Impact Hub

JUNE 14, 2022

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Increased investment into New Jersey companies is essential to supporting Governor Phil Murphy’s vision of bolstering the Garden State’s longstanding leadership in innovation,” said NJEDA Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan. To learn more about NJEDA resources for businesses, call NJEDA Customer Care at 844-965-1125 or visit [link].

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

After taking a majority stake in Havn, the Jaguar-hatched electric car service in London, in February, Blacklane said that it will be using this latest round of funding to continue expanding sustainable travel initiatives, and to continue expanding its existing business with more flexible options for riding.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A $4,000 second prize was awarded to Elizabeth Frandsen, the founder of Liz Riden, who is growing a sustainably sourced fashion business. Liz Riden (Elizabeth Frandsen) aims to solve the fashion gap in the handmade leather goods market that are affordable, functional and made from sustainably sourced materials.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 16, 2020

The good news is that the movers and shakers of the industry are finally listening to the call of United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and more and more players are now becoming more sustainable in their business approach to contribute to the realization of these goals. . Hansen Holding A/S. C ountry: Denmark.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at boosting the efforts of entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by, and focused on, founders of color. On the diversity front, 2020 may prove a tipping point. The motivation behind the project is straightforward.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 23, 2022

For 2022, the United Nations (UN) theme for the commemoration of International Women’s Day was ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’ – celebrating the work of women and girls in fighting climate change and ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Accelerate 2030: supporting groundbreaking women innovators.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 1, 2022

In October 2017, the European Union’s Urban Innovative Actions fund awarded €4,2 million to Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton for a 3-year initiative called MiFriendly Cities. The project looked to develop innovative, community-led and sustainable approaches to enhance the contribution of refugees and migrants across the region. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Lawyers and accountants tend to err on the conservative side, leading to a low failure rate of businesses but less “moonshot innovation,” shall we say. The country’s Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation (KTI) supports CTI-Startup and CTI-Invest, providing startups with investment and support.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Here are my 5 predictions for 2020. The direct listing becomes the standard way for startups to go public in 2020. In it, 65% of founders believe the fundraising market in 2020 will present more challenges than 2019. If a few of those IPOs do well, greed will sustain market valuations. I'll take the opposite perspective.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2021

Who better to move our world forward toward greater sustainability than today’s greatest innovators? . At the beginning of 2020 we decided to finally kick off our GREENAMBER initiative and go public with it. Karsten Warrink is just one example of an EO member who is driving positive change through his business.

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Source Link

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Expedited innovation. Despite many small businesses closing their doors in 2020, the pandemic nevertheless brought an increase in entrepreneurial spirit. Between June and September 2020, more businesses were launched than in any other quarter in U.S. Entrepreneurship-led job creation. Then, funding—how to pay the employees.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

According to the World Food Programme (WFP), hunger has been on the rise since 2015 and, by 2020, 768 million people are chronically suffering from the problem. No wonder why Zero Hunger figures as a priority among the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. . Food innovation for a sustainable future.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Those retrospectives though were supposed to be complemented with the prospectives — what’s about to happen in the 2020s? Where is progress and innovation going to come from this decade? What’s next? We barely got this decade going of course before the pandemic hit, the U.S. in the U.S.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

After collectively witnessing many of our main street and small businesses across the country close in 2020, there arose a new sense of appreciation for the value entrepreneurs bring to our communities and our economy. In 2021, we saw new programs and funding opportunities from the EDA and SBA to rebuild, sustain and grow entrepreneurship.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 13, 2022

It speaks to an illusion of control that will undermine employee productivity, engagement, innovation, retention, and recruitment at Tesla. More recently, academics demonstrated a further increase in productivity in remote work, from 5 percent in the summer of 2020 to 9 percent in May 2022. False assumptions drive mandates.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This program is funded by the Main Street Recovery Finance Program, which was established under the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020 (ERA). The ERA created over 15 programs, including the $200 million Main Street Recovery Program. 45 percent of Main Street funding has supported minority- and/or women-owned small businesses.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 8, 2020

CEMEX-TEC Award is the most important award in Monterrey, Mexico, for social innovation and social entrepreneurs. This is due to two elements: the Bootcamp nature of the program and the large sum of grant money involved; and 2020 marks its 10 anniversary. In 2020 the tour will be repeated, so keep an eye out on further information.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Sustainable Composites Introduces Recycled Enspire Leather To Market, And La-Z-Boy And Timberland Sign On! Mother nature doesn’t give up her secrets easily,” Fox shared with me from his Sustainable Composites office in Lancaster County, PA. “We La-Z-Boy expects its new Enspire Leather products to be introduced in 2020.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Entrepreneurs are not only reinventing the future through innovative solutions, but they are also positively impacting the present by playing a role in creating decent work opportunities and economic growth. The post Innovation Hubs for More Diverse and Inclusive Cities appeared first on Impact Hub.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 15, 2020

His drive and passion for education eventually led him to establish an innovative English language school in Costa Rica, where he now provides life-changing courses to his community. Building sustainable societies. Creating unique lesson plans.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Register Singapore is emerging as a hotspot for cleantech innovation, with a growing number of startups focusing on sustainability and environmental impact. TablePointer Pte Ltd About Startup: TablePointer Pte Ltd , a Singapore-based startup, specializes in providing innovative Energy-Efficiency-as-a-Service (EEaaS) solutions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

Much of this is driven by consumer behavior to reduce waste and have more sustainable consumption of goods. Singapore-based Reebelo , a marketplace for affordable and sustainable consumer electronics, has had a passion for keeping electronics out of landfills since it was started by Philip Franta and Fabien Rastouil in 2019. “In

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2024

This early commitment from the NJEDA catalyzes additional financing in these innovative startups. TLA Innovation, Inc. was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Paramus. The NJEDA’s investment ranges from $100,000 up to $500,000, as it is matched on one-to-one basis with the company’s corresponding preferred equity round.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

“What we have seen is that many younger generations are very much open to the idea of sustainable consumption,” co-founder Philip Franta told TechCrunch. “We ” Investors agree, with Reebelo announcing a $20 million Series A today, led by Cathay Innovation and June Fund. .” It is also expanding its verticals.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 9, 2023

Renewable Energy World , a top source for green energy and storage news, will be hosting a virtual panel discussion on May 11 th at 10 am ET, titled “ Innovations in Battery Technology and Infrastructure Fueling the EV Revolution ”. The panel will focus on the challenges facing the EV landscape.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2020 report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) revealed that despite women constituting 30 percent of the region’s entrepreneurs, they receive a mere eight percent of venture capital funding.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

Its lab-grown chicken is currently available in Singapore, where Eat Just gained regulatory approval to sell its lab-grown chicken meat in 2020. The Singaporean government has supported alternative protein startups as the island nation seeks to make its food industry more self-sustaining.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

This innovation reinvigorates very early-stage IPOs. US VC investment falls from $275b in 2022 to $200b in 2023 & sustains at about $200-220b in 2024 as LP interest in venture attenuates after the euphoria in 2020 & 2021. We see the first broadly successful tokens with dividends (likely outside the US).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

When we previously profiled MycoWorks in 2020 for its $45 million raise , we pointed to companies like Bolt Threads (mushrooms), Ananas Anam (pineapple fibers) and Desserto (cactus leather) doing similar things. Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization. To date, the company raised $187 million in total.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The importance of building more sustainable businesses has never been more evident, especially for those in the food and beverage space,” said Surbhi Martin, vice president of Greek yogurt and functional nutrition for Danone North America. “By Imperfect Foods brought in $95 million in Series D funding for its sustainable grocery delivery.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

The spin-off company from Hyundai Motor’s in-house startup program was founded in 2020 by former Hyundai Motor employees Sah, Sungwon Kim (COO) and Yunggon Park (CSO). There are at least eight companies across the globe using mycelium to make leather, per the 2021 Material Innovation Initiative report. billion by 2026.

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Impact Hub

MAY 13, 2021

Their three-week lockdown in April 2020 caused GDP to fall by an estimated 27.9% Despite a minimal increase in GDP by the 4th quarter, the Nigerian economy suffered a -4.20% decline in 2020 compared to 2019, according to the country’s National Bureau of Statistics. during that period and an additional 12.23% ( 3.8

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

It’s hoped that if carbon dioxide could be converted at the point of emission, we could deal with the climate crisis a lot faster and create a sustainable carbon economy. It also has a €43 million EU grant to scale-up the process, as it is part of a consortium that received cash from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

.” That was Lori Coulter, CEO and co-founder of Summersalt, speaking at the State of the Midwest Startup Community 2020. And in 2020, we actually saw a backward trend for female founders that’s preventing some really great breakthroughs. They’ve done innovative work with sizing, taking over 1.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2020

With that in mind during TC Sessions: Space 2020 last week, we spoke to three investors who’ve been actively funding what could become tomorrow’s biggest companies to learn where they might focus next. Sustainability is a major issue for all of their portfolio companies. Space junk could affect long-term sustainability.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

In June 2020 it merged with French competitor Everoad, and acquired Uber Freight’s European business last September. As a data-driven company, we contribute to making the logistics industry fit for a sustainable future; ensuring transparency, flexibility and efficiency in the distribution of goods.

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