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M-KOPA snaps up $250M+ debt, equity for its asset financing platform
M-KOPA, the asset financing platform that offers underbanked African customers access to “productive assets” and the ability to pay for them via digital micropayments, has secured more than $250 m
Zymergen raised $300 million because synthetic biology is so hot right now
Zymergen, one of the companies that’s developing biomanufacturing technologies that could reshape any number of industries, said it has raised $300 million in financing. It’s part of a wav
Moon lander startup ispace raises $28 million and launches a new lunar data platform
Ispace, one of the startups working on putting a private lunar lander on the moon sometime in the next few years, has raised a $28 million Series B funding round, which will be used to help it continu
Video: Japanese Robot Helps Humans Clean Offices
<a href="http://www.fhi.co.jp/english/">Fuji Heavy Industries</a> and <a href="http://www.sumitomocorp.co.jp/english/">Sumitomo</a> have developed a cute <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/robots">ro
Report: Japanese Company Develops Cheap, Powerful Home And Car Battery
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Looks like we're getting better, cheaper batteries soon: <a href="http://global-sei.com/">Sumitomo Electric Ind
Autonomous office cleaning robot
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Japanese conglomerates <a href="http://www.fhi.co.jp/english/">Fuji Heavy Industries</a>, <a href="http://www.sumitomo
Fuji develops cleaning robot that's able to use elevators to clean floors
Japanese mega companies Fuji Heavy Industries and Sumitomo today presented their jointly developed floor cleaning robot [JP, PDF] in action in an office building in Osaka , Japan. The autonomous clean