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Why SPIE Photonics is Better for Investors than CES

Published February 21, 2016 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged venture capital, startups, passion, investment opportunities, innovators, angel investors, lens technology, SPIE Photonics show in San Francisco, SPIE, lens design, SPIE Photonics West, CES, International Year of Light, light-based technologies, VC, entrepreneur looking for opportunities, Canon’s new lens system, SPIE Photonics is the Best Show for Tech Investors, photonics, tech investors
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Meeting the management of startups is THE way to gauge the worthiness of a possible investment, particularly with technology-related companies… Last week, along with my company which is working on a lens technology that has real game-changing potential in the imaging space, I headed to …

Never Content. Never Idle.

Published March 24, 2015 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged entrepreneurs, Leadership, Airbnb, Uber, startup, investors, tech startup, VCs, valuation, Raising money, big financings, enthusiasm, financing capital
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A tech startup team creates a fantastic app, hustles their ass off to perfect it, and then raises several million dollars from VCs to get a favorable valuation and take things to the next level… We often read about tech startup stories similar to that, …

Mark Cuban’s New Startup Keeps Your Texts Private

Published December 14, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged entrepreneur, smartphone, tech startups, Edward Snowden, Snapchat, billionaires, Mark Cuban, the way we communicate, controversial message, technology has transformed how we communicate, texts, Cyber Dust, build a massive database, proprietary messaging market, text messaging, Consumers are demanding more privacy, government spying
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Human beings are naturally impulsive. And given the way we communicate nowadays this has led to thousands of embarrassing moments because of a lack of context. At the drop of a dime, we sometimes say things we don’t truly mean; and sometimes our words leave …

In The Business of Brain Surgery

Published November 26, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged innovation, Series B, neurosurgery, The Vertical Group, Birchview Capital, BDC Capital, VC funded, Monteris Medical Corp, medical laser system, NeuroBlate System, medical device company, reduces the risk of surgery, neurosurgeon, brain surgery
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Across the various surgical disciplines in the medical field, I have to say, the one that captures my imagination and guides my curiosity is neurosurgery. There is just something about the concept of the mind, the physical construct of the brain and the psychology of …

Google’s $500 Million Secret

Published November 2, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged Silicon Valley, startups, Google, tech startup, startup tech companies, disruptive concepts, Series B, technology startup, Magic Leap, early stage funding, disruptive technology, augmented reality technology, Rony Abovitz, Magic Leap's technology, Google invested half a billion dollars in this startup
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I get excited when it comes to startup tech companies with disruptive concepts. These days, that means I’m getting excited a lot - almost every time I get a news alert about the latest major Series B going down somewhere in the world. With that …

India’s World-Class Tech Startups at Rock Bottom Valuations

Published September 30, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged Silicon Valley, innovative, startups, Vinod Khosla, tech startup, India's technology sector, valuations, Bookpad, cheap valuations, tech industry, Impermium, Little Eye, great tech startups, Yuri Milner, cost effective operations, Indian Institute of Technology, tech acquisitions out of India
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If India’s technology sector is not on your radar, it should be. India offers a combination of two economic advantages the rest of the world is unable to. First, its people are extremely innovative and provide unique solutions to current technological and economic challenges. Second, …

Algolux Raises Big Bucks For Optical Software Concept

Published September 18, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged smartphone, niche, iPhone 6 Plus, Algolux, camera specifications, Apple to improve its camera, traditional camera, single-lens reflex, SLR, Smartphone optical engineers, SLR cameras, Felix Heide, virtual lens, increase the quality of images, software within cameras, Series A funding, optical engineers, smartphone camera, Virtual imaging
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When we pull out a cell phone to snap a picture, there is a lot going on inside that device which we take for granted. Take, for instance, the new iPhone 6 Plus. Apple engineers have modestly improved the camera specifications from the last model. …

Technological Advances Thanks to a Shadowy Outfit of the US Military

Published June 24, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Technology, VideoTagged technology, smartphones, NASA, technological innovations, cloud computing, gadgets, military, DARPA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, defense departments, Tim-Berners Lee, wearable technology, five amazing creations from DARPA, video conferencing, NLS, TOR, The Onion Routing, 3D mapping, Zebra Imaging, ZScape Motion Display, 3D holographic technology, GPS, President Eisenhower
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If there is one thing that I like about the military, it is the gadgets and technology which sprout out of it. Growing up with James Bond movies and watching Q’s R&D division outfit 007 before every adventure, I associate DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research …

Betterment Bettering the Wealth Management Business with Big Data

Published June 7, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged venture capital, big data, web-based money management company, Betterment, funds under management, full service brokers, discount brokers, Citi Ventures, wealth management, Betterment’s cost center, algorithm, Betterment’s expenses, investment strategy, MERs, Citi Group, Series C, innovators
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Betterment is a web-based money management company that previously raised $13 million - $3 million in its Series A back in 2010, and $10 million in Series B in the last quarter of 2012. You can think of the company as a financial advisor, except …

Could This Startup Save China from its Pollution Nightmare?

Published April 10, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged entrepreneurs, startup, Khosla Ventures, LanzaTech, China's CICC, What Does LanzaTech Do, harvest low-carbon fuels, carbon monoxide, biological enzyme, convert the pollutant, carbon tax, carbon credits, LanzaTech's innovation, LanzaTech's technology, Chinese steel plants, improve air quality, Baosteel, China’s largest steel manufacturers, ecological footprint, efficiency, manufacturing sector
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Startup LanzaTech just raised $60million in a Group D round of funding from heavy hitters Mitsui, Siemens and China’s CICC. Khosla Ventures is also part of a long list of illustrious early investors who came in during a previous round. Before last week’s $60 million, …

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