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News 1: Tetavi for volumetric captures — 3D
Israeli start-up Tetavi just gathered $6 million (11.5m in total) for an upcoming tech, 3D volumes. The solution uses 4–8 portable cameras, computer vision and ML to process and produce volumetric 3D digital assets. No need for a green screen and further special equipment. This is the fundament for gaming, entertainment, shopping. Opinion for B2B: This is announcing a “big 2021 year” for Augmented Reality. For this products, people must be processed in 3D, in holograms to put them back into the scenery. This is where Tetavi comes — with a very good solution that explains the latest invest. Size of the invest is typical for Israel start-up of that kind.
First volumetric capture, then AR!
News 2: Wejo reigns in connected car data
Wejo is a UK software system that gathers data from connected cars. A data exchange platform (Wejo Adept) that can deliver use cases in journey calculations, safety driving or city congestion management. Just launched ‘Data Lab’ a platform to run calculations faster. Opinion for B2B: With a financing of $130m Wejo is developing discretely as the data champion in the category. GM, Daimler and recently Hyundai are partnering. Hence stressing that data in a car is an incredible asset and a potential source of business for car makers.
Data, again! Era of data also in cars.
News 3: Sophia Genetics — Big money for data-driven medicine
Lausanne based start-up Sophia Genetics raised a massive $110m funding round in October ($250m raised in total). Sophia is a software-as-a-service platform for analysing, interpreting and visualising clinical genomics data. Making faster and more precise diagnose of patients possible through AI. Opinion for B2B: Sophia is already in use in 1,000+ hospitals, new financing to be used for expansion to Asia and US. Data and AI used in medicine, for better patient care, great opportunity and innovation ahead!
Huge funding for “under the radar” startup, the next Swiss unicorn?
Authors are the 10 trend scouters at Space and Lemon, always on the hunt for the newest trends in tech and digital. Gathered here in original weekly news since 2016 — no re-write of TechCrunch, always with an opinion and B2B takeout. Come back next Monday and share your opinion.
