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Smart contact lens startup Mojo Vision partners with Adidas and other sports brands

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The big news at this year’s show is a number of partnerships with brands across the sports spectrum, including: Adidas Running, Trailforks (cycling/hiking), Wearable X (yoga), Slopes (skiing) and 18Birdies (golf). The company also announced today a $45 million Series B-1, following last April’s $51 million raise.

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Circular takes on Oura with a $259 smart ring

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In general, it’s proven difficult for consumer hardware companies to find a toehold beyond the wrist. The ring sports a number of different sensors for things like heart and respirator rate and body temperature. From the sound of things, consumer is the first step for a still-small hardware startup. along with the U.S.,

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

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As a mark of the Ukrainian’s astounding resilience both on and off the battlefield, in the first 10 months of 2022, Ukraine’s export of IT services grew by 9.9% Blocksport Blocksport builds Web3-ready platform solutions for the professional sports and entertainment industry to enable tokenization use cases for their fan community.

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PORTL raises a neat stack of cash to teleport your likeness all over the world

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It’s also being used in sports stadiums so athletes can come and talk to the fans. 1 innovation at Mobile World Congress 2021 Barcelona, and more recently, the company was shortlisted for three of the CES Innovation Awards for 2022. “Several of the world’s largest retailers have purchased PORTLs for pilot programs.

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Signos raises $13M Series A to give you real-time weight-loss advice based on your blood glucose levels

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I got into sports, lost weight, and actually became decently athletic. After his brush with top-tier sports, his body changed again, and he gained a lot of weight. at some point in 2022. . “I was a fairly overweight/obese kid growing up, and I was like that up into my early teen years.

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HomeValet launches its $499 Smart Box to keep your grocery deliveries cold and packages secure

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The box is a sizable 120 pounds and sports dimensions of 50.86″ x 25.37″ x 26.56″ (An earlier version had a UV light for sanitization but the current system’s specs don’t mention this feature.). (The app requires a paid subscription.). These customers will pay a different MSRP, to be released at a later date.

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Daily Crunch: Beating ‘other takeover bidders,’ Bosch acquires autonomous driving startup Five.ai

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Welcome to the Daily Crunch for Tuesday, April 12, 2022! Some super fun hardware stories today – Brian explored how PitchCom is changing the fabric of baseball , a sport that’s been stuck in the time before technology in many ways. PT, subscribe here. Startups and VC.