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We’re hosting the Future of Health on Oct. 2-3 in NYC.

Tickets are selling fast, so act quickly.

More on what you can expect at Future of Health below.

Global warming is on the rise, leading some to call for large-scale “geoengineering” interventions to mitigate the predicted effects.

From taking carbon out of the atmosphere to reflecting sunlight away from Earth, we dig into what these strategies are, how they work, and the potential risk & reward in our What Is Geoengineering report.

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What’s old is new again.

Meanwhile, in France

Funding to French tech companies totaled more than $2.7B in H1’19, a pace which would see funding reach a record $5.5B by year end.

For more, check out La French Tech and CB Insights’ Q2’19 report on funding trends in France.

Volcanic eruptions can cause drops in global temperature — inspiring a geoengineering strategy where particles are pumped into the air to reflect sunlight away from Earth.

The approach is cheap and could have a big cooling effect, but some of the consequences are hard to predict and may even cause environmental damage.

We look at this technology, and many more, in our What Is Geoengineering report.

Sound the siren

Getting to the hospital during the apocalypse may get easier if medical transportation startup Ambulnz gets its way.

See all the gear inside its vision of the ambulance of the future when the rig rolls up to Future of Health (Oct. 2-3, NYC).

(If medical transportation is your jam, the event will also feature an interview with Dan Trigub, the head of Uber Health.)

You can view the full agenda here.

Future of Health is almost sold out, don’t miss your chance to attend. Use the code ambulnz for a discount before September 15.

More and more shoppers are turning to D2C digital channels for consumer packaged goods, and corporates are taking notice.

Mentions of D2C in earnings calls have increased more than 50% in the last 5 years.

We take a look at how CPG giants can respond to the rise of D2C.

Forbes. Abdo Riani (@abdoriani) discusses ways to reduce app development costs for startups and references CB Insights research.

South Florida Business Journal. Emon Reiser (@ebreiser) writes about SoftBank’s investment in a wellness startup and cites a CB Insights briefing.

Business Insider. Lea Nonninger (@LeaNonninger) reports on Wealthfront now holding $20B in assets under management and refers to a CB Insights report.

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