AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

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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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Their heightened interest is reflected not just in their demand for ESG reports but also in surging investment volumes. Data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance highlights a staggering 605% increase in Sustainably-Themed Investing in 2020 compared to 2016.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I am at once proud of and awed by Jonathan, whose dual-track passion for the future of food and the future of Appalachia has brought him to tears more than once since we first invested in early 2018. Our foundational investment thesis at Rise of the Rest is a simple one: we see opportunity first through the lens of geography.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Two years ago, South Korea unveiled a plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. “Two-thirds of the fund will be invested in the environment and climate tech, including renewable energy, agri-tech, and food tech, and the rest will go to the information technology industry investment,” Han said.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 29, 2023

This strategic partnership will help catalyze the investment in companies that are making substantial contributions towards the global target of achieving a net-zero economy by 2050, according to the announcement.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

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. PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel invested in Unity Biotechnology , which is developing drugs to treat diseases that accompany aging.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

It’s the background of the team that first attracted investors like Pia d’Iribarne, co-founder and managing partner, New Wave , which made their first climate-focused investment into the software developer. . “ We decided to invest before we even closed the fund,” d’Iribarne said of the investment in Sweep.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

She said 65% of Asia’s population will be elderly by 2050 and with that the cost of elderly healthcare is expected to grow by 5X from 2030. I see this as a challenge for myself as I’m not only able to assess from an investment point of view but also build companies from within. and What’s your mental model for investing?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

If the world wants to feed 10 billion people in 2050, it’ll need to find a better way to grow food. million oversubscribed pre-seed round led by The Venture Collective with strategic investments from Nucleus Capital, Ponderosa Ventures, TET Ventures, Day One Ventures and Possible Ventures. The team has landed a $1.7

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The world is headed for a food shortage by 2050 as its population increases, so anything to make it easier for farmers to grow food will go a long way. The new investment gives InnerPlant $22 million in total funding to date as it prepares to launch its first soybean product, in 2024. The company raised $5.65 This time, Deere & Co.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

And that investment trend shows no sign of slowing any time soon. 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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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

With its first electric vehicle now outselling the quintessential 911 sports car, the German automaker is responding by upping its bet on EVs, in part via a hefty investment in lithium-silicon battery developer Group14 Technologies. billion investing giant has a tendency to talk out of both sides of its mouth.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Old-school systems probably didn’t quite do it for old-school oil and gas investments, but they damn sure don’t cut it for newer, greener, more sustainable technologies. trillion per year investment gap in renewable infrastructure that is required in order to meet our net zero targets by 2050.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2023

On the bright-ish side, research shows that 69% of Americans want our nation to become carbon neutral by 2050. Matthew Walker: S2G Ventures managing director of food and agriculture Matthew Walker has more than 10 years of experience in venture capital, investment banking and securities law.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Investments in this sector are heating up, though. The outlook is bleak: The United Nations estimates food production will need to double to feed the nearly 10 billion people expected to populate the planet by 2050. Also known as cultivated or lab-grown meat, this process uses cells from animals to make meat without slaughter.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 8, 2023

These efforts include investing in renewable energy, minimising energy consumption, and adopting sustainable practices to ensure real progress towards net zero. For instance, the UK has committed to a net-zero target by 2050, and companies such as Microsoft, Unilever, and BP have also embraced similar goals.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The latest investment gives AgBiome over $200 million in total funding to date. As a result, Uknes said he was particular about the kind of investment partners that would work best toward that goal. We don’t want to pollute the Earth, but we have to find a way to feed 9 billion people by 2050,” Obloj said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

But there’s a big disconnect between where so much of the tech industry’s attention and investment is going and the spending power and lifestyle preferences of today’s older adults. billion in 2050. Older adults are the most underserved demographic for the tech world. They’re also one of the fastest-growing age cohorts.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund and Revaia are also participating in the investment. The global real estate sector needs to act now if it is to halve its emissions by 2030 and meet the net zero target by 2050. Some existing investors are also putting more money on the table, such as Hi Inov and Statkraft Ventures.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The investment came from the Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures and the Ecosystem Integrity Fund , which led the company’s latest round, alongside previous investors Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Horizons Ventures , Shell Ventures and Summa Equity. “By 2050 everybody wants to be zero emission and net zero.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 20, 2023

According to a recent McKinsey report , reaching net zero by 2050 could require a 60% increase in capital spending on physical assets compared to current levels. The total investment needed amounts to $9.2 trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5 trillion annually allocated to low-emissions assets and enabling infrastructure.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

It disincentives investment in technologies that would raise income on average, because the future is unknown,” Carter said. People with low wealth obviously don’t have a lot of savings, but they can’t risk the savings to invest in something that might improve their income that also might cause their family to starve.”.

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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

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. Rising demand for meat is driven in part by the rise of a global middle class. One of the most notable trends in tech that has emerged during the pandemic is the steady commoditization of capital.

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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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Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2023

Impact Hub Network Global team Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp According to a recent McKinsey report , reaching net zero by 2050 could require a 60% increase in capital spending on physical assets compared to current levels. The total investment needed amounts to $9.2 trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

The investment breaks down into a €4 million seed raise, led by Cologne-based investor Capnamic, with existing investors including as UVC Partners also participating; and €2.5M Munch-based climate tech startup Tanso , which sells software to help industrial manufacturers carry out sustainability reporting and carbon accounting, has banked €6.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

billion by 2050, and members of this cohort — who are leading longer, active lives — have plenty of money to spend. Regulations can define the best places to build and invest. Regulations can define the best places to build and invest. The global population of people older than 65 will reach 1.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Wavemaker Partners doesn’t just want to invest in climate tech and sustainability startups. Vaquette and Cheong first met the Wavemaker team when it invested in TablePointer , an energy efficiency startup that was one of the first companies to emerge from ENGIE Factory. “To It also wants to help build them.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

billion tonnes of waste projected by 2050, as highlighted by the World Bank, a paradigm shift is imperative. The support from Impact Hub Dar es Salaam proved instrumental, particularly in areas like investment readiness. To combat the looming 3.40 Despite the rapid progress, challenges were encountered.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Last March, Hopper raised $70 million in a round that saw Inovia Capital actually make its first investment in the startup — essentially at the very moment that things looked most bleak for the travel industry in general, and in particular for airfare-focused Hopper.

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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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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 25, 2019

What this bill does is commit New York State to some of the most agressive goals of any city, state, or region: This is a legally binding legislative act to achieve an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and a goal of net zero. But we also need new policies and new funding/investment to allow us to reach them (the carrot).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Moreover, the world’s population of those who are 60 and older is expected to reach 2 billion by 2050, up from 900 million in 2015. People deciding whether to invest in accessibility often ask themselves how many people are going to use the feature. The World Health Organization says people aged 60 and older outnumber children under 5.

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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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