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Marie Ekeland launches 2050, a new fund with radically ambitious, long-term goals

TechCrunch

Marie Ekeland has unveiled her next act — and it’s a new fund called 2050. She is also one of the founding members of France Digitale , the main startup lobby in France. With 2050, Ekeland is going back to the drawing board with a different vision when it comes to investment thesis, fund structure and the firm’s own values.

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

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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. Climate innovators are critical players in the fight to solve the climate crisis.

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

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Octopus will now launch as a brand in Japan with its trademark 100% renewable electricity operation, which uses an innovative AI and data-based platform to balance loads around the grid. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has set a target of reaching net-zero by 2050. Japanese renewables lag the U.K. of electricity versus 37.9%

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Longevity startup Longevica plans to launch supplements based on long-term research

TechCrunch

The longevity space is a growing sector for tech startups. Longevica’s CEO Aynar Abdrakhmanov, backing up his company’s aim to tap the desire for people to live longer, said: “According to the WHO, by 2050, 2 billion people will be 60+ years old. It now aims to produce medicines, dietary supplements and food products.

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

TechCrunch

So while Toyota Ventures’ investment approach isn’t changing, it’s broadening the scope of startups it will consider investing in. . “AI Startups are experiments in the marketplace, and this is a way for us to understand and get comfortable with where innovations are coming from.” .

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

TechCrunch

Darwinbox, which operates a cloud-based human resource management platform, has raised $15 million in a new financing round as the Indian startup looks to further expand in the country and Southeast Asian markets. Overall, the startup’s revenue has ballooned by 300% since September 2019, when it last raised money , he said.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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One of the most common areas of attention respondents highlighted were startups focused on construction and manufacturing. Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t? According to UN forecasts, the number of people living in cities is expected to double by 2050, growing from 3.5