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Extra Crunch roundup: Here’s everything you missed at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

Duolingo CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn has appeared at TechCrunch Disrupt before, but this year was his first time representing a public company. The whole package: How plastics and sustainability startups achieve success. Editor-at-Large Mike Butcher spoke with: Svanika Balasubramanian, co-founder and CEO, rePurpose Global.

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

American Entrepreneurship

Early stage climate tech VC firm Anthropocene Ventures also joins Kind Designs’ seed round. Rapidly growing climate and construction tech startup Kind Designs gained the support of entrepreneur Mark Cuban and VC firm Anthropocene Ventures for its $5 million seed round. In a brief span, she has demonstrated exceptional execution.”

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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

I’m no policy wonk, nor do I put much faith in our current political landscape to enact sustained change (even though you’d really expect better ROI on the $Billions that Labor has funneled to Dem politicians over past few decades). It is a certainty that things are and will change… How fast? I don’t know.