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

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After 2 months in an underground shelter they have also used their technology to register evidence of war crimes and provide the ability to immerse oneself into Ukraine to experience it, it’s now developing applications for psychological trauma treatment, VR medical trainin, combat surveillance systems and making the de-mining process safer.

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8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors

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Robotics, VR, bio, quantum, digital and deep tech are also areas showing promise. It’s weaker in hardware and fintech. Rosa Biotech, Albotherm and CytoSeek. Much stronger, with more processor and hardware activity. Bristol has a strong biotech, quantum, digital, science-based/deep tech ecosystem.

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Dutch startup hub Utrecht emerges from Amsterdam’s shadow

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However, they seem to think it’s weaker in design, hardware, fintech, robotics and agritech. The investment scene is described variously as focusing on software, clean tech, life sciences, biotech, organoids, 3D bioprinting, AI and VR/AR. IT/software/data/AI and VR/AR are also important focus areas for investors.

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NextMind’s Dev Kit for mind controlled-computing offers a rare ‘wow’ factor in tech

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NextMind debuted its Dev Kit hardware at CES last year, but the hardware is now actually shipping out , and the startup shared with me the production version to take a test drive. Image Credits: NextMind. Bottom line. NextMind’s Dev Kit is definitely just that – a Dev Kit.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

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Alongside a16z founder Marc Andreessen, general partner Chris Dixon has been integral to the firm’s rise as a giant in the crypto VC world — he was an early investor in startups such as Coinbase, Uniswap and Oculus VR. From hardware to hard science, some startups take more time to build income streams. Sponsored by: AWS.