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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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New Age Meats bites into $25M for cultured meat product line development

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Berkeley-based cultured meat company New Age Meats announced Monday it raised $25 million in Series A funding that will enable the company to begin production of its first product offering, a variety of pork sausages, next year. The cultured meat landscape is gaining new entrants as the technology has evolved.

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How one founder aims to bring researchers and food producers together around cultured meat

TechCrunch

She’s now a co-founder at Animal Alternative Technologies, a startup aiming to expedite the commercialization of cultured — aka “lab-grown” — meat. Clarisse joined us for this week’s episode of Found , our interview podcast where we speak to a different founder every week.

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How Women in Tech are rising to the new challenges

CIO

To deal with it, Kopal says, Fostering a positive work culture, and offer competitive salaries, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional development. By fostering a data-driven culture, we empower teams to make informed decisions, optimize operations, and anticipate market trends.

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Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

From lithium battery chemical recycling to smart media, blockchain infrastructure to student-centric educational software, and Sub-Saharan African fintech to cultured-meat production, this batch of companies is sure to wow the investors and the audience. With just over a 1.5%

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A men’s brand, Faculty, launches with nail polish — and seed funding from Estee Lauder

TechCrunch

More, he says that in the same way that the prominent culture publication Hypebeast created a “desire for new product and newness,” Faculty has “mastered the drop model,” meaning that Faculty has and will continue to advertise a limited supply of a product before invariably selling out of that item.

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Data literacy, governance keys to transformation at Dow

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Dow Chemical Company is one of the largest chemical producers in the world, with a presence in roughly 160 countries and more than 37,000 employees worldwide. There’s a cultural change happening in Dow across data analytics and AI writ large,” he says. The challenge is mostly on the cultural side,” Schroeder says.