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8 investors and founders highlight Valencia’s potential as a fintech and cybersecurity hub

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The city appears to be strong in areas such as travel, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, agritech, travel tech, biotech, sports tech, and VR. The blockchain/crytpo scene could do with some improvement, according to a few respondents. Key sectors include fintech, agritech and travel tech. Blockchain could be improved.

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Daily Crunch: Property management startup Doorstead raises $21.5M Series B

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Credit buzz : Indian fintech KreditBee’s business model of underwriting to help people get microloans attracted even more venture capital — $100 million, in fact — to boost the company’s valuation to nearly $700 million, Manish writes. Mary Ann reports on the company securing $21.5 There’s two more days to go! Jacquelyn has more.

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Daily Crunch: Key Twitter executives depart following Elon Musk ownership deal

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Terra back on track : Jacquelyn continues to keep up with the latest on TerraUSD, reporting that Terraform Labs resumed its blockchain production after halting for a bit. Brazilian fintech now valued at $1.5 VR headset, going live from his personal Facebook page. That’s where Tidio comes in.

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10 Innovative Tech Startup Ideas for 2023

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The Fintech industry saw the maximum number of startups operating with a 7.1% Virtual Reality The VR industry is expected to reach $13 billion in 2024 representing a 550% growth. VR is a fully immersive environment artificially constructed through images, sounds, etc. market share followed by Healthcare at 6.8%

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Daily Crunch: Following ‘significant reduction’ in demand, Peloton puts brakes on production

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Plaid buys Cognito : After the huge Plaid-Visa deal fell through over regulatory hurdles, the fintech API company has been busy. It also invests in blockchain tech, Mike Butcher reports. The nerd helmet wars continue : Google has a new VR headset coming in a few years, the rumor mill reports.

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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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Making job search better for 200+ million people

Agile Engine

Namely, the products we’ve built in the past year are in Data & Analytics, Media & Entertainment, Process Management, Fintech & Blockchain, IoT, AR, and VR. Our latest client is in job search, yet we have years of expertise in other vertical markets as well.

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