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

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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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Battery recycling startup Cylib recharges its coffers to go faster

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Lyft, Redwood Materials partner to recycle shared e-bike and e-scooter batteries “The goal of this fundraising was to accelerate the industrialization of our sustainable recycling process, which has been developed over years of research. Mark Windeknecht is joining as an observer to the board,” says Schwich.

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Sydney-based quantum sensing startup Q-CTRL raises $25M Series B led by Airbus Ventures

TechCrunch

It also will continue to invest in developing its quantum control for quantum computing and quantum sensing for acceleration, gravity and magnetic fields, Biercuk added. Q-CTRL and Quantum Machines team up to accelerate quantum computing. To date, the company has raised more than $43 million (60 million AUD) in total capital. . “Q-CTRL’s

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

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The governments are going to come in and say we’re going to force the acceleration of the vehicle generation turnover,” he said. For corporate investors like Amazon that have committed to decarbonize by 2040, the innovations and industry adoption can’t happen quickly enough. But] we are already too late.

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Nearly $4M in Grants to Support Offshore Wind Workforce Training Approved by NJEDA Board

American Entrepreneurship

This is another step towards achieving 11GW of offshore wind by 2040 while creating a better future for the next generation.” The grant recipients will use the funding to provide skill development, workforce training, job placement, and other related services to develop, implement, or expand workforce development initiatives in offshore wind.

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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

Some VCs have identified a number of new advantages that distinguish them in the marketplace: – Portfolio acceleration. An extreme example of portfolio acceleration is the approach of Y Combinator and the other accelerators. – Incubating companies. They get in early and cheap with very attractive economics.

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From root to crown, Mast Reforestation is regrowing the tree economy for the 21st century

TechCrunch

Mast Reforestation is building a tech-forward forest-as-a-service company that vastly simplifies and accelerates the process of restoring lands lost to wildfires. Forests are in peril not just because of the ravages of climate change, but because the industries that support them remain traditional and under-resourced.