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Atomic-backed Jumpcut uses data to advance diversity in film

TechCrunch

Set in India, his script garnered some interest from producers, but no one took the plunge to fund a film by a first-time Indian director. Now, films featuring diverse casts are gaining traction – this year, Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color, and only the second woman ever, to win the Academy Award for Best Director.

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Sony Ventures earmarks $10M to invest in African entertainment startups

TechCrunch

Sony Group announced today that it has established Sony Innovation Fund: Africa (SIF: AF), a program that will support the growth of entertainment businesses in Africa. Sony Ventures’s latest endeavor to […]

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Register now to attend today’s filming of TechCrunch Live with ClassDojo and SignalFire

TechCrunch

Before SignalFire, Farmer led General Catalyst’s seed program, helping land deals in Coinbase, Discord, and Stripe. Register now to attend today’s filming of TechCrunch Live with ClassDojo and SignalFire by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch It’s fun and helpful.

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History of Computer Graphics – 1950s to 2010s

The Crazy Programmer

Zajac, of the Bell Telephone Laboratory created a film using animations and graphics which could show the movement of satellites and their change in altitudes around the orbit of the Earth. Companies like Apple, Macs, and Amiga, allowed users to program their own games. The term ‘Computer Graphics’ was coined by William Fetter in 1960.

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Meet the Black Female Founders from TC Include at TC Sessions: Justice 2021

TechCrunch

Don’t miss your chance to meet some founders currently participating in TechCrunch’s Include program. This collaborative program also includes prominent VC organizations like Kleiner Perkins, Salesforce Ventures and Initialized Capital to develop lasting mentorships with the TC Include founder cohort. Founded by Denise Umubyeyi.

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Nat4bio makes food-grade coating to protect fruit from microscopic threat

TechCrunch

Those excipients are meant to provide the formulation-desired mechanical properties, such as viscosity, adherence and elasticity of the film.”. It has since taken part in SOSV’s IndiebBio program, running March to June of last year. It’s combined with other food-grade excipients in a very small quantity.

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Foreign investors, mature startups redraw New Zealand’s VC funding landscape

TechCrunch

One of the biggest catalysts of the increase in VC investments, however, has been the Elevate NZ Venture Fund , a $300 million fund of funds program that will invest capital into VC firms over the next five years. Elevate Acting CEO James Pinner. Note: All monetary amounts are listed in New Zealand dollars unless otherwise stipulated. .

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