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2018: Year in review and a look ahead

Version One Ventures

2018 was a big year for Version One, and it’s hard to believe another year is drawing to a close. We spent a lot of time in bio/healthcare and crypto/blockchain in 2018 and will continue the trend in 2019…. We spent a lot of time in bio/healthcare and crypto/blockchain in 2018 and will continue the trend in 2019….

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Flying Car Prototype Receives FAA Airworthiness Certificate

ReadWriteStart

This ground-breaking achievement not only marks a key milestone in the development of flying cars, but it also prepares the way for a new era in the history of mobility. The certification of the Model A by the Federal Aviation Administration represents a significant step forward in the development of technology for flying cars.

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Entertainment as the new Oil

VC Cafe

In last week’s The Economist, the gist of the lead story is that entertainment – an industry that has been associated with flailing newspaper subscriptions and, relatedly, a sector struggling given the rise of technology – is in fact, the “new oil” for the contemporary epoch. A Nielsen survey from 2018 shows that U.S

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How TechXLR8 Forges Change Makers from Startups

The Startup Magazine

2018 is the year of TechXLR8, the flagship event of London Tech Week, the largest tech festival in Europe, and backed by the mayor of London. The event is 12 – 14 June 2018, at ExCeL, London. London Tech Week’s anchor event is elevating the transformational impact of technology on industry, lives and society.

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Should You Rebrand Your Business?

Austin Startup

In 2018, Coca Cola relaunched its Diet Coke product using all-new contemporary branding. Now the cans are sleeker, the typography is more modern (while paying homage to Coca Cola’s past), and each can’s design includes a bold and colorful vertical stripe. Technological shifts can also nudge entrepreneurs to update their branding.

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What the West needs to know about Russia’s tech scene

The Next Web

The latest estimates put the number of Russians online at 66 million, with growth expected to continue by around 15 to 20 percent year-on-year up until 2018. As is the case in other countries with a relatively new, rapidly growing tech sector, e-commerce is Russia’s fastest growing vertical. Russian tech: Sectors to watch.

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SXSW Startups: AirPop Makes Healthy Air

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: March 4, 2018 At the 2018 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event on March 10 and 11, 50 startups from around the world will attempt to impress a panel of judges with their skills, creativity and innovation. What does AirPop hope to achieve in 2018? We’ll triple our user base in 2018, which is currently around 1.5