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

TechCrunch

Making a rich data play like this not only provides a powerful dashboard for logistics that can be read by anyone at a glance, but it enables detailed studies of outcomes and easy identification of opportunities and needs. With wildfire season in the U.S.

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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. Buckle up for smarter vehicles that will not only affect the way you ride, but will also provide operators with more monetization opportunities. Everything.

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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

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. Private equity firms used to be composed almost entirely of ex-bankers; now it is much more common for them to include former CEOs and consultants.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

The financial opportunity of doing so is massive: an estimated $3-10 trillion in EBITDA will be up for grabs. Electrifying these vehicles is a big carbon opportunity: while buses and trucks only represent 10% of the vehicles on the road, they generate 30 percent of the sector’s global greenhouse gas emissions.

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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. See some opportunities below: BI Developer for Zebra Medical Vision (Israel). Learn More.