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Wikifactory has raised $4.5M for its ‘GitHub for hardware’ to make almost anything remotely

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Today Wikifactory , billing itself as a “GitHub for hardware”, announced it has closed a $3 million funding round, taking it to a total of $4.5M, pre-series A. Karl Marx famously argued in “Das Kapital” that to achieve freedom from the slavery of capitalism, the worker must own the means of production.

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As healthcare goes remote, Equipt Health brings medical hardware to the home

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It’s no secret the pandemic has pushed healthcare to become virtual, in theory making it easier for patients to attend appointments and access the care they need. As healthcare goes remote, Equipt Health brings medical hardware to the home by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch.

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Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day

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In 2020, SkyDeck — along with much of the rest of the world — went virtual. We are also hearing chatter that Demo Day will be larger than ever before because virtual events are much more scalable.”. Notable alumni include micromobility unicorn, Lime, and delivery robotics firm, Kiwi.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Another Big Week For Biotech As Tome Raises $213M

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The week was especially good for biotech, which led the way with two big raises. Tome Biosciences , $213M, biotech: A big biotech raise hit high on the list this week. Bicara Therapeutics , $165M, biotech: If Bicara Therapeutics looks familiar, it’s because this isn’t its first time on this list.

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Sectors where New Zealand startups are poised to win

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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. Now, certain industries are emerging as potential areas where New Zealand can win in the tech space. New Zealanders make really good founders.

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Oma Fertility to speak on building a better IVF experience on TechCrunch Live

TechCrunch

TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield editor Neesha Tambe is conducting the interview. Chrissy Meyer knows hardware. The virtual doors open at 11:30 a.m. I’m excited to have Gurjeet speaking at an upcoming TechCrunch Live event on March 29 at 12 pm PDT. Oma Fertility investor Chrissy Meyer is speaking at the event, too.

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NextMind’s Dev Kit for mind controlled-computing offers a rare ‘wow’ factor in tech

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NextMind debuted its Dev Kit hardware at CES last year, but the hardware is now actually shipping out , and the startup shared with me the production version to take a test drive. Bottom line. NextMind’s Dev Kit is definitely just that – a Dev Kit.

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