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3D Printed Meat The Future of Sustainability

3D Printed Meat: The Future of Sustainability

3D printing has already made its way into major industries worldwide, but did you know it is also transforming the food industry? You’ve probably heard of plant-based meat, like the Impossible burger, but 3D-printed meat may sound like something from a sci-fi movie or an early April Fools’ Day joke, but it’s neither. The concept has become a reality, with multiple startups scaling the production of 3D-printed meat products

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What Is a Rug Pull in Crypto and How Can You Identify It

What Is a “Rug Pull” in Crypto and How Can You Identify It?

On October 26, 2021, a cryptocurrency called “SQUID”—inspired by the popular Netflix show Squid Game—was launched. Within a week, the token’s value increased by 23,000,000% to US$2,862, after which it came crashing down to nearly zero dollars as the developers pulled almost US$3.4 million from investors. It took five minutes for the token’s value to fall to nothing.

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Biggest Financial Bubbles and the Similarities Between Them

Biggest Financial Bubbles and the Similarities Between Them

A financial or economic bubble occurs when the cost of a particular asset rises above its fundamental value. This “fundamental value” of an asset is not a specific figure but rather a spectrum of values. So, when people wrongly estimate that the value would skyrocket, they keep on buying that asset.

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How Can You Raise Capital with an Initial Coin Offering

How Can You Raise Capital with an Initial Coin Offering?

For a startup to thrive, capital is crucial. Typically, to raise capital, startups can choose various routes, such as participating in investor rounds (including seed rounds and series rounds), crowdfunding, bootstrapping and more. Now, there’s a new option rooted in cryptocurrency: Initial Coin Offering (ICO).

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Top 5 NFT Types of 2022

Top 5 NFT Types of 2022

NFT” has been crowned Collin Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2021. After all, NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have amassed a following like no other over the past year. So much so that the use of this abbreviation increased by 11,000% in 2021. Collins Learning managing director, Alex Beecroft, told the Guardian,

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How Technology Helps the Elderly

How Technology Helps the Elderly

As we continue to see more and more advancements in technology, it has become much easier for people to age without suddenly losing their independence. As of 2019, the global average life expectancy has become over 70 years, nearly doubling from what it was in the 1900s. With rising life expectancy, it has become integral to focus on how to better the lives of the elderly population.

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Biggest Startup Successes of 2021

Biggest Startup Successes of 2021

2021 has been a great year for startups. As of September, over 800 startups have reached the valuation of US$1 billion and become unicorns. Within this year, some exciting new startups have burst onto the global scene and taken center stage.

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Top 5 Women-Founded Startups You Should Know About

Top 5 Women-Founded Startups You Should Know About

Every year, around just 2% of venture capital finance goes to start-ups founded by women. But despite the lack of faith in women-led companies and historical biases against women leaders, five have cracked the glass ceiling and risen to the top in their respective industries.

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Should Your Startup Borrow Or Fundraise

Should Your Startup Borrow Or Fundraise?

The startup journey is a challenging one. There are difficulties at every turn, including getting along with your founders, overcoming lack of demand, ineffective marketing, hiring and a myriad of other obstacles. However, one of the most difficult challenges is making sure the startup has enough cash to stay afloat.

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What Are the Different Emerging “Metaverses”

What Are the Different Emerging “Metaverses”?

You would have to be living under a rock to not have heard the term “metaverse” in the past few months. A metaverse is essentially a world created by putting together augmented reality and virtual reality. It is meant to be the successor to the internet.

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