TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Octopus will now launch as a brand in Japan with its trademark 100% renewable electricity operation, which uses an innovative AI and data-based platform to balance loads around the grid. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has set a target of reaching net-zero by 2050. Japanese renewables lag the U.K. of electricity versus 37.9%

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Startups are experiments in the marketplace, and this is a way for us to understand and get comfortable with where innovations are coming from.” . It not only seeks to bring emerging tech to market, but it also wants to bring new innovations onboard, whether as a customer or an acquisition, according to Adler. . “I

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Longevica’s CEO Aynar Abdrakhmanov, backing up his company’s aim to tap the desire for people to live longer, said: “According to the WHO, by 2050, 2 billion people will be 60+ years old. PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel invested in Unity Biotechnology , which is developing drugs to treat diseases that accompany aging.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Over the past decade, some of the biggest names in the tech, VC, automotive and aerospace industries have poured millions of dollars into developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. During his career, he has been recognized as an innovative executive with a reputation for transforming startups into global businesses.

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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. We now have a really efficient process to develop soybean traits, and we’re now working on the first commercial product which is the fungal detection of soybean sensors.”

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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. About 430 million people suffer from moderate to complete hearing loss worldwide, a number expected to rise to about 700 million by 2050. 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

MARCH 7, 2023

When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. With its $25 million Series B funding — which takes its total funding to over $42 million — Banyan Infrastructure is seeking to align sustainable project finance with the technology it is meant to support and develop.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

ZeroAvia is now developing and testing the certification-ready ZA-600 powertrain, which can fly a 10 to 20-seat aircraft up to 500 miles, the company said. “By 2050 everybody wants to be zero emission and net zero. 2050 is one vehicle lifetime away. It will also require government intervention.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Currently being tested and researched in almond orchards in Southern California thanks to a Small Business Innovation Research grant, their newest sensor, termed the FlightSensor, is best understood when considering where Keogh got the idea for it: James Bond and Cold War espionage. Image Credits: FarmSense. Risk can keep people poor.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

it took in last month via an EU innovation grant under the bloc’s EIC Accelerator program. In addition to this, we develop currently automated PCF calculations for our customers’ full product portfolio, as well as a supplier engagement module to support suppliers in their PCF exchange.

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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.

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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. We couldn’t innovate as quickly as we could otherwise.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Many vessel operators are committed to bringing down carbon emissions for ethical reasons; they also need to comply with the International Maritime Organization 2030 and 2050 Decarbonization Targets. Rainmaking launches Motion Ventures to boost innovation in the maritime industry.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 12, 2019

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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

So people are adding more of these services, and we credit that to the product innovation.” And the answer was we’d be done in 2070, and then even if you double the number of people doing it, it was 2050.” “But we’ve actually outgrown our pandemic attach rate.

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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. Ford reached a deal with DTE Energy to power its electricity supply in Michigan with clean energy, a step toward its goal to become carbon neutral by 2050.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Travis Connors, Building Ventures At Building Ventures, we see enormous opportunities developing for the use of robotics in construction over the next 20 years. According to UN forecasts, the number of people living in cities is expected to double by 2050, growing from 3.5 billion today to more than 7 billion.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2023

(June 13, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) yesterday issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking insight from qualified stakeholders on opportunities to accelerate building decarbonization within the commercial building sector.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2021

If we don’t consider these questions, we risk failing to tackle the most important challenges of our lives.” . • “If the world needs to be net zero by 2050, all of us must start today. Does our business make the world better or worse? It is our moral imperative to do it now. The world is aligning. It’s a race to net-zero.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

trillion every year between now and 2050, according to McKinsey. We are also spending significant time in areas like IoT and sensors, where innovations can have a potentially big impact on the climate. “Those that survive will have an opportunity to expand market share.”. And the potential market is enormous.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Though delivery of the latter is likely a fresh startup opportunity for teams focused on innovating around verifying/auditing data — which would be positioning themselves to partner with platforms like Worldfavor.).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

How best would an adversary attack innovation in robotics? Why bother with a cyberattack when a few well-placed uppercased words from apparently reputable sources can wound thousands of our most innovative companies? The truth is that many innovations are driven by profit motives, often by large corporations. Fair enough.

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