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Date Published
Author
Vivienne Chen
Word count
18862
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Major venture capital funds have solicited startup ideas and requests for investments. The requested startup ideas include online marketplaces, crowdfunding, insurance, full-stack software, containers, security, virtual reality, Bitcoin/blockchain, cloud-client computing, digital health, online video, sensorification of enterprises, machine learning + big data, Internet of Things, DevOps, cybersecurity, remote tools for remote teams, and various other areas. The funds are looking for startups that can create a million jobs, improve customer experience with intelligent applications, solve climate change consequences, provide solutions for water security, food security, environmental pollution, and more. They also want to fund companies that can develop new materials, provide robust construction robotics, standardize parts and tools, and build new business models for the web.