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World Fund joins $128M bet that quantum can deliver climate breakthroughs

TechCrunch

In a statement, the German VC said it exclusively backs tech with the potential to remove “100 million tonnes” — that is, 100 megatonnes — “of carbon from the atmosphere yearly by 2040.” ” Other investors in the latest round include the EU’s European Innovation Council and Tencent.

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

TechCrunch

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. .

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ZeroAvia’s hydrogen-powered vision for aviation nets $21.4 million from Amazon, Shell and Bill Gates-backed fund

TechCrunch

For Val Miftakhov, the founder and chief executive of ZeroAvia and a serial entrepreneur whose last company, eMotorWerks, was sold to Enel, the flights prove out his thesis that hydrogen power is the answer for the aviation industry. The company said it would expect to complete a long-distance flight of 250 miles within the next three months.

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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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Injectsense collects $1.7M grant for its eye implant smaller than a grain of rice

TechCrunch

Ariel Cao, the founder and CEO, admits as much. Based on animal studies and in-vitro data, Injectsense was awarded a two-year small business innovation research (SBIR) grant of $1.7 million by 2040. If you were to accidentally drop the eye sensor developed by Injectsense you’d have little chance of finding it.

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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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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

Business model innovations: For example, could you provide pre-wiring for free (leveraging incentives) in return for purchasing the appliance on failure? 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.

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