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Malaysia’s Mosti Prioritizes Tech Innovation and Startup Ecosystem in its Annual Budget

AsiaTechDaily

million electric vehicles (EVs) on Malaysian roads by 2040. Minister Chang Lih Kang has expressed his aspiration for the budget to allocate funds that will aid the government in achieving its ambitious target of having 1.5 Presently, the adoption of EVs in the country remains relatively low.

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Melinda French Gates Sets Path to Empower Women Globally

American Entrepreneurship

Overall, improvement in women’s health could add as much as $1 trillion to the global economy by 2040. She offers that full participation of women results in further economic growth, women’s political participation decreases corruption and peace agreements written with the involvement of are more durable.

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ZeroAvia’s hydrogen-powered vision for aviation nets $21.4 million from Amazon, Shell and Bill Gates-backed fund

TechCrunch

For corporate investors like Amazon that have committed to decarbonize by 2040, the innovations and industry adoption can’t happen quickly enough.

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Japan’s Terra Drone lands $70M Series B funding to accelerate global expansion 

TechCrunch

trillion by 2040, according to Terra’s IR deck. . The global drone surveillance market is expected to grow to $476.5 million in 2028 , from $142 million in 2021. The global UAM market is projected to increase to $1.5

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Robotics and automation are not only important, but they are also likely the only way to address the challenge of delivering the built environment we need by 2040. Compounding this is the fact that only 3 percent of the construction labor force is Millennial while over 20 percent is approaching retirement.

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“Workers are mad and no longer willing to sit idly by being spoon fed ‘we’re family’ b t from bosses:” Logan LaHive is Helping Employees Organize & Collectively Bargain. But Did He Compromise His Own Vision By Taking Venture Capital for the Startup?

Hunter Walk

Workers are mad and no longer willing to sit idly by being spoon fed “we’re family” b t from bosses making 350x more than they are, doing layoffs over zoom from a yacht. It is a certainty that things are and will change… How fast? What will unionization rates in private workforce be in 2025? I don’t know.

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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

Many research studies have shown the value of a diverse management team. In VC in particular, our job is to understand the diverse future , not the present. – Portfolio company diversity.

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