United Nations will fund 60 startups to create open source technologies to improve the lives of children in developing countries. Each will receive, if using open source and could show a working prototype, around $50,000. The investment will be channeled through a “Venture Capital” funding method, for a total amount of $9,000,000. Fabian said: “Companies…
Another encouraging news as Spark – which distributes its designs under an Open Source Hardware License – raised a substantial fund: A San Francisco startup called Spark Labs Inc. (also known as Spark.io or Spark) has raised $4.2 million in new venture funding to help “makers,” from novices to experienced engineers, create smart devices using open-source technology….
As you may know already, hardware incubators and accelerators are growing in numbers almost worldwide, in line with a growing interest in the hardware business. The value provided by Hardware accelerators and incubators can be hardly underestimated: indeed Hardware is a complex business and being able to access to knowledge, relations and knowhow related to…
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