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Scaling green ventures: meet the innovators accelerating climate action

Impact Hub

Impact Hub Network Global team Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp According to a recent McKinsey report , reaching net zero by 2050 could require a 60% increase in capital spending on physical assets compared to current levels. trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5 The total investment needed amounts to $9.2

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Autigen Announces Collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim

Innovation 2 Enterprise

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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Innovative businesses that support local communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

World Bank experts say that without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent of current levels by 2050. The courses, Fundamentals of Starting and Running a Business , Fundamentals of Business Expansion , and Servant Leadership may inspire you in your future endeavors.

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Planetary wants to help food startups brew up more fake meat

TechCrunch

The seed round was led by Astanor Ventures and followed on by a group of investors, including XAnge, Blue Horizon and Nucleus Capital. As I noted already this week , alternative proteins is a hot space attracting both startups and venture capital. We are also already looking for U.S. manufacturing sites,” he added.

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Toca Football raises $40 million to fuel its budding chain of giant soccer and entertainment facilities

TechCrunch

The company — which plans to expand into Asia as quickly as possible (China has been mandated by the country’s leadership to become “ a first-class football superpower ” by 2050) — has now raised $105 million in total funding.

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EO Impact Day: ‘Reimagine Success’ for your business and the planet

Entrepreneurs' Organization

. • “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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REEF Technology raises $700M from SoftBank and others to remake parking lots

TechCrunch

SoftBank and Mubadala are joining private equity and financial investment giants Oaktree, UBS Asset Management and the European venture capital firm Target Global in providing the cash for the massive equity financing. As REEF acknowledges, cities are the future.