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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

Tech.Co

As investors continue pouring funding into artificial intelligence and consumer habits shift, many AI and subscription model startups have been enjoying rapid growth. Source: runwayml.com In June, Runway raised $141 million in funding, nudging its market valuation to an envy-inducing $1.5 Organic milk formula product Bobbie.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

While this reaction to such a valuation is understandable, to anybody who has seen the meteoric rise in consumer demand and actual revenue the valuation is much less surprising and may turn out to be quite conservative. This is why so many great LA funds like Upfront, Greycroft and B Capital Global have all backed Bird.

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

TechCrunch LA

Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. “We’ve spoken to what amounts to billions of dollars in potential demand for the company over time… They need a faster, better, cheaper solution.” space industry. .

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7 Steps To Turning Business-As-Usual Into A Moonshot

Startup Professionals Musings

Moonshots are simply efforts that demand breakthroughs that are not possible within business-as-usual practices. Elon Musk has done it with SpaceX and Tesla, and Steve Jobs did it on a regular basis at Apple. Elon Musk has done it with SpaceX and Tesla, and Steve Jobs did it on a regular basis at Apple.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.” He built & IPOd Demand Media.