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Allozymes looks to upend chemical manufacturing with rapid enzyme engineering and $5M seed

TechCrunch

Part of the complex process that turns raw materials into finished products like detergents, cosmetics and flavors relies on enzymes, which facilitate chemical transformations. These large, complex molecules bind to other substances in a way that facilitates a chemical reaction, say turning sugars in a cell into a more usable form of energy.

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EarthOptics helps farmers look deep into the soil for big data insights

TechCrunch

Farming sustainably and efficiently has gone from a big tractor problem to a big data problem over the last few decades, and startup EarthOptics believes the next frontier of precision agriculture lies deep in the soil.

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As startups flood the health space, bioniq launches hyper-personalised supplements

TechCrunch

The implications of this trend is that startups like bioniq and Longevica are basically starting to get into the realms of wellness and longevity using big data around these so-called “age-defying” chemicals.

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DuPont and VCs see lithium mining as a critical investment for the electric future

TechCrunch

Current processes for mining lithium are bad for the environment (to put it mildly), involving heavy use of toxic chemicals and increasingly scarce water resources. Outside Lilac, there’s been a stream of VC dollars flowing into the (non-crypto) mining business as software helps extraction companies operate more efficiently.

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Pluton Biosciences looks to nature for cutting-edge biotech solutions, raising $6.6M seed

TechCrunch

Any one of these vastly different organisms may very well have developed on its own a novel chemical pathway that could transform food production, drug manufacturing or agriculture. EarthOptics helps farmers look deep into the soil for big data insights. It’s the latter that Pluton is concerned with.

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Agile doesn’t create future-proof organizations

Xebia

Or Feike Sijbesma, former CEO of chemical concern DSM, who has proven profitability and sustainability can go hand in hand. Talents who are capable of interpreting big data and developing products and services for future customer needs. Invest in creativity for radical innovation.

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How Are CIOs Looking at Today’s Disruptive Tech Trends?

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

They are the ones that I’ve been exploring in detail recently : Next-gen mobility, cloud computing, social media, consumerization ( #CoIT ), and big data. The spread of social media and BYOD are clear outcomes, but “consumer” expectations play a surprisingly large role in the development of Big Data and cloud-based applications.

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