American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2025

March 18, 2025) Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved the creation of the Next New Jersey Program – AI and the AI Innovation Challenge Administration Grant Program. The Administrator will develop and manage a statewide AI Challenge and disburse sub-grant awards to challenge winners.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

startup that makes it easier for housing developers, architects and construction firms to configure and design modular homes to address the ongoing housing crisis , has raised £10 million ($11.7 billion people by 2025 , as house-price growth continues to outpace income growth. Modulous , a U.K. million) in a series A round of funding.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 1, 2023

The investment round was led by Quest Ventures Asia Fund II, an early-stage venture capital fund managed by Singapore-based Quest Ventures Pte Ltd. The startup aims to help more people achieve their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainability goals through its Yellow Boxes and online platform.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The cohort members offer a range of disruptive technologies across industries such as Climate Tech, Green Tech, Retail, Healthcare, FinTech, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Consumer, and Travel – with many incorporating AI and sustainability into their products and services. “In

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Singapore is quickly turning into a hub for food-tech startups , partly because of government initiatives supporting the development of meat alternatives. million of founder capital. Next Gen claims this is the largest seed round ever raised by a plant-based food tech company, based on data from PitchBook.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 13, 2022

a leader in sustainable fertilizer technology, has announced additional. The global phosphatic fertilizer market is expected to reach $78B by 2025. commercial trial program, strategic development partnerships, and enables product to be. joined the team as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Sustainability.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Zoomo, the Australian startup with a mission to electrify delivery fleets through e-bike subscriptions, announced a $12 million interim capital raise on Monday. With $11 million in fresh capital, Bolt Bikes rebrands to Zoomo. billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate of 11%.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

The venture capital and private equity database today launched VC Exit Predictor, a tool trained on PitchBook data to attempt to suss out a startup’s growth prospects. ” PitchBook certainly isn’t the first to develop an algorithmic tool to inform investment decisions. bankruptcy) that prevents an exit.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Falcon Edge Capital led the financing round, the Bangalore-based startup said. The startup, which was once part of the ride-hailing giant Ola, said it will deploy the fresh funds to accelerate development of other vehicle platforms, including electric motorbike, mass market scooter and its electric car. billion valuation.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 21, 2024

Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J. July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 19, 2024

Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J. July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The funding will be allocated to support the expansion of solar power development to accelerate the clean and sustainable energy transition for companies in Indonesia.” ” According to Eka Himawan, Xurya plans to allocate funding for the expansion of solar power development have tripled since the beginning of 2022.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2021

As nations around the world race to reduce their environmental footprint and embrace more sustainable methods of production, finding a way to remove carbon from the metals business will be one of the most important contributions to that effort. One startup that’s developing a new technology to address the issue is Boston Metal.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

Bluu Seafood , a German company developing lab-grown seafood, debuted its fish sticks and fish balls this week. Still, she doesn’t expect to get the pork loin into the hands of consumers until 2025, with commercial plants coming online in 2026, followed by mass production in 2027. Image Credits: Novel Farms.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Lightyear , a Dutch startup developing a long-range hybrid solar-powered car, today announced that it has raised €81 million ($81 million) as it prepares to begin production of its first vehicle in the coming months. “[Lightyear] remains on track to deliver the world’s first solar car and work towards a more sustainable future.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Apkudo , a Baltimore-based startup developing a platform to help manage, sell and test connected devices like smartphones and laptops, today announced that it raised $37.5 billion in 2025 from $14.3 “There is so much value within the connected devices already in the market today,” he added.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

He believes his company is the only one making its donuts in this sustainable way. “We We currently have over 60 flavors that we’ve developed over the past couple of years.”. The first capital we put into the company was to see if that concept could translate into four walls of a donut shop,” he added. “We The fun part?

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

Register Kickstart Ventures , one of the most active venture capital firms in the Philippines, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a renewed commitment to invest in startups across the Philippines, and in major innovation hubs in Southeast Asia and beyond.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

That’s why technologies coming from companies like Malta , an energy storage technology developer that just raised $50 million in new financing, are attracting attention and venture capital investment. That modified design is what’s now being developed by Malta, which spun out from X in 2018.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

billion) to build its Dunkirk gigafactory, which is set to be operational by 2025. French battery maker Verkor secured more than €2 billion (around $2.1

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

The company aims to have its first product approved by European regulators by 2023 and notching commercial sales by 2025. Now with 35 employees and new financing, the company is trying to shift from research and development into a food production company.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 14, 2025

These hubs, often located in cities or regions with a strong focus on tech development, bringing together startups, investors, academic institutions, and industry leaders to drive growth and create new solutions for the economy of tomorrow. economic and national security.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

The recommendations aim to define the best environment for their services to function and how to regulate programs in a way that’s financially sustainable for them over the long term. India’s Hero MotoCorp is joining up with California startup Zero Motorcycles to develop premium e-motorbikes and powertrains.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The company publicly debuted as a SPAC company in July last year after merging with Churchill Capital IV. Lucid is also building a new manufacturing facility in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that it expects to finish by 2025. The company’s value has had a turbulent day. Lucid’s stock rose nearly 10% during regular trading, adding $2.63

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OurCrowd

JULY 17, 2019

The heart of social entrepreneurship is developing ideas that can solve problems and turn a profit. If that is the capital of investing, then why not use it to improve not only the lives of people involved in business, but everybody else as well? . The global impact ecosystem is starting to take shape. Investments can be powerful.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Quality of life (personal health, sustainability, proptech, transportation). It has taken on oodles of capital and used it in an increasingly expensive sales model. Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? Market analysis of different tech sectors. Growth marketing strategies. ”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Now that many consumers are buying their own e-bikes and e-scooters, shared dockless micromobility “just hasn’t proven itself to be a profitable line of business,” Puneeth Meruva, an associate at Trucks Venture Capital, told TechCrunch. By 2025, 463 exabytes of data will be created each day, according to some estimates.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

His leadership at Proterra was first and foremost about increasing access to affordable, sustainable solutions and shaping a zero-emission transportation future for the benefit of our planet and the health of our communities. His work as a partner at and Kleiner Perkins was dedicated to leading the sustainable transformation of industries.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 23, 2025

The venture firms new fund will back seed stage through Series B founder aligned with its broader corporate strategy that focuses on sustainability, digitalization, and long-term societal impact. With over 101,000 employees globally and $14.6

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 13, 2025

March 13, 2025) Yesterday, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved tax credits under the Emerge Program to support Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.s (Sun About the NJEDA The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) serves as the States principal agency for driving economic growth.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 3, 2025

February 28, 2025) Earlier this week, four black-owned business owners joined a roundtable discussion to share their stories of opening and growing their businesses in New Jersey. About the NJEDA The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) serves as the States principal agency for driving economic growth.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Arize AI , a startup developing a platform for machine learning operations, today announced that it raised $38 million in a Series B round led by TCV with participation from Battery Ventures and Foundation Capital. AI without machine learning observability isn’t sustainable.”

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2025

Project Summary The E3 Durham (E3D) program is designed to increase connectivity, counseling services, and capital access for underrepresented entrepreneurs in Durham/Durham County, NC. The scope of work covers the development of an evaluation plan, survey design, survey administration, and analysis.

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Revolution

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In 2025, startups beyond the coasts and outside of the traditional tech hubs will face new challenges and, with customary resourcefulness, also seize new opportunities. In regions where venture capital is already sparse, accessing funding remains difficult and expensive. Heres where we think a few scales are poised totip.

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