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Andreessen Horowitz Foreign Policy / Apr 30, 2021

Welcome to Foreign Policy 's Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Latin America's start-up ecosystem evolves during the pandemic, Ecuador decriminalizes abortion in cases of rape, and patchwork rule by insurgent groups in rural Venezuela. If you would like to receive Latin America Brief in your inbox every Friday, please sign up here.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/30/the-latin-american-start-ups-winning-the-pandemic/
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Latin American Start-Ups Show Robust Growth During COVID-19 Pandemic as Venture Capitalists Continued to Bet Big

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Andreessen Horowitz Yahoo Finance / Apr 29, 2021

Investment in the company surpasses $80M with significant funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Q Bio to revolutionize primary care with Gemini "Digital Twin" platform powered by breakthrough Mark I whole-body scanning Proprietary technology based on advanced computational biophysics accelerates traditional MRI by 10x without bias or hallucination risk from artificial intelligence or machine learning Q Bio, the company building technology for the Physical of the Future, today unveiled its "digital twin" platform, the first to capture and monitor comprehensive baseline patient health in a scalable virtual model.

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Q Bio Announces First Clinical "Digital Twin" Platform and Novel Whole-Body Scanner, and Major Investment From Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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Andreessen Horowitz Joplin Globe / Apr 29, 2021

SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 29, 2021-- Q Bio, the company building technology for the Physical of the Future, today unveiled its "digital twin" platform, the first to capture and monitor comprehensive baseline patient health in a scalable virtual model.

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Q Bio Announces First Clinical “Digital Twin” Platform and Novel Whole-Body Scanner, and Major Investment From Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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Andreessen Horowitz Fast Company / Apr 29, 2021

You might feel like NFTs are taking the world by storm: Twitter's Jack Dorsey minted his first-ever tweet, circa 2006, into an NFT; former New England Patriots player Rob Gronkowski just released a line of football championship NFT trading cards; rock band Kings of Leon dropped a new NFT album; and auction house Christie's sold an NFT of Beeple art for $70 million.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90630592/on-the-road-to-mainstream-nfts-still-have-a-long-way-to-go
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What is an NFT? Poll says most Americans have no idea

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Andreessen Horowitz AlleyWatch / Apr 29, 2021

by AlleyWatch The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 4/29/2021 featuring funding details for Firstbase, Paxos, and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings. Make an impact on your bottom line and drive leads in 2021!

https://www.alleywatch.com/2021/04/the-alleywatch-startup-daily-funding-report-4-29-2021/
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The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 4/29/2021

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Andreessen Horowitz Press and Journal / Apr 29, 2021

An Aberdonian's transatlantic software start-up is today (April 29) announcing a $13 million (£9.3m) funding deal. Granite City-based Chris Herd, 31, has gone from architecture studies at Robert Gordon University (RGU), jobs in the oil and gas industry and Highland League football to multi-million-pound-backed entrepreneurship in little more than a decade.

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/north-of-scotland/3095662/13m-investment-for-rgu-graduate/
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Entrepreneur Chris Herd nets $13m investment after quitting Highland League football to focus on start-up

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Andreessen Horowitz Silicon Canals / Apr 29, 2021

New York-based company Shapeways, 3D-printing marketplace that has its roots in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and Galileo Acquisition Corp. - a publicly traded SPAC, have entered into a definitive merger agreement in which Shapeways will be acquired by Galileo. The transaction is expected to close in the summer of 2021.

https://siliconcanals.com/news/shapeways-takes-the-spac-way/
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Shapeways takes the SPAC way: the 3D-printing marketplace to list on NYSE

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Andreessen Horowitz Bio-IT World / Apr 29, 2021

April 29, 2021 | Illumina joins the Gates Foundation in a global pathogen genomics initiative, new money for immune profiling, and Benchling nets $200M for their cloud platform. $375M: Fund for Growth-Stage Medtech, Digital Health Endeavour Vision has closed Endeavour Medtech Growth II (EMG II) LP at USD 375 million in capital commitments.

https://www.bio-itworld.com/news/2021/04/29/big-money-for-gene-editing-engineering-structure-based-drug-design-and-data-management
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Big Money for Gene Editing, Engineering, Structure-Based Drug Design, and Data Management

Bio-IT World

Andreessen Horowitz The Courier / Apr 29, 2021

Home / Business /Know More About Changing Market Dynamics of Risk Capital Investment Industry Business Strategy, Segmentation, Competitive Landscape, Market Opportunity, Size and Share (2020-2027)The Risk Capital Investment market research in this report provided by Global Market Monitor includes historical and forecast market data, consumer demand, application segmentation details, and price trends.

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Know More About Changing Market Dynamics of Risk Capital Investment Industry Business Strategy, Segmentation, Competitive Landscape, Market Opportunity, Size and Share (2020-2027) – The Courier

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Andreessen Horowitz Yahoo Finance / Apr 25, 2021

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and fellow cryptocurrency legend Balaji Srinivasan are pitching into a fund set up by Indian tech founder Sandeep Nailwal to help provide relief to COVID-19 ravaged India. It all started with this tweet by Nailwal, the founder of Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform.

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Buterin, Srinivasan Donate to COVID Relief Fund for India ‘Shaken’ by Second Wave

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Andreessen Horowitz Forbes / Apr 25, 2021

Waymo's new co-CEOs Takedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov say Alphabet's self-driving powerhouse is sticking to a safety-conscious roadmap to deploying robotic ride-hailing, trucks and personal vehicles, even if that means a longer path to commercialization. In their first joint interview, they also share concerns that scrutiny of fatal Tesla accidents, related to its partially automated system, could chip away at consumer confidence in autonomous technology.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2021/04/25/amid-tesla-crash-concerns-waymos-new-co-ceos-say-no-shortcuts-to-safe-autonomy/
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Amid Tesla Crash Concerns Waymo’s New Co-CEOs Say No Shortcuts To Safe Autonomy

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Andreessen Horowitz Bitcoin News / Apr 25, 2021

On May 3, tokens stemming from the Chia network, a smart transaction blockchain created by the Bittorrent creator Bram Cohen, will start trading and transactions will be fully enabled. Rather than leveraging the proof-of-work consensus algorithm, Chia will utilize a model called proof-of-space which relies on storage.

https://news.bitcoin.com/bittorrent-creator-bram-cohens-crypto-project-chia-sparks-hard-drive-and-ssd-shortages/
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Bittorrent Creator Bram Cohen's Crypto Project Chia Sparks Hard Drive and SSD Shortages – Altcoins Bitcoin News

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Andreessen Horowitz Variety / Apr 25, 2021

The NFL is calling a brand-new tech audible: The league struck a partnership with buzzy interactive-audio chat app Clubhouse. Clubhouse and the National Football League announced that they are teaming up to produce an exclusive lineup of programming for the 2021 NFL Draft on the app this week.

https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/nfl-draft-clubhouse-live-audio-exclusive-1234959840/
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NFL Teams With Clubhouse App for 2021 Draft Exclusive Live Programming

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Andreessen Horowitz The National / Apr 25, 2021

Entrepreneurship "is something that I've been brought up with," says Abdullah Almoayed, the chief executive of open banking platform Tarabut Gateway. "I was born and raised into a business family that's been a trading family quite known in the Middle East region for the last four generations," he said.

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Generation start-up: 'Black sheep' forges his own path to break down banking barriers

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Andreessen Horowitz KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper / Apr 25, 2021

The Patient Risk Capital Investment market research in this report provided by Global Market Monitor includes historical and forecast market data, consumer demand, application segmentation details, and price trends. This report also provides a detailed overview and data analysis of major Patient Risk Capital Investment companies during the forecast period.

https://ksusentinel.com/2021/04/25/global-patient-risk-capital-investment-market-report-future-prospects-growth-outlook-and-forecast-2020-2027/
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Global Patient Risk Capital Investment Market Report Future Prospects, Growth, Outlook and Forecast 2020-2027 – KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper

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