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25 French unicorns, 25 French unicorns, do I hear 100?

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Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. “And because startups have a role to play in the ecological transition, let’s set another goal: 25 green unicorns by 2030!” He famously already did so in 2019 , when he wished for the country to count “25 unicorns by 2025.”

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Holey Grail Donuts bites into $9M for Los Angeles retail expansion

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Dreiling, who was previously doing ecological engineering in Oregon, teamed up with his sister, Hana Dreiling, a private chef in Kauai, Hawaii, to start Holey Grail Donuts. 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

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Nana nabs $6M for an online academy and marketplace dedicated to appliance repair

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But in what might be a sign of the times, today a startup that’s focused on e-learning and the subsequent job market for a completely different end of the spectrum — home services — is announcing some funding to continue building out its business in earnest. Nana has now raised $10.7 “There are 5.9