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Sheikh Youssef Al Shelash on the Benefits of 3D Construction 

The Startup Magazine

The developer partnered with the Construction of Buildings on Demand (COBOD) enterprise to bring 3D printed homes to its Shams Ar Riyadh project. Therefore, it has been very important for us to team up with the right Saudi partner for the deployment of our technology. The printer took 45 hours to complete the job.

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Four Takeaways from WATEC 2011 Cleanvest Summit

VC Cafe

Very young startups should take advantage of planning to demonstrate costs with potential partners or vendors prior to big demonstrations. There is a massive global shortage of fresh water. in many developed countries, freshwater costs over 10% of total GDP, this includes Germany, China, Denmark, and Brazil.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

Other New York initiatives include the World Innovation Tour to Asia organized by New York International and four Asian governments; Startup Global New York City ; and the GlobalNY program. . In addition, HOF has backed 6 companies with roots in Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, India, and Russia. (In

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6 Forward-thinking Businesses That Are Making the World a Better Place

Up and Running

Bonus points for the fact that they partner with the social enterprise Vision Spring to facilitate training for optometrists and eye glass manufacturers in the same countries that they donate glasses to (India, Guatemala, and Bangladesh to name a few), so the communities also receive opportunities for sustainable income.

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Lars

Ben's Blog

It’s an honor, a privilege and so supremely awesome to announce that our newest General Partner is Lars Dalgaard. He also served as a member of the SAP Executive Board and the SAP Global Managing Board. from Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and an M.S. Lars is spectacularly qualified. billion acquisition by SAP in 2011.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. In addition, HOF has backed 10 companies with roots in Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, India, Germany, Denmark and Russia.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. In addition, HOF has backed 10 companies with roots in Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, India, Germany, Denmark and Russia.