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Reflections on 2019: Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital

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Today, we share the thoughts of Aaron Fyke , the founder and Managing Director of Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com), a venture capital firm in the energy and sustainability space. With support from prior backers of mine, Thin Line Capital was launched. We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

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Miso Robotics Boots Up Crowdfunding Campaign, Seeks $30M

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The company said it is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop robots to complete "mundane tasks" in the kitchen. The company said it had a $80M pre-money valuation in 2019. The company says that individual investors can make investments in the crowdfunding effort for a minimum of $1500.

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Theta Lake Takes $12.7M For Security, Compliance Software

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According to the company, the funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, and also included Cisco Investments, angel investors, and prior investors Neotribe Ventures, Firebolt Ventures and WestWave Capital. The company's seed funding was in January of 2019. in a Series A funding. READ MORE>>.

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Elementary Robotics is making its quality assurance robots commercially available

TechCrunch LA

Machine learning paired with humans always performs better,” says Barnehama. million in financing that Elementary closed at the end of 2019. In Elementary Robotics, Islam saw a company that could compete with large, publicly traded businesses like Cognex. We’re not really a lights-out factory.”

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London and SF have become Impact Tech hubs, with 280% increase in VC in 5 years

TechCrunch LA

New research has found that San Francisco and London have become two of the world’s leading hubs for VC investment into tech solutions that address one or more of the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more commonly referred to as “Impact Tech” They are followed by Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing.

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Norwest VC Eyes Waves of Change in A.I., Marketing, Cloud for 2019

Xconomy

Venture capital firms invest in potentially disruptive technologies with the hope of profit, then keep watch for further advances that could overtake their existing portfolio companies. Palo Alto, CA-based Norwest weathers the uncertainties of technology and the economy with an investing strategy.

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Mark Levin Named Xconomy’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner in Boston

Xconomy

We at Xconomy are excited to announce that we are honoring Mark Levin, co-founder and partner at Third Rock Ventures, with our 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award in Boston. The award recognizes Levin’s extensive contributions to the biotech industry and to the Boston life sciences ecosystem.