Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It’s something Yves Sisteron & I have been talking about for years at Upfront Ventures. It’s hard to grow enough food to meet these needs, not to mention in a sustainable way and in a world where water is increasingly in short supply. We’re betting that Grove can be a major force in our self-sustaining future world.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 18, 2018

Yet, since late 2016, he has also worn the hat of chairman of the Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Board (MSKIB) , a position that lets him serve as an agent and driver of social and economic change for rural communities throughout his home state in India. Put a sustainable plan in motion. .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

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. For instance, 2050 will contribute to Université Paris Dauphine’s class on the ecological challenges of the 21st century. Investment is self-fulfilling,” Ekeland told me.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

It’s often some combination of the idea not being big enough to sustain a venture exit or the company just not being appropriate for venture financing. My company was not well executed enough to achieve venture capital financing—and that wasn’t the city’s fault, it was mine. I was there, too.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Dreiling, who was previously doing ecological engineering in Oregon, teamed up with his sister, Hana Dreiling, a private chef in Kauai, Hawaii, to start Holey Grail Donuts. He believes his company is the only one making its donuts in this sustainable way. “We The firm’s Tony Conrad is on Holey Grail Donuts’ board of directors.

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