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HPA Announces Acquisition of Portfolio Company Simple Mills by Flower Foods, Inc.

HPA

Founded in 2012 by Katlin Smith, Simple Mills is a market-leading natural foods brand offering premium better-for-you crackers, cookies, snack bars, and baking mixes. This mutual commitment to innovation and sustainability has been central to the company’s journey toward this milestone achievement. Full press release here.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

What types of things might happen in 2012, as opposed to needing another 3-5 years to come to fruition. That aside, here are ten areas I think you'll see some interesting things happening in 2012. One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends.

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Wavemaker Impact announces first close of debut fund at $13m

AsiaTechDaily

And in the next two years, Wavemaker Impact hopes to launch 8 to 12 new sustainability-focused businesses. The climatetech venture builder also has the support of EDB New Ventures, the venture-building arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board.

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The Product Manager asterisk

TechCrunch

Square buys majority of Tidal, adds Jay-Z to its board in bid to shake up the artist economy. As part of this transaction, Tidal owner Jay-Z got a board seat with Square, triggering conversations about the future of musical NFTs. Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups.

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AM Ventures extrudes $100M to support industrial 3D printing

TechCrunch

. “We are convinced that startups will continue to be key in providing the innovation required to finally bring the digital world to the real world, and that they will help produce industrial goods in a sustainable manner and thus strengthen supply chains and tackle climate change.”. TC: Do you tend to lead the rounds? . AH: Absolutely.

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Spirit of innovation demonstrated in land transport sector

NZ Entrepreneur

Mahu City Express , a bus service operating between Warkworth and Auckland, is introducing on-board e-scooter rental and charging options, to address the first-and last-mile gap – how we get ourselves to public transport connections, and then, at the other end, to our final destination.

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PH venture investor Kickstart Ventures commits to expand investments globally

AsiaTechDaily

Committing to enabling startups When Kickstart was established in 2012, the Philippine startup ecosystem was at its nascent stage. This inspired its founders Minette Navarrete, Dan Siazon, and Christian Besler to pitch for a pioneering evergreen fund to the Globe board, starting with $2.5M on its first year.