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Volkswagen’s new all-electric concept wagon could be coming to the U.S. by 2022

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The ID Space Vizzion is the seventh concept that VW has introduced since 2016 that uses its MEB platform, a flexible modular system — really a matrix of common parts — for producing electric vehicles that VW says make it more efficient and cost-effective.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

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Bobbie’s growth snowballed after caregivers sought new sources of baby formula during the nationwide shortage in 2022. Calendly Calendly is an online scheduling platform popular among business and personal users. million in 2022. million in 2022 to $5 million in 2023. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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How long can Zuckerberg afford to bankroll the AR/VR market?

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The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter. Image Credits: TechCrunch.

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

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The industry has obviously changed enormously in 2022 but in many ways it feels like a “return to normal” that we have seen many times in our industry. Obviously the funding environment has changed considerably in 2022 but as early-stage investors our daily jobs stay largely unchanged. What do you do with a $650 million platform?

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GrubMarket gobbles up $120M at a $1B+ pre-money valuation to take on the grocery supply chain

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Longer term, the plan will be to look at an IPO provisionally filing the paperwork by summer 2022, Xu added. Tapping into a growing consumer interest in higher quality, and more traceable food, it saw an opportunity to build a platform to link up producers to the consumers, restaurants and grocery stores that were buying their products.

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Newly Public Canoo Unveils Electric Delivery Vehicle

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The company--which recently went public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)--said its new Multi Purpose Delivery Vehicle is based on the same platform as its subscription-only van. The company claims it will be able to deliver the new vehicle in 2022, with a starting price of $33,000. READ MORE>>.

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TikTok Hopes Startups Can Breathe Life Into Its Shopping Struggles

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Live Shopping is an integral part of the “social commerce” phenomenon – a general term for ecommerce experiences within which customers don’t even have to leave social media platforms to buy items – but other tech companies like Meta, as well as TikTok, have struggled with it in the US and Europe so far. Please fill in your email.