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

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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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How Women in Tech are rising to the new challenges

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As Jyothirlatha, CTO of Godrej Capital tells us, Being a pandemic-born NBFC (non-banking financial company), a technology-first approach helps us drive business growth. To deal with it, Kopal says, Fostering a positive work culture, and offer competitive salaries, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional development.

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

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Yet the few that humans have learned to culture and control, such as lactobacilli and E.coli, have been transformative, allowing all kinds of new foods, discoveries and industrial processes. “It allows us to access and grow the 99.999% of microbes that are not currently culturable, and sequence them of course.”

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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

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Initially, I was naïve about the infrastructure space, but was fortunate to have a great mentor. What are some of the steps that you are taking to foster a culture of innovation and experimentation amongst the employees and customers, and encourage them to move towards digital transformation in in their work?