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ZEBOX, an incubator for supply chain startups, launches its Asia hub in Singapore

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It has 20 corporate partners that startups collaborate with while they are in ZEBOX’s incubator, including BNP Paribas, CEVA Logistics, Infosys, BNSG Railway, Port of Virginia and Centrime. This is an especially critical area for CMA CGM Group, since its goal is to reach net zero carbon by 2050.

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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

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based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. The incubator was founded by Baroness Bryony Worthington, who was the lead author of the U.K.’s Tanso nabs $1.9M

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

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The UN predicts that by 2050, this proportion will rise to more than two thirds. More than four billion people work, live, and sustain themselves in the metropolis. In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems.

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GreenForges digs deep to farm underground

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It’s a relatively low number; we’re talking 2 to 5% range for the cities of 2050. After two years of research and development, the company is planning its first pilot underground farm system north of Montreal in spring 2022 with Zone Agtech, an incubator for agricultural technologies. The grid likes steady supply.”.

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The biggest moonshots in YC’s S22 batch

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That’s a whole lot of potential mouths to feed; seafood consumption is poised to nearly double by 2050, per researchers at Stanford. Numi’s products are still in development, but the company is already boasting about a moonshot-sized goal — to capture 30% of the seafood market in 10 years. – Harri Weber. hospital systems.

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Mistaking performance for competence

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It’s something he’s promised to update at the start of every year until 2050, “as I will then be 95 years old, and I suspect I’ll be a little too exhausted by then to carry on arguments about why I was right or wrong on particular points.” Drone Fund led the raise, which also features HAX (SOSV), Incubate Fund, SBI Investment and DBJ Capital.