PLUM ALLEY GLOBAL PRESS IN 2020 FOR PLUM ALLEY’S PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Accomplishments and Traction
WE UNLOCK EXPONENTIAL VALUE FOR HUMANS AND INVESTORS BY EMBRACING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND BY
IDENTIFYING PIONEERING FOUNDERS, TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPANIES
$32 MILLION INVESTED IN 23 COMPANIES IN LAST 5 YEARS WITH THESE TECHNOLOGIES
SENSORS
NEW DATA COLLECTION
AI/MACHINE LEARNING
ROBOTICS
CRISPR DISCOVERIES
PREDICTIVE DIAGNOSTICS
COGNITIVE INTELLIGENCE
VISUAL RECOGNITION
PRECISION MEDICINE
AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORT
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Digital and technological revolution will continue to take hold at an accelerating pace.Â
The convergence of technologies is creating exponential value for investors, humanity and the planet.
These advances in technology are inevitable and will drive outsized returns as they transform the world in profound ways.
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‌the Aclima network of roving and stationary sensors is expanding in North America, from Mexico to New York to California -- including mapping all nine counties and 5,000 square miles of the San Francisco Bay Area. And with our fleet partners, our sensor network extends across continents, including Europe, Asia, and Latin America. We have collected hundreds of billions of hyperlocal air quality data points in more than 150 cities and 14 countries.Â
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The award is also a great testament to the growing power of women in the life sciences. When Rosalind Franklin made the images that helped James Watson and Francis Crick discover the structure of DNA, she became just a minor character in the early histories, and she died before she could share a Nobel Prize. Until now, only five women, beginning with Marie Curie in 1911, have won or shared the Nobel for chemistry, out of 184 honorees. When this year’s prize was announced, Dr. Charpentier said it would “provide a message specifically to young girls who would like to follow the path of science and to show them that in friendship women can also be awarded prizes.”
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Dr. Langer is a Lemelson-MIT prize winner for being one of history's most prolific inventors in medicine and is one of only 11 Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the highest honor that can be awarded to a faculty member. He has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors. His over 220 awards include both the United States National Medal of Science and the United States National Medal of Technology and Innovation (he is one of 3 living individuals to have received both these honors) and holds 34 honorary doctorates from academic institutions across the globe. Dr. Langer received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University in 1970 and his Sc.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974, also in chemical engineering.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is still raging across the U.S., which could be accelerating the adoption of autonomous or contactless checkout‌Automating checkout would remove the necessity of standing in line with other people, limit cashier exposure to the virus, and obviate the need to interact with a payment terminal that lots of other people have touched throughout the day. AiFi says that it is already powering 10 stores in locations around the world including California, Texas, Amsterdam, Paris and Shanghai. AiFi also has partnerships with Albert Heijn, Carrefour, and others it has yet to announce. If AiFi sticks to its schedule, it will be launching an average of 18 stores per month for the next year and a half.
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Oatly Proves That Distribution Can be Eco Friendly, Thus Demonstrating to Blackstone That Green Options are Financially Viable
The Einride vehicles have been integrated into all of Oatly’s transport routes at its production sites and warehouses, these are the Swedish cities of Helsingborg, Landskrona, and Småland’s Tingsryd. Oatly tells us that it is one of the first companies in the world to operate a full fleet of Einride electric trucks daily, on-site.
The trucks have driven over 8,600 electric km and as a result, have saved over 10,500 kg of CO2 compared to diesel which is equivalent to an 87% reduction of its carbon footprint.
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November 26th, 2020 Mammoth Biosciences Signs Agreements with MilliporeSigma and Hamilton Company Targeting Commercialization of High-Throughput CRISPR-based SARS CoV-2 Test
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October 7, 2020
On Monday, textile innovation firm Evrnu secured placement in Elemental Excelerator’s ninth cohort, as part of 19 companies that will have access to more than $7 million in funding to aid in projects the accelerator says “are designed to scale 10x within two years.” The Seattle-based company known for its innovative NuCycl technology — which uses repolymerization to convert discarded clothing fibers into new, renewable performance fibers — has worked with Adidas, Stella McCartney, Levi’s and Target
“We are honored to be selected from nearly 800 applicants from 54 countries and look forward to working with the Elemental team to scale and deploy our NuCycl technology,” Flynn said. “Together, our work will tackle pressing environmental issues, drive innovation in local and global markets, and improve equitable access to technology.”
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