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Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $15M

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CEO Caitlin Morse was previously a program manager at Flex and is also a co-founder of a small medical device services startup, MorseCode Medical. The round was led by North Spring Capital and Threshold Impact, with additional support from the Archangel Network Investment Fund and Thin Air Labs.

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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

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And honestly that wasn’t an atypical year for us,” said Fajt, who previously was at Microsoft as a producer and program manager on HoloLens. The company is not yet profitable. “We saw a lot of growth last year. “We’ve basically had four years now of double digit or 100% growth.”

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Amazon Web Services gets set to ignite space accelerator program’s third stage

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Startups in this year’s AWS Space Accelerator program include, from left, Lunasonde, which is developing a space-based radar sounding system; Raven Space Systems, which is building 3D-printed re-entry capsules; and Rogue Space Systems, which focuses of space robotic systems.

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New Frontier Aerospace aims to zoom from hypersonic flight’s past into its future

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New Frontier Aerospace’s chief operating officer, David Gregory (at left), lays his hand on the company’s Mjölnir rocket engine while CEO Bill Bruner strikes what he calls his “Wernher von Braun pose” with a 3D-printed model of the company’s hypersonic rocket ship. GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) TUKWILA, Wash.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. Hunome is an online application and tool for thought networking. Zhouying Jin.

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