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Meet the 5 judges who will pick the 2021 winner of TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield

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It’s a critical appointment — while brief — that can have a lasting impact on the founders who win, as well as help maintain TechCrunch’s reputation as an outlet that finds innovative tech and entrepreneurs behind it. Von Tobel joined the management team of Northwestern Mutual as the company’s first chief digital officer.

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AI creative platform D-ID, the tech behind those viral videos of animated family photos, raises $25M

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The MyHeritage mobile app is a testament to D-ID’s success here, sporting a 4.8-star The company also worked with nonprofit organizations and governments in public awareness campaigns on topics such as domestic violence and HIV awareness. “Our purpose is about empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future.

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BarcelonaJUG & Apiumhub collaboration: Java events in Barcelona

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The Barcelona JUG is a nonprofit association with a great team and a broad experience in Java technologies. Apiumhub is very active in software communities and always tries to participate in innovations and events. – Cristian Cotes González – CTO – Signa Sports United. About BarcelonaJUG.

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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. BIGBAN, a private nonprofit angel investor network based in Valencia, is building and developing one of the most dynamic and active investor communities in Spain.

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

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billion in research and innovation it has to spend this year. Blocksport Blocksport builds Web3-ready platform solutions for the professional sports and entertainment industry to enable tokenization use cases for their fan community. Google presented 25 startups with a grant to help them continue operating and growing. nect WORLD Inc.

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#742 My Body, My Pixels: A Deep Dive on Digital Autonomy with Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law at George Mason University

Modern CTO

Mason has grown rapidly over the past half-century and is recognized for its innovation, entrepreneurship, and commitment to providing academic opportunities for students of all backgrounds. Located near Washington, D.C.,

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Tanya Maslach Joins Women On Business as a Contributing Writer.

Women on Business

Tanya energizes leaders to help them light the spark in their teams that results in: the proliferation of ideas and innovation,shorter cycle times, more collaborative environments, and high customer and employee loyalty. Tanya currently writes about leadership, in sport, work and life on Elevati’s Blog at www.elevati-inc.com/blog.