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

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Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. The introduction of these two new funds, each worth $150 million, brings Toyota Ventures’ total assets under management to over $500 million.

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Impact Hub Scaling Green Ventures: Meet The Innovators Accelerating Climate Action

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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 As part of our global environmental strategy, Impact Hub is dedicated to supporting green ventures in scaling their solutions rapidly.

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Scaling green ventures: meet the innovators accelerating climate action

Impact Hub

Scaling green ventures: meet the innovators accelerating climate action In a world echoing with the urgent call for environmental change, the Impact Hub Network is committed to supporting innovative green ventures for a brighter tomorrow. trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5 The total investment needed amounts to $9.2

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Concert Bio lands pre-seed round to fix hydroponic farming’s ‘dirty secret’

TechCrunch

If the world wants to feed 10 billion people in 2050, it’ll need to find a better way to grow food. Today, about half the world’s habitable land is devoted to agriculture, yet even that amount can’t provide everyone with the sort of diet enjoyed by people in developed countries. The team has landed a $1.7

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IFC launches new platform to bolster digital economy in Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, and Pakistan

AsiaTechDaily

This will be used to strengthen venture capital ecosystems and invest in early-stage companies in order to address development challenges through technological innovations in climate, health care, education, agriculture, e-commerce, and other sectors. But despite all these, growth potentials remained enormous across these regions.

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

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Having the opportunity to learn from the founders you back is by far one of the most rewarding parts of being a venture capital investor. 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.

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AI-driven energy startup Octopus hits $2B mark after $200M investment from Tokyo Gas

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stake, in order to launch a joint venture. Octopus will own 30% of the venture, with Tokyo Gas owning the majority. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has set a target of reaching net-zero by 2050. Residential renewable energy developer Swell is raising $450 million for distributed power projects in three states.

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