What's new at ACME this month?
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THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE ACME PORTFOLIO

Cue Health Raises $235 Million in Financing to Accelerate Growth as it Pioneers a Digital Healthcare Transformation With its End-to-End Diagnostic System 

"It's clear that the world needs to make the move to Healthcare 2.0, a decentralized, responsive, digital-first and consumer-centric model that makes it easy to access important health information and act on it. We believe distributed diagnostics is the key missing piece to bridge the physical to virtual care continuum." Ayub Khattak, Co-founder & CEO of Cue

PR Newswire

ACME portfolio companies Airbnb, Didi, Robinhood, Savage x Fenty, and SpaceX were named to the Time100 list. Time Magazine

Ford revolutionized auto manufacturing with the first moving assembly line. Now the company is ushering in a  new era of advanced manufacturing through its partnership with AI software company Symbio Robotics. Wired

Xwing makes aviation history with its demonstration of the first autonomous gate-to-gate flight with a commercial cargo aircraft. Cheddar News

Astra continues to optimize its manufacturing process and launch operations to achieve its goal of producing and launching one rocket per day within a few years. CNBC

Uhnder’s Vice President of Platforms, David Loadman, speaks about how digital radar can power autonomous solutions to accelerate smart port operations. Sea News

The 2021 MedTech Breakthrough Awards recognizing outstanding health and medical technology products and companies names Doctor on Demand as “Best Overall Digital Health Company.” Businesswire
 
With Doctor On Demand’s merger with Grand Rounds complete, the combined company aims to take on the $300 billion problem of uncoordinated care. PR newswire

Quip expands its professional services platform with a hybrid orthodontic offering that combines direct to consumer aligners and virtual or in-person consultation and monitoring. Businesswire

 

A look back at how Airbnb became the world's most valuable hospitality company. Fast Company

 

And a look at what's to come. Bloomberg

Ipsy was nominated for a Glossy Beauty Award, which honors innovators and challengers within the beauty industry for inclusive and socially aware consumer engagement strategies. Glossy
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ACME NEWS
ACME principal Aike Ho chats with Protocol and answers 5 questions. 
 
"The area I'm most excited about that's also underrated is compliance. Every financial institution has to comply with laws and regulations in whatever country they're operating in. Compliance is a portion of running your business that's non-negotiable. If you're not compliant, you can't operate. There's some severe consequences that come from that. If you're a new institution getting into crypto or also some areas of payments, then laws, rules and interpretations are changing each year."

ACME cofounder Hany Nada weighs in on the new wave of semiconductor innovation and how federal subsidies used to boost domestic chip production could trigger more investments in the space. Reuters

 

“If I knew manufacturing was no longer an issue, it makes it easier for me to invest in the IC (integrated circuit or chip suppliers) companies.” — Hany Nada

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
THINGS THAT MAKE US THINK, MATTERS OF DEBATE, EXISTENTIAL INSPIRATION

A Year Without Germs The Atlantic

 

A new age of suburbanisation could be dawning The Economist

 

It's no game: Virtual reality could be health care's next big thing Fortune

 

Why Gen Z is so keen on entrepreneurship, and what that means for employers
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