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

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The city also has the most fintech startups per head in the U.K. The survey revealed that the city has a robust renewable, zero-carbon and fintech startup landscape. Robotics, VR, bio, quantum, digital and deep tech are also areas showing promise. Bristol is strong in renewable and zero-carbon innovation, fintech and robotics.

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Daily Crunch: Mos evolves from fintech into challenger bank, as early users start post-college lives

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and that Mary Ann’s fintech newsletter is coming soon. Sticking just to the fintech theme, TechCrunch also has notes up on Pluto , which is building a corporate spend giant for the Middle East, backed by some of the most interesting founders in its own market, and Jar’s round that Tiger just led in India. Hardware is hard.

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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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Hardware gets its turn in the spotlight at Disrupt 2023

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Let’s start with an obvious truth: Hardware is hard. The good news is such difficulties give us a lot to talk about — and as it happens, for the first time, hardware is getting its own stage at Disrupt 2023. We’re talking AR/VR/MR. We’re talking hardware investing, design and manufacturing. We’re talking mobile.

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Investors double down on tech stocks in massive DoorDash, Airbnb, C3.ai IPOs

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The startup grew to about $40 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), at which point it ran into issues with a third-party system that would integrate hardware, and support and services software, which sparked a shift in its thinking. China watches and learns from the US in AR/VR competition. The company set out to build a platform.

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AgileEngine named a top-5 developer in the new Clutch ranking for DC and Baltimore

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The bulk of our expertise is in Data & Analytics, IoT, Media & Entertainment, Fintech, Retail, Healthcare, and Security, yet we work with other domains as well. Namely, out teams’ engagements include hardware products, AR/VR, aerospace platforms, real-estate services, and even toy sharing and smart agriculture startups.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

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Other themes included cybersecurity, AR/VR, remote work, and cybersecurity. Saturated areas included cryptocurrency, blockchain, fintech and martech. VR/AR has been an area with lots of investment, therefore very competitive. Fintech is oversaturated with very low margins. More than 50%?