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Melinda French Gates Sets Path to Empower Women Globally

American Entrepreneurship

$1 billion allocated to support her philanthropic voice of advancing women and family causes Melinda French Gates announced she is going her own way, stepping down from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation she and her husband founded almost 25 years ago. She is the founder of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa.

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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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Newsletter: Securing water against cyberattack

OurCrowd

Hailo, Lanner Partner to Support AI Applications at the Edge. This $5M Series A-1 round is being led by Israeli VC firm HIVE 2040 at a pre-money valuation of $11M. Hailo, Lanner Partner to Support AI Applications at the Edge. UAE: Gateway to half the world. Congratulations to our friend President-elect Herzog. seed round.

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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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“Workers are mad and no longer willing to sit idly by being spoon fed ‘we’re family’ b t from bosses:” Logan LaHive is Helping Employees Organize & Collectively Bargain. But Did He Compromise His Own Vision By Taking Venture Capital for the Startup?

Hunter Walk

Other options for workers can be taking collective action, solidarity unionism, forming independent unions, employee resource groups (ERGs), guilds, joining a worker center, new innovations/ideas, etc. All of which have merit, and may be best in different circumstances. Being honest, unionizing is f **g hard. Intentionally. Next question.