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Amsterdam-based Rockstart Accelerator’s first graduates head to Silicon Valley

The Next Web

Amsterdam-based Rockstart Accelerator , one of the many, many startup accelerators in Europe, is taking the first class of startups who’ve graduated from its six-month program stateside this month. Videoavatars : enables users to utilize online avatars to market and promote their brands.

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Cosmos Video – a ‘Club Penguin for adults’ to socialise and work – raises $2.6M from LocalGlobe

TechCrunch

You choose an avatar, then meet up with their colleagues or friends inside a browser-based game. As you move your avatars closer to one another person you can video chat with them, as you might in real life. Cosmos allows users to create virtual venues by combining game mechanics with video chat.

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Microsoft partners with AiFi to launch Smart Store Analytics, a tracking service for cashierless outlets

TechCrunch

But Microsoft and AiFi claim that the service doesn’t use facial recognition or biometrics, only creating a virtual avatar of customers as they enter retail stores. AiFi’s autonomous in-store tracking tech in action, with avatar stand-ins for real shoppers. million purchases to date.

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Daily Crunch: Plaid unravels a fifth of its workforce after ‘growth did not materialize as quickly as expected’ 

TechCrunch

Avatars are everywhere : Speaking of things in the news a lot lately, WhatsApp is rolling out 3D avatars, Jagmeet reports. Enjoy five more: The VC drop heard ’round Europe : Ingrid gives you an inside look at Atomico’s report on how much venture capital European startups are on track to raise this year.

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VUZ raises $20 million to scale its immersive social app

TechCrunch

The company is planning to allow users access content via different media: Meta/Oculus headsets, Qualcomm, immersive avatars and a web platform, Zaatarah said to TechCrunch. Asia, and Europe. The web3 platform claims to have reached over 1 billion screen views from over 10 million users since its launch. and 24% from Egypt.

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Allseated raises $15M to expand beyond event visualizations into corporate metaverses

TechCrunch

Allseated grew out of event visualizations, aimed at corporations and the B2B space, creating metaverses for physical events, or “digital event twins”, especially using video avatars that work well in a business environment.

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10 Signs Your Small Nonprofit Excels at Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Your nonprofit has a visually compelling avatar that is used consistently on all social networks. Tools like Canva and Pablo make it super easy. This is Social Media 101, but a best practice still not widely adopted by most small nonprofits.