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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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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

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The education market size in Pakistan is estimated at $12 billion and is projected to increase to $30 billion by 2030, according to Aziz. Indonesian edtech CoLearn gets $10M Series A led by Alpha Wave Incubation and GSV Ventures. India’s UpGrad enters unicorn club with $185 million fundraise.

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Harry’s files paperwork for fresh $139.9M financing

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From acquisition target to brand incubator. billion by 2030. The new funding gives the company just over $791 million in total known funding since the company was founded in 2013, according to Crunchbase data. Harry’s has been quite active over the past year. It recently acquired Lum?,

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

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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. Magdrive is at the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre in Harwell, Oxford.

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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. We have come to a strategic agreement to part ways as the local team will follow a more regional approach to broaden their reach throughout the Province of Quebec.

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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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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.