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

TechCrunch

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). Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t? What are some overlooked opportunities right now?

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China’s Ellipspace Receives 100 Million Yuan Funding for Satellite Innovation

AsiaTechDaily

Founded in 2020, Ellipspace specializes in developing advanced satellites capable of integrating remote sensing technology. Register Beijing-based technology company Ellipspace has successfully concluded a new financing round, securing 100 million yuan. The funding round was led by Yulin Fund, with participation from Changsheng Fund.

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Life of Purpose: Madison Bachman Followed Her Passion to Research Baboons

StartupNation

The organization embraces innovation, education, ecological research, and natural landscape restoration. 21, 2020, in DBusiness, and Oct. 30, 2020, on StartupNation. In turn, Wild Alliance strives to dissolve the existing boundary between “them and us,” while restoring interspecies connection. Originally published Sept.

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3 Ways to Boost Your Team’s Work From Home Performance

StartupNation

Even before the pandemic, we could see startup work culture becoming remote, whether due to the desire of younger generations for a better life-work balance, the aim to decrease one’s ecological footprint, or the strategic decision to cut down costs related to renting an office. Originally published May 13, 2020.

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Pancake aims to make customers flip for its virtual home design platform

TechCrunch

Maria Jose Castro and Roberto Meza, both from Costa Rica, started the company in 2020, based on their own experience of transitioning to work-from-home and needing to outfit a space. However, design services can be expensive, and therefore not accessible to everyone. The company also prides itself on transparent pricing.

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

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. Photo: Kina Mama. A translocal collaboration is born.

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Circularity in action: Circular projects in Portugal

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Play Rizoma Rizoma is an inspiring and innovative community-operated multisectorial cooperative located in Lisbon, driven by social, ecological, and collaborative values.