Your Window Into the Innovation Economy

For pet owners, an animal companions’ health is a top priority. Thanks to advancements in veterinary medicine, there are more options than ever to preserve pets’ quality of life, including regenerative therapies.

Alternative protein is one of the fastest-growing segments of the food industry. A study from Meticulous Research projects that plant-based, lab-grown, and other non-traditional protein will grow into a $17.9 billion industry by 2025.

Small businesses make significant contributions to the U.S. economy. According to the SBA, they create two-thirds of net new jobs and account for 44 percent of economic activity.

VENTURE VERSUS THE VIRUS In times like this, we all need to hear — and share — constructive news about work being done to tackle problems caused by COVID-19. Here’s what some AVG portfolio companies are contributing.

VENTURE VERSUS THE VIRUS In times like this, we all need to hear — and share — constructive news about work being done to tackle problems caused by COVID-19. Here’s what some AVG portfolio companies are contributing.

In a time of great unease that’s impacting folks on a number of levels, I thought I should address something that AVG can speak to: how we as venture investors think about downturns.

Anyone who has tried to launch their own business will tell you that the path to success is never a straight line.

Video games are big business. In 2019, esports (competitive gaming) saw revenues exceeding $1 billion globally and audiences of more than 443 million – that’s a larger following than rugby and American football combined.

To make vital information about our planet more accessible and reliable than ever before, Capella Space is leveraging proven technologies in ways that are entirely new—building constellations of SAR satellites that can bring governments and businesses the latest information about any spot on the planet within the hour.

Sometimes, the biggest breakthroughs happen purely by accident. This was the case for Dr. Armon Sharei, who, while working on his PhD in chemical engineering at MIT, discovered a unique method that could change the field of cell-based therapeutics as we know it.

Working parents understand the challenge of finding safe, reliable transportation for their kids. The best available solutions for many families and school districts include sending a bus to pick up just a few children or calling a taxi to bring a child several miles to school. Clearly, these options are inefficient and expensive without providing a sense of security.

Most people picture the stock market as a bustling room of traders buying and selling as quickly as possible in reaction to market trends. The reality of modern exchanges isn’t far off, and it’s created a high-pressure, short-sighted system at the expense of both companies and shareholders.