TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Africa seemed to defy the global venture funding decline in the first half of 2022 after its startups raised $3 billion, double the amount secured over a similar period the previous year. Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023 by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Investors believe the market correction, which caught up with the continent in the second half of 2022, will spiral into this year. Despite the challenges that emerged in the second half of the year, 2022 was another year of growth for Africa in terms of total funding raised, number of deals and number of investors involved.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

We reached out to 10 growth marketing experts to find how they were preparing for 2022 and to ask they had any New Year’s resolutions to share. What are your 2022 growth marketing resolutions? In 2022, the companies that come out on top will be those that unlock iOS 14 and leverage influencers.

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Impact Hub

JULY 27, 2022

July 2022 – Social and Technological Innovation Factory for Low-Carbon and Circular Industrial Value Chains , or SoTecIn Factory, is a new project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme. Afterwards, the industry players will present real-life challenges and sustainability issues that require innovative solutions.

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Venture Well

APRIL 21, 2022

We’re spotlighting Danielle Boyer, founder of robotics education startup The STEAM Connection and winner of our 2022 Sustainable Practice Impact Award. The post Celebrating Danielle Boyer, an Eco-Friendly Robotics Trailblazer appeared first on VentureWell.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 7, 2022

the first influencer tech platform built for sustainable and ethical brands. ending 2021 with positive revenue and securing half of its revenue generated the year before entirely in January 2022 by helping sustainable and ethical brands find the right influencers to grow their businesses. Sustainability is the future.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Also known as an aggregator, the company acquires and grows brands — in Flora’s case, focused on offering sustainable products and reducing carbon emissions. He did say the company has a waitlist for its marketplace that will launch in the fourth quarter of 2022. We want to be the ‘Michelin guide’ for sustainability.”.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We’ll show you what we’re looking forward to hearing more about in 2022 with our top Grand Rapids startups to watch. Grand Rapids startups and tech companies to watch in 2022. Their high-end products and storefront come from a hand-cultivated culture, state of the art facilities and a sustainable growing practice. HealthBridge.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The start of 2022 shows no signs of slowing, with more startups jumping into the fray to tackle one of humanity’s biggest challenges. What is your climate tech investment thesis in H1 2022? What is your climate tech investment thesis in H1 2022? Valerie Shen , partner and COO, G2 Venture Partners.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

While leagues behind fintech as a whole, insurtech startups have still attracted a significant amount of investment over the last few years — $43 billion between 2016 and 2022, according to a recent report. Insurtech IPOs don’t seem to be on the cards for 2022. How much have early-stage insurtech deals slowed in 2022?

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Y Combinator

MARCH 29, 2022

For the Winter 2022 batch, we received 17,000 applications from founders around the world and funded 414. Climate/Energy/Sustainability – 4%. Even more significant than the number of applications is the caliber of teams that applied. When funding, we consider startups at any stage and in any field. DevTools – 7%.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For the first time, the sector attracted over 1,100 unique investors in 2022, which in turn resulted in a record fundraising haul of $6.5 We also have a very wide top funnel such that in 2022, we made initial contact with over 2,500 startups and ideas, and eventually only partnered with less than 1% of that top of the funnel.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

million seed round of funding a year after being founded and a few months since it presented at the accelerator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day in March. But the startup’s premise is also that more sustainable forestry management can generate extra carbon credits for forest owners, too.

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GCUC

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Welcome to Coworking Megatrends 2022! The post Coworking Megatrends 2022 appeared first on GCUC Community. Notice it’s not the flexible workplace trends? wink, wink) Coworking is not simply a place to work. Coworking embraces a.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

TechCrunch is excited to announce the six companies pitching in person and onstage at TC Sessions Mobility 2022. “Victoria is General Partner at Prelude Ventures, where her climate tech investments span mobility, food and agriculture, clean energy, sustainable apparel and carbon markets. Victoria Beasley — Prelude Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

“Keeping these factors in mind, we need to prepare the company to sustain through these headwinds. The employees will also get 100% of the variable pay until December 2022 and their health insurance policy cover will remain until the end of June, the startup confirmed.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

-based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies. pre-seed to help industrial manufacturers do sustainability reporting.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 27, 2023

We’re excited to highlight 2022 YLAI Fellowship alum Bevon Charles , from Grenada. Bevon is the CEO and founder of Akata Farms , a company that builds sustainable farms and employs climate-smart agriculture to raise poultry, grow crops and create value-added products for hotels, supermarkets, restaurants and households across Grenada.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The winters are the time when a lot of those applications fall away and you can see which projects are actually long-term sustainable, like both in their models and in their teams and their people. Business models need to be sustainable. Teams need to stick together and ship things.

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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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Founder Bounty

MAY 30, 2022

See our article on the best sustainable startups for recession: A few of the best sustainable startups out there in 2022 that could weather a recession Founderbounty has put together a bunch of upcoming and new sustainable startups that have great potential in 2022 solving climates real problems and are recession proof.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 9, 2022

2022 YLAI Fellow Wilnes Clement is the CEO of Smile Urban Farm and Recycling Center (SUFARC), a company that advocates for zero waste throughout cities in Haiti. 2022 YLAI Fellow Nikita Legall is the managing director of Tropical Hives , a sustainable development company that produces honey and its byproducts. government.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

And with lockdowns now a thing of the past, we predict travel to also increase from 2022 levels which is a great sign for the industry and for business. Continued focus on sustainability. Investors and consumers prefer businesses that prioritize ecological impact and sustainability. Stakeholder capitalism.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The company which secured around $30 million in total with its last priced round (Series E) in January 2016, plans to raise less or a similar amount when going public in 2022. But it’s quite different with IROKO. In what seems like a down round, I asked Njoku why the company isn’t planning to raise more?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In the 2022 GSEA Global Finals , Arnold Shoko won the Together We Grow Award for his collaborative spirit. We make sustainable feed for a cleaner world. The 2022/23 GSEA competition season is open. You are the 2022 GSEA Together We Grow winner. We asked Arnold about his GSEA experience. He encouraged me to apply.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The climate tech startup is addressing the surging global demand for reputable (verifiable) climate credits, project development and management of corporate net-zero and sustainability activities. The Orange County ecosystem continues to expand via a collaboration that was established in 2022. EMC Squared is another member.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 2, 2022

The theme for this summit is “Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Future,” which responds to the hemisphere’s most pressing issues, including the COVID-19 pandemic, threats to democracy, the climate crisis, and a lack of equitable access to opportunities. . Department of State and implemented in 2022 by IREX.

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Source Link

MARCH 30, 2022

Here are some additional recommendations for empowering your network in 2022. Make your ecosystem sustainable. Benchmarking and measuring progress in this way allows them to continue to secure funding, build on their impact and remain sustainable. Make your ecosystem inclusive.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

In 2021, we saw new programs and funding opportunities from the EDA and SBA to rebuild, sustain and grow entrepreneurship. 2021 was marked with proactive action, resilience and optimism, and we can’t wait to see what this emphasis on entrepreneurship will bring in 2022.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Of course, the larger the square footage, the higher the cost, so your best approach to an affordable yet sustainable business property is to look up. The post A New Business for 2022? Best of luck to you! Verizon Small Business Digital Ready: A free resource for learning basic business skills, the latest digital technology and more.

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Revolution

JULY 21, 2022

Enter Meati: the great-tasting, sustainable, nutrient-rich, form-flexible solution filling the gap in the meatless meat market. The Results To-Date: Meati went live with its first DTC offering in March 2022, which sold out in 2.5 hours, followed by another drop in April, which sold out in 20 minutes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

The global circular economy, comprising the sale of secondhand and refurbished goods, was valued at about $339 billion in 2022 and is poised to more than double by 2026. Much of this is driven by consumer behavior to reduce waste and have more sustainable consumption of goods. This brings Reebelo’s total Series A round to $50 million.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

trillion by the end of the decade “to advance long-term solutions that address climate change and contribute to sustainable development.” Part of JPMorgan’s focus on sustainability is undoubtedly a reaction to changing political and consumer sentiment around the climate and the adverse impact on people. Just in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

In its Road to Next report released Tuesday, Deloitte found that even though overall investment in work software companies is down from the lofty heights it reached in 2021, the segment still accounted for 15% of total expansion-stage deal value in 2022 (per PitchBook). million in 2021 to $35 million in 2022.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 29, 2022

WOLLERAU, Switzerland, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Proman, an integrated energy company and one of the world’s top ten nitrogen fertilizer producers, today announced a new strategic partnership with CropX, a global pioneer in digital farm management systems. Read more here.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

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. The hangover from web3’s raucous 2022 extends into 2023. The fundraising market thaws, but at materially lower prices than the first half of 2022.

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HPA

DECEMBER 8, 2021

HPA participated in the round, which included participation from other investors including Supply Change Capital, Aera VC, Sustainable Food Ventures, Hanfield Venture Partners, Lifely VC, Conscience VC, Kingfisher Capital, Big Idea Ventures, among others. Food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods announced a $2.1M Pre-Seed Round.

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