1. Next Wave of Telehealth:
• Competition among big tech companies, retailers, and telecoms for the $30B+ remote patient monitoring market.
• Growth driven by the pandemic, leading to increased adoption and innovation in remote patient monitoring technologies.
2. Crypto Crime:
• Expansion of the crypto security space to address rising cybercrime.
• Increasingly sophisticated hacker tactics and significant crypto heists, highlighting the need for better security solutions.
3. Direct-to-Avatar (D2A):
• Fashion brands investing heavily in the avatar economy, metaverse, NFTs, and digital identities.
• Brands launching digital storefronts, virtual experiences, and experimenting with NFTs to engage with young, tech-savvy audiences.
4. Virtualizing Clinical Trials:
• Use of in silico techniques to reduce the time and cost of drug development.
• Simulated trials offer significant benefits, including enhanced study design and more diverse virtual populations.
5. Net-Zero or Bust:
• Climate tech becoming a major focus for VC investment, despite high capital costs and potential greenwashing.
• Increasing emphasis on technologies that support sustainability and carbon reduction.
6. Ultrafast Convenience:
• Retailers partnering with ultrafast delivery companies to meet consumer demand for rapid delivery services.
• The ultrafast delivery model facing challenges in profitability, leading to strategic partnerships to optimize operations.
7. De-risking Supply Chains:
• Adoption of digital twins and microfactory models to improve supply chain resilience.
• Technologies enhancing supply chain visibility, automation, and proactive management.
8. Electrification of Everything:
• Advances in battery technology driving the electrification of various sectors, from transportation to consumer goods.
• Significant investments in developing more efficient and powerful batteries.
9. Consumer Privacy Battle:
• Growing importance of consumer privacy as a business priority.
• Potential advantages for big tech companies with robust data privacy measures.
10. Killing the Credit Card:
• Increasing popularity of buy now, pay later (BNPL) services among millennial and Gen Z shoppers.
• Shift away from traditional credit cards, driven by the convenience and flexibility of BNPL options.
11. Lab-to-Table:
• Regulatory changes enabling the commercialization of lab-grown meat.
• Competition between lab-grown meat and traditional meat and plant-based alternatives.
12. Fusion Energy:
• Advances in AI and increased startup funding pushing fusion energy closer to reality.
• Potential for fusion energy to provide a long-term, clean energy solution.