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Melinda French Gates Sets Path to Empower Women Globally

American Entrepreneurship

Hauwa Ojeifo , founder of a movement that gives mental health a voice in Nigeria, so those with mental health conditions can tell their stories and co-create solutions. She is the founder of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa. She is the co-founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan. She founded She Writes Woman.

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

TechCrunch

Just offshore wind alone has the potential to meet global electricity demand by 2040, according to the IEA, which is well in excess of all offshore oil and gas production today. Fernandez, founder and CEO, Sustainable Ocean Alliance (Seabird Ventures) Climate change is the elephant in the room. We spoke with: Daniela V.

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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

My experience has been this lever brings three benefits: it lowers origination costs because more founders want to raise capital from you; it enhances your leverage in negotiating with the CEO; and it lowers your failure rate. . – Incubating companies. They get in early and cheap with very attractive economics.

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Female-founded climate and construction tech startup backed by Mark Cuban

American Entrepreneurship

. “Having investors with a global reach, like Mark Cuban and Anthro Ventures on our team is a huge vote of confidence in our mission to regenerate marine ecosystems and protect coastal communities,” says Freeman, a woman entrepreneur taking on a construction tech startup. In a brief span, she has demonstrated exceptional execution.”

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

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

OurCrowd

It covers the entire network 24/7 and doesn’t disrupt daily operations, so it’s more cost effective, too,” says Itamar Mizrahi, Cymptom’s CEO and co-founder. “We thank the IDF and the Defense Ministry for their faith in Tyto’s telehealth solution,” says Dedi Gilad, Co-founder and CEO of TytoCare. Introductions.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

Community coordination to encourage whole-block electrification. Successful companies will need founders that will be able to raise significant funding and will need successful strategies to maintain healthy margins in the early days and while scaling. Alternative energy storage systems (e.g. thermal storage).

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