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Breakthrough Energy Fellows announces 3rd Cohort to accelerate Climate-tech Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

With the goal of getting the world to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, Breakthrough Energy’s fellows program seeks to help innovators accelerate their clean technology. “ B reakthrough Energy’s Fellows program ensures that innovators and entrepreneurs working on transformative climate solutions receive the vital support they need.

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Salesforce leads $15M investment in Asian HR tech platform Darwinbox

TechCrunch

. “India is home to one of the world’s youngest populations, and by 2050, it is expected to account for over 18% of the global working age population,” said Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairperson and CEO, Salesforce India, in a statement.

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Hopper raises $170M and partners with Capital One on a new cardholder travel booking portal

TechCrunch

This is Hopper’s second raise in a year that has been marked by turmoil for the travel industry, owing to the disruptions caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. And one that’s working really surprisingly well is the disruption insurance.”

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

The UN predicts that by 2050, this proportion will rise to more than two thirds. In early 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting food supply chains across the planet, it was time to double down on the Feeding the City mission. More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities and urban areas. Photo: Kina Mama.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. Of the sub-verticals in construction that tend to cost the most (structural support like concrete and steel or mechanical and plumbing), not many can be automated because of the complexity of the task. This is an indication that the industry is ready for disruption.

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Mistaking performance for competence

TechCrunch

Consider that to develop a digitally native product like a surgical robot — and bring it all the way through to commercialization — costs will include both the classic and complex medical device innovation needs, but also investment in an entire ecosystem of services, support, training and market development. Fair enough.

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TrueCircle scoops $5.5M to use AI to drive recycling efficiency

TechCrunch

So the disruption potential — and revenue ‘opportunities’ — look huge. We have a chance here to disrupt a $20BN per year industry through a much more digitalized trading infrastructure.” Problems that scale all over the globe, too. “I think this is the thing that gets us all super excited. .