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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Innovation Clusters.

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Don’t Sleep on Consumer Tech: AI is Changing Everything

VC Cafe

Mention that you do “Consumer tech” as a startup founder and you’d be limiting your funding options to one third of the venture capital funds (in Israel that figure is probably closer to 10%). Until now, consumer tech was perceived as a risky binary investment. But don’t just take it from me.

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8 Strategies To Capitalize On Untapped Global Markets

Startup Professionals Musings

It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more. Design the full stack, not just a new software element. Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology.

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Israeli startup Landscape Maps (Updated April 2021)

VC Cafe

This latest batch includes new maps for Insurance tech, Industry 4.0, Deep Tech, Passion Tech and Proptech, as well as updated landscapes for cyber security tech and retail tech. Israel has already produced three Insurance Tech Unicorns including Lemonade, Hippo Insurance and Next Insurance.

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8 Keys To Real Innovation Outside of Silicon Valley

Startup Professionals Musings

It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more. Design the full stack, not just a new software element. Even here, Elon Musk faced this issue with Tesla, needing a support ecosystem as well as new technology.

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100+ Startups offering free products and services in response to Coronavirus

VC Cafe

Tech can play a role in helping on various fronts: Startups and tech companies working directly on tackling Coronavirus – from prevention to testing and patient care. At the time of writing this post there’s already been over 110 entries from Europe and Israel. In this post, I’ll be covering #2 only.

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Janvest Wants to Fill the Seed Investment Gap in Israel (Interview)

VC Cafe

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. investors the opportunity to participate in the Israeli high-tech market. Janvest: In 2009, roughly 450 Israeli high-tech companies raised a little over $1.0B.

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