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Innovation Through Crisis

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written by Ruchir Punjabi , the co-founder and chief digital officer of Distributed Energy , a company that matches investors with renewable energy projects across Africa, Middle East and India, and the founder of Langoor, which was sold to Havas Group in 2019. Focus on Growth and Innovation.

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Helion raises $2.2B to commercialize fusion energy

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Helion Energy , a clean energy company committed to creating a new era of plentiful, zero-carbon electricity from fusion, today announced the close of its $0.5 Animation courtesy of Helion Energy. “Some projects in the fusion space talk about heat, or energy, or other things. Image Credits: Helion Energy.

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3 Tips for Getting Investors on Board With Your CSR Mission

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Companies have been publicly proclaiming their dedication to sustainability, philanthropy and diversity for decades. According to recent research, companies with well-defined social missions are more likely to attract loyal consumers , recruit dedicated employees, and be recognized as innovation leaders. Find common ground.

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Banyan wants to unlock financing for a (more) sustainable future

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When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. The theory is that it will make investment in sustainable infrastructure a more attractive proposition, too.

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Sun King, a provider of solar energy products in Africa and Asia, expands Series D to $330M

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Sun King, a provider of off-grid solar energy products in Africa and Asia, has secured a $70 million equity investment led by LeapFrog Investments. The solar energy company has also provided more than $500 million in solar purchase finance through a network of over 20,000 field agents, 36% of whom are women. “We

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Battery darling Our Next Energy lands massive $300M Series B to build gigafactory

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Battery startup Our Next Energy announced this morning that it closed a massive $300 million Series B in an effort to get its $1.6 Also joining the round are two unnamed strategic investors, “a manufacturer of EV technology solutions and a renewable energy provider,” the company said. billion gigafactory up and running.

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Pitching tech to optimize building design for sustainability, Atlanta-based Cove.tool raises $5.7 million

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Patrick Chopson and Sandeep Ahuja started cove.tool , an Atlanta-based company developing software to optimize building design for sustainability and cost, because of problems they’d faced in their careers as architects. And the company has a plan to see if it can design energy-efficient structures for a Martian environment.