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

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Our airspace is going to get more crowded than ever, but most companies today are concentrating only on hardware development,” said Terra Drone CEO and founder Toru Tokushige , who is also serving as the CEO of Terra Motors, which develops electric vehicles. trillion by 2040, according to Terra’s IR deck. . and Southeast Asia.

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Battery recycling startup Cylib recharges its coffers to go faster

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“For too long, battery recycling hasn’t been efficient enough for companies to take advantage of,” said co-founder and COO at Cylib, Gideon Schwich. For this round, 10x Founders also joined. “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 investment came from the Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures and the Ecosystem Integrity Fund , which led the company’s latest round, alongside previous investors Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Horizons Ventures , Shell Ventures and Summa Equity. million cash infusion. But] we are already too late.

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How to get superior returns in VC

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He looked at his resume, and asked just one question: “ What’s your edge? ” My friend got the job because his answer was differentiated, credible, and backed up by a history of investing success. Traditional venture investing is challenging. It seems reasonable to assume that USV’s investment strategy (i.e.,

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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These changes will create opportunities for founders across the entire stack of computer-aided design tools for architects, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools, and finally integration with 3-D environmental models to understand and design the lifetime impact of the buildings.

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

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Duolingo CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn has appeared at TechCrunch Disrupt before, but this year was his first time representing a public company. 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. Senior Editor, TechCrunch.