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Spatial Labs, a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, closes $10M seed round

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Spatial Labs , a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, announced today the closing of a $10 million seed round led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Marcy Venture Partners, the firm co-founded by Jay-Z. This piece was updated to reflect what year LINQ and Gen One Hardware launched.

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Ledger raises $380 million for its crypto hardware wallet

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Ledger’s main product is a hardware wallet to manage your crypto assets. With a hardware wallet, you remain in control of your crypto assets. Overall, Ledger has sold over 3 million hardware wallets. After the crypto boom of 2018, interests for hardware wallets faded away. The company first launched the Ledger Nano S.

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Dapper Labs backs art hardware startup Infinite Objects in $6 million seed raise

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The NFT world is all about reshaping the idea of digital ownership, but art hardware startup Infinite Objects sees a big opportunity in making physical copies of those assets as it looks to reshape digital art and collectibles. The startup makes screens that show a single video from a single artist and don’t do anything else.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Layoffs and H1-B visas, SaaS growth levers, blockchain startup tips

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Hardware startup founders have a uniquely hard time. Instead of relying on sales and marketing teams to build a customer base for his hardware components startup, Ori Mor’s company started building devices that used his company’s tech. “There’s no point rushing when building a hardware startup,” says Mor.

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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. Blockchain NZ Chair Bryan Ventura. Now, certain industries are emerging as potential areas where New Zealand can win in the tech space.

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Hong Kong accelerator Brinc raises $30M Series B

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I knew the organization primary through its consumer hardware companies — a primary focus when it was founded, back in 2014. Last year, the pair launched the blockchain/NFT accelerator Launchpad Luna. Brinc has expanded its scope a fair bit in the intervening years, with big focuses on things like food, health and deep tech.

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Quantum Computing and Cybersecurity: Preparing for a Quantum-Safe Future

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Forgery of Digital Signatures: This could enable hackers to forge digital signatures, tamper with records, and compromise the integrity of blockchain assets, audits, and identities. Intel and Honeywell : Investing in quantum hardware and research collaborations to tackle cybersecurity challenges.

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