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Researchers have been scrambling to find alternative materials for lithium-ion batteries, from manganese to sodium. Now they might have another: TAQ.

Lamborghini licenses MIT’s new high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech

A slew of consumer tech and companies focused on consumer packaged goods have gobbled up venture capital in the past year.

The search for better unit economics prompts consumer tech investors to shift focus

Here’s a deep dive into the slide deck that Oii.ai used to raise its $1.8 million seed round, highlighting what it got right and what it didn’t.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Oii.ai’s $1.9M seed deck

There’s a growing trend, fed by everything from IP concerns to Suez Canal traffic jams, to bring PCB production back to North America.

MacroFab’s approach may be key to nearshoring PCB manufacturing in the US

Northspyre shared the deck it used to raise a $25 million Series B to bring costs under control for big building projects.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Northspyre’s $25 million Series B deck

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Startups, here’s how you can make hardware without ruining the planet

If you can’t make planet-friendly choices as the founder of a startup, when the buck literally stops with you, when can you?

Startups, here’s how you can make hardware without ruining the planet

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How Fictiv is making hardware manufacturing more like building software

What do you want to be good at as a startup? Running supply chains or creating and selling cool products?

How Fictiv is making hardware manufacturing more like building software

As realizing big exits becomes difficult, deep tech startups transforming entire industries offer some of the only paths to “10x exits.”

A VC’s perspective on deep tech fundraising in Q1 2023

If we don’t act and improve shipping technologies, the logjams we’ve had to endure in the past two years will become commonplace.

Holiday shipping is easier this year, but the tech is still lagging

Startup connects existing factory equipment to the cloud, giving manufacturers a real-time view of their operations.

Guidewheel lands $9M Series A-1 for SaaS that boosts manufacturing and trims carbon emissions

It’s not just a feeling: geopolitical risk has been higher than usual in recent years, and for businesses with supply chain operations spanning the world, these risks are hard to…

The weakest link: Charting supply chain risk in an era of globalization

With all eyes on Taiwan and worries mounting around semiconductor supply, the U.S. CHIPS Act is timely. But it is not unique: Other countries also aspire to reduce their reliance…

Is the future of the microchip industry going to be Made in America?

From a demand perspective, we expect 70% of growth up to 2030 will be driven by just three industries: automotive, computation and data storage, and wireless.

Beyond volatility: How semiconductor companies can thrive with a focused sector strategy

Intel’s choice to build a $20 billion chip fabrication facility in Columbus, Ohio, along with the passage of the CHIPS Act, could set the stage for a startup ecosystem boost.

The passage of the CHIPS Act could launch another US startup renaissance

For years, the narrative for innovation in supply chain has focused on the disruptors. Less heralded has been the next wave these disruptors often catalyze: Digital enablers.

The next wave of supply-chain innovation will be driven by startups that help incumbents win

Five years ago, battery startups attracted important but not transformative investments. But money began pouring in toward the end of 2020. What changed?

Batteries have become VC and PE’s most electric investment opportunity

Today’s batteries are better in every respect than those made five years ago, but they still leave much to be desired. What’s needed are some breakthroughs.

Charged with billions in capital, meet the 9 startups developing tomorrow’s batteries today

A global supply chain is, well, global. Each region, supplier and subcontractor in your chain needs to work in harmony with each other, because a single snag can ruin the…

6 tips for establishing your startup’s global supply chain

AI is not a magic wand that will right all the world’s wrongs. But it can help businesses plan for problems in advance and respond to them appropriately if they…

5 ways AI can help mitigate the global shipping crisis

The bottled beverage industry wasn’t what Genki Forest’s founder, Binsen Tang, initially set out to tackle. The company aims to reach $1.2 billion this year.

Data-driven iteration helped China’s Genki Forest become a $6B beverage giant in 5 years

Venture capitalists have been investing heavily in last-mile delivery over the past five years on a global scale, but Latin America has lagged behind.

Last-mile delivery in Latin America is ready to take off

Let’s take a closer look at the S-1 filed by Xometry, a Maryland-based service that connects companies with manufacturers with excess production capacity around the world.

Xometry is taking its excess manufacturing capacity business public

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From dorm rooms to board rooms: How universities are promoting entrepreneurship

An increasing number of higher education institutions are investing in entrepreneurial pipelines that help students launch startups after graduation.

From dorm rooms to board rooms: How universities are promoting entrepreneurship