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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. I really wish that the business case for social and ecological startups will finally be proven (kind of like Oatly showed with the Blackstone investment). Ten years ago startups were unusual. What are some overlooked opportunities right now?

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

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The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in their ‘ The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 ’ report, sound the alarm loud and clear about the growing impact of what we eat. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted. Photo: Sutton Community Farm. Feeding the City.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

Hence the parallel goal of tackling a variety of gaps (territorial, gender, socio-economic, generational and so on) that might otherwise be exacerbated by a more single-minded rush to accelerate the size of the digital sector. We accelerate also that path — into innovative entrepreneurship system. “First is investment.

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