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

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Marie Ekeland has unveiled her next act — and it’s a new fund called 2050. She invested in adtech firm Criteo, which later became a public company in the U.S. While she’s no longer involved with Daphni’s day-to-day activities, she still follows her own investments in Daphni’s first fund. Let’s start with the investment thesis.

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

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The fund is commemorating its new identity by investing an additional $300 million in emerging technologies and carbon neutrality via two early-stage funds: the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund and the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund. . The Frontier Fund is a step outside of mobility.

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

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billion) after attracting a $200 million (£150 million) investment from Tokyo Gas, for a 9.7% Australia’s Origin Energy is also set to take a stake in Octopus for $50 million (£37 million) following a larger investment in April when Origin bought a 20% stake. You’ve heard of challenger banks? Now meet the challenger energy suppliers.

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Betting On The Price Of Carbon

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

My partner Albert shared this article yesterday which suggests that the price of carbon will have to reach $150/ton by 2030 in order to create the conditions for the world to get to zero carbon by 2050. If you believe that will happen, you can profit from it by investing in the price of carbon.

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

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This is one of Salesforce Ventures’ rare investments in Asia. Peddi said the startup has always looked up to Salesforce for inspiration, and investment from the enterprise giant is “nothing sort of a child receiving validation from their father,” he said.

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New report examines Africa’s growth in the digital economy and VC investment landscape

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The market size of Africa’s digital economy is massive and, if projections go as planned, should top $712 billion by 2050. million jobs due to Google’s $1 billion investment in the continent. The continent’s investment story. From 2020 to 2021, it grew 2x faster than global startup funding, it said. Southeast Asia and Europe.

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Singapore’s InterContinental Energy Attracts $115M Funding from GIC and Hy24

AsiaTechDaily

Register Singapore-based InterContinental Energy has secured $115 million in equity investment to advance its mission of scaling up green hydrogen production. “We launched Hy24 to catalyze the development of the hydrogen industry at scale by investing in hydrogen leaders and entrepreneurs,” stated Hy24 CEO Pierre-Etienne Franc.

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