Tag: y combinator
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Relativity is building a 3D printing rocket manufacturing hub in Mississippi
The future of rocket manufacturing has touched down in Mississippi. At NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, nestled in Hancock County, Miss. right on the border of Louisiana, the Los Angeles-based 3D printed spacecraft manufacturer, Relativity Space, is planning a massive $59 million expansion to make a permanent manufacturing hub in this bucolic corner of…
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Relativity is building a 3D-printing rocket manufacturing hub in Mississippi
The potential of rocket manufacturing has touched down in Mississippi. At NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, Situated in Hancock County, Miss., directly on the border of Louisiana, the Los Angeles-based 3D-printed spacecraft manufacturer, Relativity Space, will be going for a massive $59 million growth to create a permanent manufacturing hub in this bucolic corner…
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Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
First Round Capital has both the Dorm Room Fund and the Graduate Fund. General Catalyst has Rough Draft Ventures. And Prototype Capital and a few other micro-funds focus on investing in student founders, but overall, there’s a shortage of capital set aside for entrepreneurs still making their way through school. Contrary Capital, a soon-to-be San…
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To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo Day
Hundreds gathered this week at San Francisco’s Pier 48 to observe the more than 200 companies in Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 cohort present their two-minute pitches. The audience of venture capitalists, who jointly manage hundreds of billions of dollars, noted their favorites. The very best investors, however, had already had their pick of the litter.…
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YC’s latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K ‘flying motorcycle’
David Mayman has a vision for personal aviation that he’s spent the past dozen years and millions of his personal fortune chasing. He hasn’t accepted the convention that jetpacks were just a misguided fantasy for the future; his company, Jetpack Aviation, has been building them and he’s been zooming around in publicity-grabbing stunts in a…
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Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise $99M in VC
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and Writer in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More articles by this contributor Polestar unveils first Manufacturing EV with aim to overtake Tesla Liquid Telecom goes on Africa’s startups as future clients Nigerian digital payments startup Paga is gearing up to get international growth…