TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Canadian travel startup Hopper has raised a $170 million Series F round, led by Capital One. banks and credit card company is also coming on board as a strategic partner, to launch Capital One Travel, which is the first instantiation of Hopper’s new B2B platform, Hopper Cloud.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Existing investors, including Lightspeed India and Sequoia Capital India, also participated in the round, which brings the five-year-old startup’s raise to-date to about $35 million. We are a product-led firm and our focus will remain on innovation in that space,” he said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

During his career, he has been recognized as an innovative executive with a reputation for transforming startups into global businesses. In 2021, UP.Partners launched a $230 million venture capital fund , which includes investments from Alaska Air Group (the parent company of Alaska Air), Cathie Wood and Woven Capital. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The world is headed for a food shortage by 2050 as its population increases, so anything to make it easier for farmers to grow food will go a long way. The company also moved into a large laboratory early this year, and “finally had the place to deploy capital,” Aronov said. is no stranger to innovation on the farm.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 18, 2022

About 430 million people suffer from moderate to complete hearing loss worldwide, a number expected to rise to about 700 million by 2050. Hearing loss can significantly impact multiple aspects of life, including the loss of the ability to follow spoken conversations. President, Autigen and CEO of Ascend BioVentures.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 5, 2019

YLAI Network members Juliana Nieva de Castillo from Tucumán, Argentina and Julio César Bueno Cruz from Cali, Colombia illustrate two forms of social innovation and community support through unique business concepts. World Bank experts say that without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent of current levels by 2050.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2022

In addition to Coatue, which led the round, existing investors Balderton Capital, New Wave, La Famiglia and 2050 also participated in the round. European founders have long been at the forefront of climate innovation, and Coatue is thrilled to be on this journey with Sweep.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

trillion per year investment gap in renewable infrastructure that is required in order to meet our net zero targets by 2050. This injection of $369 billion of government money is aimed at supporting and developing clean energy technology, manufacturing and innovation. For Greene, Banyan is about moving project finance from Web 1.0

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Today’s decisions often align with linear economy principles and consumption habits ingrained by capitalism, leading us down the path of increasing waste generation. billion tonnes of waste projected by 2050, as highlighted by the World Bank, a paradigm shift is imperative. To combat the looming 3.40

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

There’s no stopping innovation, however, and alternative sources of protein are increasingly becoming a choice people would rather make. The outlook is bleak: The United Nations estimates food production will need to double to feed the nearly 10 billion people expected to populate the planet by 2050.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

Jan: California Forever is an attempt to make sure that the Bay Area remains the center of innovation and prosperity that it’s been for the last 50 years. And so, we think that Solano County can become the foundry of American defense innovation for the next 50 years. What exactly is California Forever in your words?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

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. One of the most notable trends in tech that has emerged during the pandemic is the steady commoditization of capital. Rising demand for meat is driven in part by the rise of a global middle class.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Investors include Flexport, Transmedia Capital, Signal Ventures, Motion Ventures, Rebel Ventures, Y Combinator (Greywing was part of its winter 2021 batch) and Entrepreneur First. Rainmaking launches Motion Ventures to boost innovation in the maritime industry. million in seed funding.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

The Subak incubator launched last summer — with a goal of making a tangible difference to not-for-profit climate action by linking eco-minded entrepreneurs and projects with an ecosystem of tech innovators who know how to scale projects and create global impact. government minister and a former MD of Microsoft for Startups U.K.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Urban Innovation Fund , a cities-meets-technology focused firm led by Clara Brenner and Julie Lein, received commitments of $101 million for its Fund III and $20 million Opportunity Fund. Investors include Siemens AG, Japan Energy Fund and Mirae Asset Capital. . The round includes strategic investors Aptiv and ZF.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 4, 2022

Today, most of the decisions taken at that stage directly reflect the linear economy principles and the consumption habits instilled by capitalism – which takes us back to waste generation. To avoid some catastrophic 3.40

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

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. According to UN forecasts, the number of people living in cities is expected to double by 2050, growing from 3.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2021

. • “If the world needs to be net zero by 2050, all of us must start today. It’s about our own determination in making capitalism work for everybody.”. • “Please join the Race to Zero. It is our moral imperative to do it now. The world is aligning. Every business, city, investor, school, university and club is invited to join.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

We asked three venture capital firms investing at the intersection of proptech and climate tech about how a focus on reducing emissions can trim a building’s carbon footprint and offer new opportunities for returns. trillion every year between now and 2050, according to McKinsey. And the potential market is enormous.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

If SVB rises from the ashes (seems like there is a glimmer of hope thanks to folks like Ro Khanna) — and we act to mitigate the weaponization of concentrated digital media — money may not become impossibly expensive for capital intensive technologies like robotics. How best would an adversary attack innovation in robotics?

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