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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

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I’ve heard a lot of people question whether there is too much money in venture capital chasing too few great deals. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. If you fast forward one generation of tech companies it’s a completely different story. some have pronounced.

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Residential renewable energy developer Swell is raising $450 million for distributed power projects in three states

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It’s a sign of the distributed nature of renewable energy development and a transition from large-scale power generation projects feeding into utility grids at their edge to smaller, point solutions distributed at the actual points of consumption. The goal is to make local grids more efficient.

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MEDU takes in $4M to develop reusable personal protective equipment

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The company was started in 2020 by CEO Tamara Chayo, a chemist and Thiel Fellow, who had family in the medical and textile industries and saw firsthand the need for PPE. The company started trials in Mexican hospitals, buoyed by an initial $400,000 investment, to test and certify the results and see if doctors liked wearing the products.

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Motive Companies Backs GenXComm In Strategic Investment

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Fountain Valley-based Motive Companies, which provides renewable energy and infrastructure products, says it has made a strategic investment in GenXComm, a developer of dynamic filtering and Radio Frequency (RF)-photonics systems. GenXComm previously also received funding from Intel Capital, Azure Capital, and Bandgap Ventures.

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Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital

TechCrunch LA

The partners at MaC Venture Capital , the Los Angeles-based investment firm that has just closed on $103 million for its inaugural fund, have spent the bulk of their careers breaking barriers. MaC Venture Capital co-founders Marlon Nichols, Michael Palank, Charles King, and Adrian Fenty. Image Credit: MaC Venture Capital.

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

The Alliance estimates that Southern California’s tech community could be one-third the size of Silicon Valley’s by supporting or further developing the six pillars it already has for innovation to occur. We’ve also seen a substantial inflow of venture capital from all over the world.”.

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Private tech companies mobilize to address shortages for medical supplies, masks and sanitizer

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While some of the largest privately held technology companies, like SpaceX and Tesla , have shifted to manufacturing ventilators, smaller companies are also trying to pitch in and relieve scarcity locally. 3D-printing companies are working on new ways to manufacture personal protective equipment and swabs for COVID-19 testing.

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