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TechCrunch+ roundup: Cell-cultured meat, alternative financing, avoiding tech debt

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But a United Nations report estimates that we’ll need to double global food production by 2050 to meet the needs of 10 billion people. Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership. Use alternative financing to fuel VC-level growth without diluting ownership.

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

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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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Builders and VCs explore the impact of air mobility on urban planning at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

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An aviator, entrepreneur and investor, Cyrus Sigari is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on the AAM and eVTOL aircraft industries, which Morgan Stanley predicts will become a $9 trillion global market by 2050.

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Two European companies are mapping a future service for direct air capture to sequestration of CO2

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There is growing awareness of the need to build capacity to remove CO 2 from the atmosphere to achieve net zero by 2050. That will be the price range needed to build up the infrastructure and finance it.” “We have a number of MOUs and confidentiality agreements with customers and letters of support.

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Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain why they’re bullish on tech that makes buildings greener

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We asked three venture capital firms investing at the intersection of proptech and climate tech about how a focus on reducing emissions can trim a building’s carbon footprint and offer new opportunities for returns. trillion every year between now and 2050, according to McKinsey. That’s where proptech can step in.

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Backed by Epic Games, distributed computing startup Hadean nabs $30M to power the metaverse

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At its core, Hadean is all about helping developers scale their codebase to support software that requires significant computing power, something that Minecraft demands particularly when it involves multiplayer engagement across the internet. and metaverse applications.

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

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SoftBank and Mubadala are joining private equity and financial investment giants Oaktree, UBS Asset Management and the European venture capital firm Target Global in providing the cash for the massive equity financing. It’s a different project, but it also has a number of supporters. on potential partnerships).