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Entrepreneur, 13, Gets Intel Funding for Low-cost Braille Printer

If Shubham Banerjee cannot lay claim to being the world's youngest venture capital-backed entrepreneur, he comes very close. Banerjee was 12 years old when he closed an early-stage funding round with Intel Capital, the company's venture capital arm, last month for his prototype for a low-cost Braille printer. The San Jose, California, middle-schooler has since turned 13. That's young, even by the standards of Silicon Valley, where many venture capitalists unapologetically...


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