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Rebranded Toyota Ventures invests $300 million in emerging tech and carbon neutrality 

TechCrunch

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. By that same token, the new Climate Fund seeks to invest in startups that can help Toyota accelerate its goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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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. One of the most common areas of attention respondents highlighted were startups focused on construction and manufacturing.

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New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape

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The market size of Africa’s digital economy is massive and, if projections go as planned, should top $712 billion by 2050. New York-based Endeavor is a global community of “high-impact” founders across almost 40 underserved markets in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. from 2010 to 2019. “By

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Rebuilding the California Dream 

Andreessen Horowitz

And we back a lot of immigrant founders, usually building companies, not cities. And so, I think when people look back in 2050, they might say that this was one of the most interesting and lasting and impactful partnerships between the government and the military and Silicon Valley in the country. Katherine: Yeah.

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

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The money will be used to scale from its roughly 4,800 locations to 10,000 new locations around the country and to transform the parking lots into “neighborhood hubs,” according to Ari Ojalvo, the company’s co-founder and chief executive. on potential partnerships). .” Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images).

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

Revolution

led by Founder & CEO Jonathan Webb ?—?rang rang the opening bell on the NASDAQ stock exchange, signifying the start of their new chapter in life as a public traded company after successfully completing a merger with Novus Capital Corporation. On February 1st, the AppHarvest team?—?led But in reality –and without jest?—?the

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Extra Crunch roundup: 3 lies VCs tell, betting big on Kubernetes, NYC’s enterprise boom

TechCrunch

billion by 2050, and members of this cohort — who are leading longer, active lives — have plenty of money to spend. Still, most startups persist in releasing products aimed at serving younger users, says Lawrence Kosick, co-founder of GetSetUp, an edtech company that targets 50+ learners. But has it affected the venture capital market?