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The Next Big Thing

Hi there,

The Next Big Thing (#NBT) is a new section we’re launching today that highlights the research we’re tracking coming out of universities as well as corporate and government R&D labs.

Today, we cover research out of MIT on RFID-tagging drones that might solve a massive retail inventory problem, and research from scientists at Rice, Durham, and North Carolina State universities on microscopic nano-drills that attack cancer.

If you see any amazing research that you think should be featured in the Next Big Thing, let me know.

And definitely let me know if you like the #NBT.

Israel AR/VR market map

We worked with The Government of Israel Economic Mission to the West Coast to develop a map of Israeli AR/VR companies and pre-released it on Facebook earlier this week.

You can now read the brief and see the entire market map here on our research platform.

Leveraging some AI synergies

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Thx to Steve Kuyan.

Baby talk

We analyzed corporate and corporate venture capital participation in deals to private baby and kids tech companies since 2013. The space is currently on track to witness 26 deals with corporate participation by year end, which would set a five-year deal count high in the sector.

Next week, we’ll be digging into these trends and more in our baby and kids tech briefing. Sign up here.

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Ag tech is very fertile

Lots happening in the ag tech space recently.

• AI-driven Blue River Technology (an AI 100 company) was acquired by John Deere for $305M.
• DuPont acquired Granular for $300M
• Agrible, Phytelligence, and SWIIM System all raised rounds of funding.

All these companies can be found in our ag tech collection on the CB Insights platform. You can also see select startups in the space on our ag tech market map. It’s a growing ecosystem with lots of seed deals (the puns don’t stop).

The Industry Standard

CB Insights data is the most trusted by those in the industry and the media. A few recent hits.

TechCrunch. Ingrid Lunden (@ingridlunden) reports on Prowler.io’s latest round of financing and cites CB Insights deals, funding, and acquisitions data.

Financial Times. Chloe Cornish (@chloencornish) writes about GV’s investment into cancer immunotherapy company Gritstone and cites CB Insights funding data.

Adweek. Christopher Heine (@chris_heine) writes about vending machine startup Vengo Labs’ and refers to CB Insights data on the company’s competitors.

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Anand
@asanwal

P.S. Join us on Tuesday, September 12th for a discussion on all things baby and kids tech. We’ll save you a spot.