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Batteries have become VC and PE’s most electric investment opportunity

TechCrunch

For the better part of a decade, VC firms and growth equity funds have plowed nearly $42 billion into battery technology startups across almost 1,700 deals, according to an analysis by PitchBook and TechCrunch. Venture capital firms aren’t unusual in the battery world. in 2035 and France in 2040. So what changed? Let’s dig in.

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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

Traditional venture investing is challenging. The traditional answer of most VCs to the question of “edge” is a combination of the said and the unsaid. What VCs most typically talk about are: – Industry expertise. Many VCs focus on specific verticals, usually based on the sector in which a VC initially made her reputation.

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

TechCrunch

World Fund, a newcomer in climate-VC land, is taking the lead in a $128 million round for IQM , with hopes the Finnish quantum computing company will one day deliver carbon cuts by the megatonne. World Fund and IQM’s other investors have also implicitly endorsed the idea via their checkbooks.

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The Station: TuSimple loses the driver, Nikola settles and transpo predictions for 2022

TechCrunch

Fresh VC money is drying up and there aren’t likely to be more new entrants into the space. The move represents an important landmark for FedEx in its stated goal to have an all-electric delivery fleet and be carbon neutral around the world by 2040. Let’s dig a bit deeper into that last.

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

TechCrunch

We just wrapped up a three-day virtual event that included discussions and interviews with some of the most notable people in technology, media, government and venture capital. The amount of plastic pouring into our oceans is set to triple by 2040, and most un-recycled plastic in the world is generated by consumer packaged goods.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Last November, we surveyed 13 of the top robotics-focused VCs to find out which areas of robotics are exciting them most going into 2020.

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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.