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

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There’s an urgent need for a global air traffic management solution to enable safe and efficient drone and urban air mobility (UAM) operations, and Terra Drone aims to be the leading player building the digital infrastructure in the sky.” . trillion by 2040, according to Terra’s IR deck. .

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Battery recycling startup Cylib recharges its coffers to go faster

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“We need to create awareness with different stakeholders to ensure that battery recycling is given the attention it deserves to enable a circular economy in battery usage.” “World Fund only invests in startup technologies that can save at least 100 megatonnes of CO2e annually by 2040.

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

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The latest funding will support hiring staff and enable new data-as-a-service markets powered by quantum sensing, founder and CEO of Q-CTRL Michael Biercuk said. 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.

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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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Newsletter: Securing water against cyberattack

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This $5M Series A-1 round is being led by Israeli VC firm HIVE 2040 at a pre-money valuation of $11M. Hailo has combined its Hailo-8 AI acceleration module with Lanner’s edge computing boxes to create high-performance, compact devices to support the demands of emerging AI applications at the edge. Learn More.

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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?

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Logan LaHive: First, the problem… The incredible imbalance of power in workplaces is driving continued acceleration of income inequality, which along with climate, is a top issue facing society today. When I read this mission statement I think ‘unionize,’ but maybe that’s just a tactic, not a requirement. I don’t know.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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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. We have also staffed our URBAN-X accelerator program with dedicated experts to provide software and hardware support.