TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The world’s food supply must double by the year 2050 to meet the demands of a growing population, according to a report from the United Nations. “We have to double the amount of food we have to create by 2050, and if you look at where there are enough resources to grow food — all signs point to Africa.

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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. Hearing loss can significantly impact multiple aspects of life, including the loss of the ability to follow spoken conversations. Ascend is based in Oklahoma City, OK.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

It wants to help to drive investment in technology needed to decarbonise energy grids through 24/7 energy tracking. EnergyTag : Another energy-focused startup with a mission of accelerating the shift to renewable energy. 5 areas where VCs can play an outsized role in addressing climate change.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And while the accelerator says it only looks at founders when investing in startups, not sector, category or idea, more money in the pipeline may be empowering enough to attract a different cohort of founders. That’s a whole lot of potential mouths to feed; seafood consumption is poised to nearly double by 2050, per researchers at Stanford.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Matt Murphy and Grace Ge, Menlo Ventures Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective? We are active in construction with investments such as HOVER and Fieldwire and believe the entire sector is right for a digital and automation overhaul. About 10 percent of our time.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

The UN predicts that by 2050, this proportion will rise to more than two thirds. Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Investment in European micromobility businesses quadrupled since 2020 compared to 2018-2019, and that really may be the space to watch considering Europe has far more dense cities than the U.S. Hummingbird partnered with engineering firm Prodrive to create a plant-based e-bike called the flax Hummingbird.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Epic investment. The full list of (known) backers include lead investor Molten Ventures (formerly Draper Esprit), Tencent, 2050 Capital, Alumni Ventures, Aster Capital, Entrepreneur First, InQtel, and the mighty Epic Games, which also happens to be a Hadean customer. A virtual world as illustrated by Hadean Image Credits: Hadean.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Even after the collapse of WeWork, the investors are doubling down on a similar business model as part of a syndicate investing $700 million into REEF Technology. Meanwhile, REEF Technology and Oaktree are collaborating on a $300 million real estate investment vehicle, the Neighborhood Property Group, as Bloomberg reported on Monday.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

“The first basic need is to have an infrastructure to enable information to flow more easily,” Liljendahl argues. “Then we make sure the information is shared with super transparency — who’s shared it, when, and so on, so you can also trace back.” And we are super happy with that.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

The round is led by Chris Sacca’s climate focused Lowercarbon Capital fund, with participation from Passion Capital, Giant Ventures and firstminute Capital, as well as the founders of companies including Revolut, Monzo, Infarm and Unity investing in a personal capacity. “I think this is the thing that gets us all super excited.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In its original guise, Papaya was mostly about enabling the management of existing EV and LEVs, but its overarching objective is to help companies transition from traditional fossil-fuel burning vehicles to emission-free alternatives. .” ” Papaya dashboard. Bringing down emissions.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Food production is both energy and water-intensive (“fun” fact: agricultural irrigation uses 70% of water worldwide ) and with the global population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050 , it strikes me that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to use a bit less water to grow our food.

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