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Bill Gates wants Western countries to eat “synthetic meat”; Meatable has raised $47 million to make it

TechCrunch LA

Indeed, two of the best funded companies in the lab-grown meat market hail from The Netherlands, where Mosa Meat is being challenged by a newer upstart, Meatable , which just announced $47 million in new financing. The company aims to have its first product approved by European regulators by 2023 and notching commercial sales by 2025.

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uSamp Snags Beachmint's CTO

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Encino-based market research and sampling firm uSamp said today that it has named Carl Trudel as its new Chief Technology Officer. uSamp provides market research services and sampling, and is venture backed by DFJ Frontier, Greycroft Partners, OpenView Venture Partners, and Webtigo. READ MORE>>.

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Relativity, a new star in the space race, raises $140 million for its 3-D printed rockets

TechCrunch LA

The financiers funding the company’s plans are a mix of Silicon Valley venture capital firms and members of Hollywood’s elite, which is only fitting for a company whose headquarters are in Los Angeles, but whose business takes it to the far flung research centers and launch facilities which support the U.S. space industry.

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Startup CTO or Developer

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I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc.

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Arterys, GE Healthcare to Roll Out Next-Gen MRI Scans of Heart

Xconomy

The healthcare tools of the future often start as research projects in academic medical centers, but they may not break out into widespread clinical practice until some sort of logjam gives way to make them workable and affordable. Up until now, these scans have been used only at Stanford and nine other medical research centers.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. As an undergradudate, Leila authored background papers for the World Bank's Development Research Group and Ashoka on equity and social rights. BrianSolis.com is ranked among the top of world's leading business and marketing online resources. .