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THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE ACME PORTFOLIO |
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ACME's 2022 Annual LP Meeting |
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Thank you to all our LPs, founders, and those in our network for joining us for a great event. |
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A highlight from the meeting included a panel of ACME founders that discussed the challenges they've overcome over the past few years.
From left to right:
Carolyn Witte (Tia), Madison Campbell (Leda), Kim Abrams (Petra), Eugenia Kuyda (Replika), and ACME's Aike Ho moderating.
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We look forward to seeing everyone again next year!
ACME's Investment Partners
From left to right:
Hany Nada, Deborah Conway, Christian Tang-Jespersen, Alex Fayette, Aike Ho, Brian Yee, Max Luo, and Scott Stanford.
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Xwing and NASA announced a three-year contract to identify and evaluate safety risks and create infrastructure standards for the future of autonomous aviation.
AOPA
Xwing also took a test flight with
Fox Business in Xwing’s self-flying cargo carrier called ‘Superpilot’.
FoxBusiness
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Leda Health, built by survivors, for survivors, is recognized on
Fortune’s 2022 Change the World List for its work in empowering sexual assault survivors. The annual list honors companies with innovative business strategies that are making a positive social impact on the world.
PR Newswire
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Petra acquired trenchless tunneling company
Zilper Trenchless. Zilper Trenchless machines install critical utility infrastructure through nightmare geologies such as flowing sands, cobbles, and high water table environments to enable utility undergrounding.
Businesswire
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Forma.ai announced a program that will extend the benefits of Forma.ai's platform to a wide network of new enterprise partners and their customers.
PR Newswire
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AviaGames CEO and Founder Vickie Chen is recognized for Influential Female Leadership.
PR Newswire
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Tia is using social media and out-of-home ads to drive conversation around their patients’ care with the mission to inspire women to encourage systemic change regarding how they are treated in health care and combat medical gaslighting.
Digiday
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Slync.io appointed John Urban, former logistics technology pioneer and co-founder of GT Nexus, as its new CEO.
Businesswire
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Rihanna and Adam Selman to launch Savage x Fenty’s sportswear, “Sexy. Functional. Fashion.”.
Vogue
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Bloomberg spoke with new Curology CEO Heather Wallace and former Curology CEO David Lortscher about the executive transition, the outlook on Curology’s business and the DTC landscape.
Bloomberg |
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IonQ secured a contract to provide quantum solutions to the United States Air Force Research Lab.
Businesswire
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IPSY named global popstar, actress and Treslúce Beauty founder Becky G as the Next Glam Bag X Curator.
PR newswire |
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Cue Health applied with the FDA for emergency use Authorization of its Cue Flu + COVID-19 Molecular Test.
Cue |
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
THINGS THAT MAKE US THINK, MATTERS OF DEBATE, EXISTENTIAL INSPIRATION |
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Decentralization vs. growth: A practical way to bring Web3 to a billion people -
Fortune
AI Shouldn’t Compete With Workers—It Should Supercharge Them -
Wired
How Did Healing Ourselves Get So Exhausting? -
The Atlantic |
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ACME named to Inc. Magazine's annual list of "Founder-Friendly" investors. |
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We’re honored to have been named to
Inc. Magazine's annual list of "founder-friendly" investors with a track record of helping their portfolio companies level up. Founders were asked to complete a questionnaire about their experiences partnering with PE / VC firms and share data on how their companies have grown during these partnerships. The list was published in the October 2022 issue of Inc. Magazine and reflects founder sentiments shared with Inc. since the prior annual list. Read more about what being “founder-friendly”actually means to us at ACME.
Medium
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