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What does it take to go carbon neutral as a business?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A vast number of our members are capitalizing on their business success in order to tackle the world’s greatest obstacles. When we heard about the EO’s initiative to support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals , we felt on the right path. How does Amber Media support it?

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Taking advantage of Latin America’s market downturn

TechCrunch

Andre Maciel is the founder of Volpe Capital. Jennifer Queen is the founder of Pina , a PR firm focused on startups and venture capital firms. Latin American venture capital and growth investments through 2018 had averaged less than $2 billion per year. Image Credits: Volpe Capital. Share on Twitter. Jennifer Queen.

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Foreign investors, mature startups redraw New Zealand’s VC funding landscape

TechCrunch

A noticeable trend is that deal sizes are getting larger as early-stage ventures and angel-backed ventures scale and require larger quantums of growth capital.”. This boost in access to capital can be attributed to a few things. Note: All monetary amounts are listed in New Zealand dollars unless otherwise stipulated. .

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After bootstrapping since 2002, Articulate raises $1.5B on $3.75B valuation

TechCrunch

CEO Adam Schwartz founded the company with his life savings in 2002 and hasn’t taken a dime of outside investment since. He says that the company started back in 2002 as a plug-in for PowerPoint. With the new capital, that number could triple over the next several years.

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African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B

TechCrunch

New York-based private investment firm Avenir Growth Capital and U.S. New and existing investors who participated include DST Global, Early Capital Berrywood, Green Visor Capital, Greycroft Capital, Insight Ventures, PayPal, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Management, Worldpay FIS 9yards Capital. .

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Music in the Metaverse: Harmony from Discord?

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Now, instead of boring people over dinner (as I’m prone to do) about how you saw the first dubstep pioneers in Brixton back in 2002, you have an NFT to prove it. The builders of this new future, where musicians are fairly compensated and fans are rewarded for their support, are already lining up. Music for the sake of music.”

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Hambleton Lord and Christopher Mirabile Are Changing the Face of Angel Investing

Angel Capital Association

Keenly aware of the need to build, support and professionalize angel investing, they devoted their partnership energies over the last decade to writing books and articles about angel investing, as well as speaking, developing courses and teaching. Christopher serves on the U.S.