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Marie Ekeland launches 2050, a new fund with radically ambitious, long-term goals

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Marie Ekeland has unveiled her next act — and it’s a new fund called 2050. With 2050, Ekeland is going back to the drawing board with a different vision when it comes to investment thesis, fund structure and the firm’s own values. As the name suggests, 2050 has a lot of time to think about these issues.

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AppHarvest is now APPH: Rise of the Rest’s First Publicly Traded Company

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the company’s DNA is wired with an urgency that meets the moment: the United Nations has predicted that by 2050 we will need up to 50% more food to meet a rising population and growing middle class. Anna Mason serves on the board of APPH. But in reality –and without jest?—?the

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ZEBOX, an incubator for supply chain startups, launches its Asia hub in Singapore

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The APAC hub is backed by Enterprise Singapore, a board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry to foster SME development, and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, alongside industry partners Bureau Veritas Marine and Offshore, PSA unboXed and Synergy Marine Group.

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Berkeley Yeast, S2G dish on the future of beer, meat and more at TC Disrupt 2023

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On the bright-ish side, research shows that 69% of Americans want our nation to become carbon neutral by 2050. And Walker sits on the board of Believer (formerly Future Meat Technologies), which focuses on lab-grown chicken; Greenlight, a firm applying RNA tech to agriculture; and Hazel, which focuses on boosting the shelf life of produce.

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Banyan wants to unlock financing for a (more) sustainable future

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trillion per year investment gap in renewable infrastructure that is required in order to meet our net zero targets by 2050. Furthermore, Banyan announced that Juan Muldoon, partner at Energize, has joined its board of directors. Banyan has two focal points for its new funds: people and product.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Cell-cultured meat, alternative financing, avoiding tech debt

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But a United Nations report estimates that we’ll need to double global food production by 2050 to meet the needs of 10 billion people. As capital gets further commoditized, early-stage investors are going back to the drawing board to see what is truly — and excuse my language here — a value-add service.”.

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Nia Richards

Forward Cities

The 2019 Institute for Policy Study on the national racial wealth gap reported if the trajectory of the past three decades continues, by 2050 the median White family will have $174,000 of wealth, while Latino median wealth will be $8,600 and Black median wealth will be $600. We all play a role in these stats. And I continue to.