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Berlin’s Kaiko Systems nets €2M to help maritime technical operations go paperless

TechCrunch

Maritime shipping, argued Fabian Fussek, CEO and co-founder of Kaiko Systems, is the “last frontier of digitzation.” ” Kaiko Systems is a Berlin-based startup trying to digitize operations on commercial vessels. But some sectors have been left behind.

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Kenya-based aquaculture tech Victory Farms nets $5M funding to expand into new markets

TechCrunch

In 2015, Rehmann teamed up with his longtime business partner Steve Moran to explore Lake Victoria and perform some feasibility studies on how they could use technology to disrupt the country’s cold chain markets. They raised an angel round to start Victory Farms before launching in mid-2016 to serve a market with about a $1.5

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6 investors discuss why AI is more than just a buzzword in biotech

TechCrunch

VCs are also increasingly looking for what biotech startups can do with AI beyond just R&D and are wary of companies that use the technology as a marketing tool. Have declines in the public-market valuations of biotech companies impacted your investments in the sector? The survey also covers the implications of U.S

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Shinkei Systems’ AI-guided fish harvesting is more humane and less wasteful

TechCrunch

There’s a far superior alternative, but it’s time-consuming and manual — but Shinkei Systems has figured out a way to automate it, even on the deck of a moving boat and has landed $1.3 million to bring its machine to market. That is, unless you automate it, which is what Shinkei Systems has done.

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DocRaptor Review – HTML to PDF API

The Crazy Programmer

Here, in this article, we’ll review the DocRaptor tool, an HTML to PDF API converter. The DocRaptor review will briefly discuss how it works with Python, some code examples, features, benefits, and perhaps pros and cons. DocRaptor API provides a 99.999% uptime speed with high reliability and service, highly trusted in the market.

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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

TechCrunch

Quick thoughts : Off the back of DoorDash’s IPO, Y Combinator seems set on replicating that success in other markets, including Africa, where the likes of Glovo and Jumia Food are ramping up efforts to grab market share. ” Founders : Henry Mascot started a company in 2017 to help hospitals digitize records. Team size : 8.

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Low-code: An Accelerator for Digital Transformation

CIO

Digital transformation is expected to be the top strategic priority for businesses of all sizes and industries, yet organisations find the transformation journey challenging due to digital skill gap, tight budget, or technology resource shortages. Amidst these challenges, organisations turn to low-code to remain competitive and agile.