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Greetings, everyone, on this fine day. If you haven’t had the chance yet, please give a shout to our newest reporter, Andrew Mendez, who wrote today about Twelve capturing carbon and turning it into things like sunglasses. We also have a couple of submission requests: students can submit a video pitch to win a Disrupt prize package, and any robotics companies wanting to pitch at the upcoming TC Sessions: Robotics event on July 21 have until July 7 to do so. If you are not sure what’s in store there, Brian lays it all out for you in his Actuator column. See you tomorrow! — Christine
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Startups and VC
In today’s startup and venture capital news, we start with Mary Ann’s report on Mottu, a Brazilian motorcycle rental startup that raised $40 million to help Latin Americans become couriers. This seems to be a trend to watch in that region.
Over to Wattpad, a storytelling startup, which unveiled some new programs that could get writers paid through measuring how engaged readers are, Ivan writes.
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