in Healthcare in 2022

OTS Solutions

Still, in 2021, a new set of problems has emerged, including more potent COVID-19 variations and overflowing hospitals attempting to treat both people with and without the virus. Blockchain. The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally altered healthcare in 2020. Nobody had any idea what it could do for them in the near term.

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6 Tech Trends that will reshape Media & Entertainment in 2021

Trigent

The number of OTT service users in the United States is expected to reach 198 million by 2021. Currently, Asia and North America are the largest eSports markets and with greater adoption of AR/VR, this segment too will see fresh developments. Adoption was less and the price of AR/VR devices was pretty high.

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Over 500 mobile apps are now using the term ‘metaverse’ to attract new users

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Across all global apps ranked apps on the App Store and Google Play, a total of 86 apps added references to the “metaverse” to their title or description between November 2021 and January 2022, Sensor Tower’s data indicates. Image Credits: Sensor Tower. Image Credits: Sensor Tower. Image Credits: Sensor Tower.

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Daily Crunch: Electric rail vehicle startup Parallel Systems raises a $49.55M Series A

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Inflection raised a blockchain-focused fund worth just under $41 million, and our own Romain Dillet took a peek. The round indicates that the African continent’s fruitful 2021 fundraising cycle is persisting into the new year, and marks a16z’s first investment in a startup with an African HQ.

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