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Battery recycling startup Cylib recharges its coffers to go faster

TechCrunch

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.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Here’s everything you missed at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

The amount of plastic pouring into our oceans is set to triple by 2040, and most un-recycled plastic in the world is generated by consumer packaged goods. But with 2021 came all the second- and third-order effects of the crisis, further accelerating a continentwide tech expansion to a pace beyond any projections.”.

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Decentralizing the Electric Grid

Andreessen Horowitz

Currently, we face a critical challenge: our electricity demands — expected to nearly double by 2040 due to factors like AI compute, reshoring , and “electrification” — are soaring, but our grid infrastructure and operations struggle to keep pace. There are proposed reforms to help alleviate this development backlog.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

The main thing is getting construction companies and contractors to accelerate their adoption of the tech and the labor shortage issue is putting substantial pressure on them to act. Travis Connors, Building Ventures At Building Ventures, we see enormous opportunities developing for the use of robotics in construction over the next 20 years.

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Newsletter: Medical selfies are the next big thing + Back on the road in Dubai

OurCrowd

ProFuse raises $1.25M for meat growth acceleration tech. It replaces penetration testing to uncover security risks on networks both onsite and on the cloud, Lisa Gann reports in the Times of Israel. ProFuse raises $1.25M for meat growth acceleration tech. Your portfolio gets stronger when the OurCrowd network gets involved.

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Newsletter: Securing water against cyberattack

OurCrowd

IXDen was chosen by Israel’s Mekorot water company to protect its network – perhaps the world’s most relentlessly attacked system. Its software-only technology predicts and rapidly detects cyberattacks and sensor problems, allowing network operators to take timely corrective action. Learn More. UAE: Gateway to half the world.