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New Age Meats bites into $25M for cultured meat product line development

TechCrunch

Berkeley-based cultured meat company New Age Meats announced Monday it raised $25 million in Series A funding that will enable the company to begin production of its first product offering, a variety of pork sausages, next year. The cultured meat landscape is gaining new entrants as the technology has evolved.

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Putting People First: The Promise of Human Centered Capitalism

Let's Grow Leaders

She emphasizes the need for leaders to be authentic and honest about their own experiences and to create a culture that values and supports the growth of individuals. 19:53 She discusses how she builds a culture that focuses on the potential of her employees rather than their pasts. 36:56 Megan stresses the importance of self-care.

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Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

From lithium battery chemical recycling to smart media, blockchain infrastructure to student-centric educational software, and Sub-Saharan African fintech to cultured-meat production, this batch of companies is sure to wow the investors and the audience.

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This VC built a lab to make building biotech startups easier

TechCrunch

Portal Innovations , a biotech VC firm based in Chicago, is trying to broaden everyone’s horizons and give opportunities to biotech startups growing out of labs in Chicago, Atlanta, and hopefully beyond. This involves chemical fume hoods, equipment to facilitate cell and tissue culture work. “It The Bay Area? Science in action.

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Agile doesn’t create future-proof organizations

Xebia

Organizations have to take innovation and agility to the next level to survive in this new age. Employee Value & the War on Talent Innovation is more critical than ever before, and there can only be innovation with creative humans thinking up with what doesn’t yet exist. Invest in creativity for radical innovation.

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IT leaders explore footing amid shifting needs and the AI power struggle

CIO

During COVID-19 lockdowns, for example, specialty chemicals manufacturer Albemarle developed a VPA to provide self-service assistance to over 7,000 employees at home, including a natural language interface with a chat bot, and enough AI to help people interface seamlessly with several business applications at a time.

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Planbox Releases State of Corporate Innovation Report

Planbox

The report offers rich insights into the structural approaches and strategies for innovation management at leading organizations across industries and geographies. The State of Corporate Innovation Report is available for download HERE. The survey sections are as follows: Structuring Your Innovation Program. Innovation Drivers.

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