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Esports gamification startup Lucra secured $20 million in funding from Cathie Wood's ARK Invest. The funding is notable because the company did not center its pitch on AI, a departure from current trends where AI is a key focus for investors, showing other tech sectors can still attract capital.
Venture firm Eclipse, led by Lior Susan, is seeing its decade-long investment thesis in 'physical-world' technology validated. Once a niche strategy, the firm's focus on tangible, real-world applications is now central to the tech industry, highlighted by the major success of portfolio company Cerebras.