This founder grew up in wine country — now he’s built a platform for wine makers

19 September 2024 at 14:14

Growing up in the Hunter Valley, a region of Australia renowned for its fine wine production, Mitchel Fowler never realized he might one day think of an idea that could revolutionize the wine industry. Now, after a long career in finance, he has returned to that heritage to launch a platform to solve the wine […]

Londoners will soon see drones ferrying blood between hospitals

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Mike Butcher

17 September 2024 at 17:04

A joint pilot by Apian, Alphabet’s drone company Wing, and the U.K.’s NHS will see drones used to fly urgent blood samples between two hospitals in London.

How Google and Yahoo’s shift to stricter email standards proved a windfall for this Armenian startup

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Mike Butcher

17 September 2024 at 10:30

EasyDMARC, a B2B SaaS startup out of Armenia that aims to simplify email security and authentication, said it has raised $20 million in a Series A round.

This startup is making manure out of other biogas power plants and now has $62M to play with

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Mike Butcher

12 September 2024 at 21:00

Working away on his PhD in Munich only a few years ago, Stephan Herrmann (now a doctor) couldn’t have conceived of a time when his idea for a carbon-negative power plant would attract millions in funding. But now, together with Reverion co-founder Felix Fischer, he has a $100 million backlog of orders for his invention […]

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