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Lablaco seeks to help usher in the new era of web3 digitized retail

TechCrunch

The plan is to host a three-week takeover with Crypto.com, showing consumers how digitized fashion could lay the path toward a zero-waste and more sustainable future. With SPIN, users can enter the VR version of their favorite store and speak to avatar customer service agents to buy clothes.

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Here’s what’s happening on Day Two of TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

Its in-car VR system turns every vehicle into a moving theme park — and it rolls out in Audi cars as early as this summer. Nils Wollny, Holoride’s co-founder and CEO, will talk about where technologies — like VR, blockchain, NFTs and cryptocurrency — fit in the automotive space.

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General Catalyst leads $7M investment in AR startup selling NFT jetpacks

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.” Crypto startup Jadu , which has made millions of dollars selling pixelated NFT jetpacks and hoverboards, has scored $7 million in venture funding from General Catalyst with additional funding from Coinbase Ventures, The VR Fund, Sound Ventures and Guy Oseary, among others.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. Incorporated in Delaware, USA. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.

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Why adaptability is the new digital transformation

CIO

If you’re a CIO for a city, for example, it can apply to your city’s strategic goals , including economic growth, diversity and inclusion, quality of life, health and wellness, safety and security, efficiency and resilience, mobility, and sustainability and environment.

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Dutch startup hub Utrecht emerges from Amsterdam’s shadow

TechCrunch

Our survey respondents think the ecosystem is strong in sustainable energy, medtech, food tech, life sciences, marketplaces, deep tech, gaming and media. The investment scene is described variously as focusing on software, clean tech, life sciences, biotech, organoids, 3D bioprinting, AI and VR/AR. Utrecht is a bit lagging.”

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Here’s a peek at what’s happening on day one at Disrupt

TechCrunch

Bankrolling the Blockchain with a16z Crypto. Alongside a16z founder Marc Andreessen, general partner Chris Dixon has been integral to the firm’s rise as a giant in the crypto VC world — he was an early investor in startups, including Coinbase, Uniswap and Oculus VR. Get ready for a delicious conversation. Disrupt Stage | 10:25 am.