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Unicorn Bio is building the hardware to scale cultivated meat from lab to table

TechCrunch

“Using this legacy hardware to cultivate meat requires one to reengineer the cells. Our approach and core conviction is that it is actually easier, and ultimately better, to design new hardware systems aimed to foster the growth around the cells, rather than trying to fit these cells to existing engineering systems.”

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Techstars unveils sustainability-focused acceleration program in Paris

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Techstars , a network of startup accelerators and an investment company, is launching a new accelerator in Paris called Techstars Sustainability Paris. With this sustainability-focused accelerator, Techstars is hitting the reboot button. Every year, Techstars Sustainability Paris plans to accept 24 startups across two batches.

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Applications for the TC Early Stage Pitch-Off in July are open

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The Early Stage Pitch-Off is open to companies from around the world, consumer or enterprise and in any industry — biotech, space, mobility, impact, SaaS, hardware, sustainability and more. . Our last pitch-off had one of the most geographically diverse batches from a TC event. Apply today!

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Aramco’s Prosperity7 powers AI drug firm Insilico’s $95M round

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Hong Kong-based drug discovery and development company Insilico has secured fresh capital at a time that its CEO described as a “biotech winter.” “Prosperity7 inspired us to look into sustainable chemistry,” said Zhavoronkov. while hardware production happened in China.

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Dutch startup hub Utrecht emerges from Amsterdam’s shadow

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Our survey respondents think the ecosystem is strong in sustainable energy, medtech, food tech, life sciences, marketplaces, deep tech, gaming and media. However, they seem to think it’s weaker in design, hardware, fintech, robotics and agritech. Digital, gaming, e-health, edtech, sustainability. Utrecht is a bit lagging.”

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Global VC Funding Isn’t Slowing, But It’s Not Growing Either, April Numbers Show

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Large fundings were also raised by several deeptech and energy sustainability companies: electric vehicle developer Hozon ; solar provider Pine Gate Renewables ; and quantum computing company PsiQuantum. Top sectors Biotech and healthcare was the leading sector by funding amount in April. Companies in that space raised $5.7

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Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day

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This results in operational cost reduction by eliminating the need to replace their existing fleet and yields a safer, more efficient and sustainable transportation system,” CEO Raghavender Sahdev tells TechCrunch. The Hurd Co. Image Credits: The Hurd Co. The Hurd Co.’s