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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

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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. The incubator was founded by Baroness Bryony Worthington, who was the lead author of the U.K.’s

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What if all startup accelerators promote circularity?

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What if all startup incubators and accelerators integrated design principles that foster circularity? Circularity-focused incubation and acceleration programs already exist, but there are two problems: There aren’t enough of them to transform the private sector as a whole. of the global economy is circular.

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

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trillion USD by 2030. In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted. Photo: Sutton Community Farm. Feeding the City. Photo: Kina Mama.

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Impact Hub Montréal rebrands as they switch to regional focus

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Continuing their commitment to the achievement and progress of the SDGs, they will now do so under the name Accélérer 2030 pour le Québec. The entity will be primarily focused on SDG 17, building efficient partnerships between civil society organizations, governments, and the private sector to accelerate the achievement of the goals.

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Magdrive secures seed funding for new propulsion system which could take us to the stars

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He realized this could be a cornerstone for developing a plasma thruster that could achieve the accelerations required for interplanetary space travel. The satellite industry is worth $5 billion in 2020, and is predicted to grow to $30 billion by 2030, due to the rise in mega-constellations.

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Deepgram lands new cash to grow its enterprise voice-recognition business

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billion by 2030, according to one (optimistic?) Firms participating don’t need to pay any sort of fee and can use the funds in conjunction with existing grant, seed, incubator and accelerator benefits. “Deepgram’s business continues to grow rapidly.

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Kenya’s fintech Kwara lands $4 Million in seed round from Breega, SoftBank to build neobank for credit unions

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The startup’s goal is to serve 1 billion people by 2030. Other investors include Rabacap, Launch Africa, Norrsken Impact Accelerator, Future Africa, Samurai Incubate, DOB Equity and fintech angels. It hopes to triple the number of credit unions using its software to 150 by the end of 2022.