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Or, how to invest then add value to your startup portfolio Translated from French by Natalie Schmitz. Original French article : Due diligence technique – sécuriser son investissement dans des startups IT Introduction While many companies are still reeling from the ongoing coronavirus crisis, startups are taking the hardest blows. The French government injected 4 billion euros into the sector to help keep them afloat. For BPIFrance, the talk of the season is on which horses to bet.   The pandemic has bred frailty and imposed…

Ah, the old office directory: page after page, or screen after screen, of names and job titles. Wouldn’t it be great to have a virtual directory that displayed employees’ faces, included the company hierarchy, and grouped employees according to responsibilities and expertise? Better yet, what if that directory could be navigated by using natural hand gestures? By combining the power of the Microsoft Kinect sensor and the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset, we have created just that - a VR company facebook that lets users traverse…