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Batteries have become VC and PE’s most electric investment opportunity

TechCrunch

Venture capital firms aren’t unusual in the battery world. Batteries are normally considered a high-risk, high-reward investment; the sort of thing that venture capital is made for. There are myriad reasons why both venture capital and growth equity are diving into batteries. in 2035 and France in 2040. So what changed?

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NJEDA Establishes New Jersey Green Bank to Advance Climate Goals

American Entrepreneurship

The NJGB will make investments through debt, credit enhancements, and other financial vehicles to attract private capital to enable the state to reach its climate goals. The NJGB will inject capital into New Jersey’s clean energy economy and support green businesses and good-paying jobs in the field.

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To fix the climate, these 10 investors are betting the house on the ocean

TechCrunch

Climate change is a problem important and pressing enough that investors have begun to grasp the opportunities that arise when trying to solve it. Now, they’ve started to cast their nets wider for other, adjacent opportunities. “There are a number of opportunities for increasing the ocean’s ability to store carbon.

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MIT spinoff Via Separations scores $38M Series B to decarbonize manufacturing

TechCrunch

In addition, 2040 Foundation participated, along with existing investors The Engine, Safar Partners, Prime Impact Fund, Embark Ventures and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. Today, the company announced a $38 million Series B. The round was led by NGP ETP, a firm that focuses on investments that lower carbon emissions.

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

TechCrunch

Aria writes that it’s not a given, “but the high capital demands of aviation could mean more startups are still looking for a huge injection of cash via the public markets.” Buckle up for smarter vehicles that will not only affect the way you ride, but will also provide operators with more monetization opportunities.

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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. Similarly, firms like my alma mater ff Venture Capital and Andreessen Horowitz have executed this strategy in VC. – Network. – Incubating companies. – Internal diversity.

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