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Investors including Microsoft’s climate fund back hyperlocal environmental monitoring tech developer Aclima

TechCrunch

The company’s data is also providing real-world tools to communities that are looking to address systemic inequalities in locations that have been hardest hit by industrial pollution. Image Credits: Greg Epperson/Getty Images.

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“Workers are mad and no longer willing to sit idly by being spoon fed ‘we’re family’ b t from bosses:” Logan LaHive is Helping Employees Organize & Collectively Bargain. But Did He Compromise His Own Vision By Taking Venture Capital for the Startup?

Hunter Walk

Logan LaHive: First, the problem… The incredible imbalance of power in workplaces is driving continued acceleration of income inequality, which along with climate, is a top issue facing society today. Building tools for unions is certainly not a category or product that most VCs want to exist, let alone see grow.

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5 Tips on Angel Investing from Veterans in this Space

Angel Capital Association

Working harder won’t solve poverty, pollution, social inequality, and dozens of other major challenges we face on this planet. For those of us in that category, we’re not really in a position to write $50K–$200K checks, and honestly, we don’t want startups to have crazy cap tables loaded with small-volume investors.

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“We are going to create the best environment for startups in Europe”

TechCrunch

First, in there, we are creating a new visa category that is digital nomads. Although that component of the España Nación Emprendedora strategy is, inevitably, going to be a slower burn, hence the decade-long lens. I also mentioned visas. So we get on par with countries like France, Portugal, Estonia, Croatia, and the Netherlands.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten VC

BCG reports that “Many male investors have little familiarity with the products and services that women-founded businesses market to other women”—especially in categories such as childcare or beauty. . Concentration in consumer/branded products startups. What should VC leaders do to eliminate such biases?

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten VC

BCG reports that “Many male investors have little familiarity with the products and services that women-founded businesses market to other women”—especially in categories such as childcare or beauty. . Concentration in consumer/branded products startups. What should VC leaders do to eliminate such biases?

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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

This is going to be BIG.

Here’s a similar chart when it comes to student debt: What you’re seeing here is the result of lots of systematic racial and gender inequity that happens even before the venture capital process starts. I’m going to call this the risk/wealth effect and it definitely nudges the numbers towards the funding of wealthier white men.