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B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups

TechCrunch

The B2B e-commerce industry has broad reach, encompassing everything from commerce infrastructure and payments technology to procurement and supply-chain solutions. Compliance: In some verticals, particularly those related to healthcare and chemicals, there is a heavy compliance burden to ensure goods are properly sourced and transported.

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Secure Your 5G Business Transformation

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However, the real breakthrough is in the convergence of technologies that are coming together to supercharge 5G business transformation across our most critical infrastructure, industrial businesses and governments. This includes 5G coming of age at the same time as AI, bringing together lightning fast connectivity with intelligence.

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Terraform Industries wants to solve climate change by making more hydrocarbons

TechCrunch

The system, called a Terraformer, then combines the hydrogen and CO 2 into a chemical reactor to make natural gas. According to Handmer, the chemical reactor is hitting 94% methane purity already, which means that it is making synthetic natural gas fully compatible with existing distribution pipelines.

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LiLz uses computer vision to read gauges and dials where humans prefer not to tread

TechCrunch

It’s a solution aimed directly at infrastructure and heavy industry, which often involve lots of legacy equipment located in hard-to-reach places: roofs, underground (but not too deep or the signal can’t penetrate), in labyrinthine factories and warehouses, etc. . The data goes out via LTE or Bluetooth. Image Credits: LiLz.

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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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Satellite startup Constellr wins backing to build out its water-monitoring platform

TechCrunch

This space-based water monitoring system checks the Earth’s surface temperature and, soon, also it’s chemical composition. The investment shows there is ongoing investment in space infrastructure coming out of Germany. The platform will also look at water availability across the globe, daily.

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AMP Robotics attracts investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund

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The extended Series C, which saw participation investors including Congruent Ventures and Wellington Management (who co-led), Blue Earth Capital, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, Tao Capital Partners, XN, Sequoia Capital, GV, Range Ventures and Valor Equity Partners, brings AMP’s total raised to around $178 million.