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

TechCrunch

Q-CTRL , a Sydney-based startup that provides quantum control engineering solutions, announced today it has raised a $25 million Series B led by Airbus Ventures with participation from Ridgeline Partners, Main Sequence Ventures, Horizons Ventures, SquarePeg Capital, Sierra Ventures, DCVC, Sequoia Capital China and InQTel. .

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

TechCrunch

And the companies serving these needs were often a century old or more, relics of the old logging industry that haven’t changed how they work in decades, for lack of either capital or interest. As wildfires became a regular (and devastating) part of many regions’ dry seasons, suppliers of seedlings were caught flat-footed.

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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. In a prior life, I served as a consultant to Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Carl Icahn’s organization, and some other very large private equity investors. – Network.

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The Station: TuSimple loses the driver, Nikola settles and transpo predictions for 2022

TechCrunch

Some of Aria’s predictions are : “The main story of 2022, it’s definitely going to be certification,” Sergio Cecutta, founder and partner at SMG Consulting, said. The move represents an important landmark for FedEx in its stated goal to have an all-electric delivery fleet and be carbon neutral around the world by 2040.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

Lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, manganese, and other rare earth metals are in increasingly short supply as demand scales up – the demand for lithium alone is estimated to grow between 13-42x by 2040. Counting carbon emissions in an organization has historically been done manually with spreadsheets and consultants.

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Newsletter: Securing water against cyberattack

OurCrowd

This $5M Series A-1 round is being led by Israeli VC firm HIVE 2040 at a pre-money valuation of $11M. It is “an opportunity like no other,” Meron, a veteran of IBM, the World Bank and the Boston Consulting Group, tells AgFunder News. Learn More. UAE: Gateway to half the world. Top Tech News.