TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

McKinsey expects the chemical and pharma industries to be the first potential users of quantum computing, enabling the accurate simulation of larger numbers of atoms and molecules, which is not possible today using classical supercomputers. As a result, quantum hardware manufacturers develop their own cloud-based operating systems.

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CIO

MARCH 21, 2022

The US CIO 100 awards, now in its 35th year, recognizes 100 organizations for their achievements in technology innovation. Recognizing the finest work in IT, the CIO 100 Awards and CIO Hall of Fame showcase the companies and executives leading the charge in innovation as the tech industry continues rapidly advancing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Discovery and research of new molecular compounds is an expensive business, with development costs exceeding $10 billion per substance in some cases. Part of that comes from the need to closely examine every relevant molecule, studying its chemical composition and interactions as well as its physical structure at the atomic level.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

With emerging technologies like Gen-AI keeping organizations in a flurry of new implementations, a rapidly shifting CIO role, new innovations testing budgets and adaptability of organizations and increasing competition, a competent CIO is the ace that can change the game. Saloni Vijay sums it up aptly.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

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.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Oil refineries and plastic production, for instance, may give off various hydrocarbons and other mixed gases and chemicals, and to separate them requires further processing and emissions. Huge numbers of fibers are bundled together into tubes through which the input gas is forced, with no chemical reactants required.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Vibrant, a medical technology company that’s developed a disposable vibrating pill to treat chronic constipation, today announced its Series E for $7.5 With this information in hand, the group set out to develop a treatment for constipation in humans that would produce similar results but where the vibrations couldn’t be felt.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

There are many companies bringing one-click checkout to the direct-to-consumer marketplace, but few are developing similar tools for the business-to-business marketplace. It targets legacy industries not as digitally savvy in payments, including lumber, chemicals, steel, retail and food. That’s where Balance comes in.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2021

After revealing its first fund just last year, a $100 million pool of investment capital dedicated to early stage startups focusing on sustainable food development, clean energy, health innovation and new space technologies, Prime Movers Lab is back with a second fund.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

While a traditional microprocessor processes binary code, Seagate’s chip has tiny reservoirs that process small amounts of synthetic DNA in liquid form; liquid from one reservoir on the chip can be processed with liquid from another reservoir to produce a chemical reaction.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Shely Aronov and Rod Kumimoto started the Davis, California-based company in 2018 and spent much of the past four years in R&D mode developing genetically engineered crops that give off early “signals,” for example, of when they are thirsty, have a pest attack or need nitrogen so that farmers can act quickly. Aronov told TechCrunch. “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

“Our airspace is going to get more crowded than ever, but most companies today are concentrating only on hardware development,” said Terra Drone CEO and founder Toru Tokushige , who is also serving as the CEO of Terra Motors, which develops electric vehicles. We will be able to scale up operations and innovation faster.” .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

There’s a lot of value in waste; just ask metals processing company Nth Cycle , which has developed a technology to help mining and recycling companies recover every bit of critical minerals from their operations. We’re really only innovating on the chemical recycling side of things,” she said. “We’re

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CIO

AUGUST 5, 2024

Female leaders encourage buy-in with the organization’s mission CIOs are increasingly tested for their abilities to partner with their business executives to strike a balance between delivering innovative solutions and propelling enterprises into a new era, all while continuing to safeguard against threats of cybersecurity and privacy.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Portal Innovations , a biotech VC firm based in Chicago, is trying to broaden everyone’s horizons and give opportunities to biotech startups growing out of labs in Chicago, Atlanta, and hopefully beyond. “By investing locally, by developing the right ecosystem, we’re in a sense bringing Kendall Square to Main Street.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

So the leaders at Clariant International , a leading specialty chemical company, decided to build a tool that would monitor and analyze future price changes on finished goods instantly so they could make pricing decisions that pass-through costs to the value chain. What does a specialty chemical company make? Digital Transformation

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Luminate Medical may have a solution in a medical wearable that prevents the chemical cocktail from tainting hair follicles, preventing the worst of the loss and perhaps relegating this highly visible condition to the past. Image Credits: Luminate. The device that effects this is a sort of mechanized compression garment for the head.

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CIO

APRIL 17, 2024

Normally, a CCO develops ideas about what the market needs and communicates them to a design team, which produces sketches to then be reviewed by the CCO. The victors may not be the greatest innovators, but they’ll be the best at protecting their innovations. It takes several iterations over weeks to get the drawings right.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The new round for the startup, which also counts the development arm of the American government among its backers, also saw participation from the government of Dubai and Iron Pillar. This is the largest check that the $250 million Smbhav Venture Fund has written so far.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Innovation and improvements in phase modulation and coherent reception increased spectral efficiency by about 20% yearly, effectively reducing costs by enhancing single-fibre capacity. Huawei’s second innovation is ultra-high component integration. The third innovation is the ultra-broadband optical amplifier. Networking

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CIO

JULY 22, 2024

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. It was difficult, for example, to combine manufacturing, commercial, and innovation data in analytics to generate insights.

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Crunchbase News

MARCH 14, 2025

The fresh cash comes almost exactly a year after the company locked up a $175 million Series C led by Thomas Tull s US Innovative Technology Fund. The Redwood City, California-based company develops robots for repetitive tasks like loading and unloading boxes from vehicles and sorting parcels. at a reported $2.5 billion valuation.

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CIO

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As a global chemical company and producer of PET, Indorama Ventures Limited (IVL) has made sustainability a priority for over a decade, from energy and greenhouse gas reductions to increased renewable energy and recycling. This disparity could lead to minor or even catastrophic chemical releases. “In Data Management.

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Planbox

APRIL 23, 2020

Register now for Escalate and Intensify Company Wide Innovation Focus Even in Tough Times. Joining James Staten will be Ludwig Melik, CEO of Planbox, who will provide an innovation breakdown structure, and delve into the platform AND program required to drive out a broader portfolio of innovation efforts. WILMINGTON, Del.,

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Planbox

AUGUST 18, 2020

G Suite enterprise users can seamlessly collaborate on innovation activities while working in popular tools like Gmail, GDrive, GDocs and GSheets. This integration greatly improves accessibility for your innovation ecosystem as all content is translated automatically and in real-time based on the user’s preferred language.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

The startup is developing materials from seaweeds such as Macrocystis pyrifera, one of the planet’s most renewable and regenerative organisms, creating yarns and fibers that don’t rely on petroleum or toxic chemicals.

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Planbox

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MONTREAL, QC, December 19, 2019 — Planbox, a pioneering provider of AI-powered, cloud-based agile innovation management solutions, last week presented a first of its kind webinar highlighting the ISO 56000 Series of International Standards on Innovation Management Systems (IMS). ISO 56004 – Innovation Management Assessment.

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CIO

DECEMBER 28, 2023

During COVID-19 lockdowns, for example, specialty chemicals manufacturer Albemarle developed a VPA to provide self-service assistance to over 7,000 employees at home, including a natural language interface with a chat bot, and enough AI to help people interface seamlessly with several business applications at a time.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Italian climate startup Energy Dome , which has developed a “CO 2 Battery” for storing renewable energy, has closed a €40 million (~$44M) Series B round — bringing the total raised for its novel energy storage solution to €54M (or just shy of $60M).

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Xebia

JANUARY 19, 2024

Organizations have to take innovation and agility to the next level to survive in this new age. The survival and profitability of your organization depend on how you adapt to this development. Innovative organizations must create space for creativity and experimentation to meet future consumer demands.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

We have biological approaches that include ecosystem restoration, seaweed cultivation and iron fertilization; chemical solutions where you use minerals to lock dissolved carbon dioxide into bicarbonates; and electromagnetic approaches that store carbon by running electric currents through seawater.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In other words; probably better for both you and the planet than that bar of soap made from industrial chemicals and a slowly deteriorating will to live. “For startups like us, if we are lucky enough to get the right strategic funding, we will end up driving a lot of this innovation. A lot of that is very location-based.

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Crunchbase News

JUNE 3, 2024

However, they have raised considerable funding over the years to develop more environmentally friendly substitutes, better manage waste and create useful products from recycled materials. Below, we put together a collection of 13 companies innovating along these lines. Investment continues to flow to the space, too.

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Planbox

JULY 21, 2020

The report offers rich insights into the structural approaches and strategies for innovation management at leading organizations across industries and geographies. The State of Corporate Innovation Report is available for download HERE. The survey sections are as follows: Structuring Your Innovation Program. Innovation Drivers.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Its focus is on developing DAC kit that can be installed (retrofitted) inside working cooling towers in the industrial sector — thereby, its pitch runs, slashing the cost of drawing down carbon emissions. Though it says it hopes, longer term, to develop tech for really large towers too.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Chris Nardecchia, SVP and chief digital and information officer, Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation Chris Nardecchia: I started as a chemical engineer doing chemical engineering things, building and operating chemical and nuclear processes, producing polymers and nuclear fuel, etc. Innovation, Manufacturing Industry

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Planbox

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Portsmouth, UK, February 19, 2020 — Planbox, a pioneering cloud-based AI-powered agile innovation management platform, will sponsor the World Forum Disrupt Strategy & Innovation conference at The Crystal in London on February 20, 2020. Innovation, after all, is not an easy subject, let alone an easy process. About Planbox.

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