TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Atarraya , creator of Shrimpbox, a sustainable “plug-and-play” shrimp farming technology, is swimming to the surface after being in stealth mode since 2019. We wanted to make the shrimp business more sustainable and more efficient without destroying the environment,” Russek said. “We million in Series A dollars, and a new U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 16, 2024

The NJGB will make investments through debt, credit enhancements, and other financial vehicles to attract private capital to enable the state to reach its climate goals. The NJGB will inject capital into New Jersey’s clean energy economy and support green businesses and good-paying jobs in the field.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

-based online university platform Nexford University has raised $8 million in a Series A round co-led by New Markets Venture Partners and Learn Capital, two prominent edtech venture capital firms in the U.S. The tech-enabled startup, launched by Fadl Al Tarzi in 2019, is filling affordability and relevance gaps in education.

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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. trillion annually allocated to low-emissions assets and enabling infrastructure. The total investment needed amounts to $9.2 trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. ” Climate resiliency .

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

“Boston Materials is a high-performance materials company enabling manufacturers of industrial and consumer products to break through their design trade-offs with new materials. It is produced from 100% reclaimed carbon fiber, enabling new, high-volume, energy-efficient products that have a low carbon footprint.”

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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. trillion annually allocated to low-emissions assets and enabling infrastructure.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Fez Delivery , a Lagos-based last-mile logistics startup with hubs across Nigeria, has raised $1 million led by pan-African investor Ventures Platform with participation from Voltron Capital, Acasia Ventures and other angel investors. I’ve realized we can build and create solutions around payment and core fintech.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Aclima , a decade-old startup founded by Davida Herzl, is looking to solve that problem and has raised $40 million in new funding from strategic and institutional venture capital investors to accelerate its growth. “We’ve built a platform that enables hyperlocal measurement.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. Incorporated in Delaware, USA. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Terra Drone said today it has raised $14 million in Series C funding from Wa’ed Ventures , the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco , marking the VC firm’s first investment in Asia. ” Note: The original version of this article has been updated to include that Unifly has a presence in Europe and North America.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Dave Mullen is an investor at SVB Capital , where he focuses largely on fintech, proptech and insurtech. And when it comes to reducing real estate’s climate footprint, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), the path starts with adopting technologies that enable green certifications such as LEED and BREEAM. Image Credits: SVB Capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

A spin-off from LanzaTech , one of the last surviving climate tech startups from the first cleantech boom that’s still privately held, LanzaJet is taking a phased investment approach with its corporate backers, enabling them to invest additional capital as the company scales to larger production facilities.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

It has raised upwards of $91 million in venture capital to date. M is a fully managed, tech-enabled living space for older adults in the United States. M, led by Triple Impact Capital and Freestyle Capital, with participation from Techstars. The millions in new venture capital money are coming as UpsideH?M

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

million) on the back of strong demand for its tech from companies working in transportation and energy infrastructure. Previous backers Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures (DvH Ventures), Helen Ventures, Matterwave, and motu ventures, and new backers Segenia Capital and Hannover Digital Investments (HDInv), are also participating.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

The clean tech sector received the greatest VC interest in Kenya, as it accounted for nearly half of the total capital raised by Kenyan private venture-backed companies — buoyed by Sun King’s mega round and M-Kopa’s funding.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

This results in operational cost reduction by eliminating the need to replace their existing fleet and yields a safer, more efficient and sustainable transportation system,” CEO Raghavender Sahdev tells TechCrunch. The Hurd Co. Image Credits: The Hurd Co. The Hurd Co.’s Publica is Shopify for Digital Content.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Zoomo, the Australian startup with a mission to electrify delivery fleets through e-bike subscriptions, announced a $12 million interim capital raise on Monday. “Their expectations for quality commercial vehicles, on demand service, flexible financing and tech enabled security features spurred us to innovate.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

Sustainable travel at the forefront. Transportation reporter Rebecca Bellan interviewed Tortoise co-founder Dmitry Shevelenko about his company’s transition “from using a hardware-as-a-service model to a take-rate scheme that gives it 10% of any sales made from its card payment-enabled bots.”. Mainstream attention is increasing.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The company, which is best known for its electric Smartscooters and swappable battery infrastructure, announced today it will list on Nasdaq through a merger with Poema Global , a SPAC affiliated with Princeville Capital. They have, for example, a sustainability fund, so our passion for green and sustainability merges well with that.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Existing investors Speedinvest, Left Lane Capital and thelatest.ventures (the first two are lead investors from its Series A) led this round shared between $65 million equity and $40 million debt. New investors such as AfricInvest, MUFG Innovation Partners, Latitude and Kreos Capital participated.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 28, 2022

The fresh capital will fuel Neuron’s unique international expansion strategy, which is laser-focused on winning highly prized competitive tenders, according to the announcement. Continuous operational data and feedback enables the company to adapt and update their vehicles quickly to perform better and last longer.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

Now that Ubco’s got a fresh cash infusion from the round led by Seven Peak Ventures, Nuance Capital and TPK Holdings, it hopes to continue expanding into existing verticals, like food delivery, postal service and last-mile logistics. Ubco expects revenue to climb from $2.1 million in 2020 to $8.4

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

It enables not just a focus on the current health of the battery system, but also it enables us to simulate and forecast the future,” Rohr said. Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit. Twaice also offers solutions before the battery even enters the vehicle or energy storage system.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 8, 2024

Manufacturing infrastructure To illustrate the complexity of production of these therapies, some cell therapies require removing cells from the patient’s body, transporting them to the manufacturer to reprogram and regrow the cells, and sending the cells back to the provider to infuse into the patient.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2016

” This change in investor mentality is catalyzed by the increasing cost of startup capital. Starting in 2014, and perhaps even a bit before, startups have been able to raise capital at better terms than at any time since 2000. And would might happen if the company didn’t spend all this capital? Market fragmentation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2021

Entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to lead impactful businesses and build a sustainable future for our world, but how exactly do you start? As the ‘inspire’ arm of EO’s Inspire, Learn, Act series, we’re inviting and engaging members to become a part of EO’s sustainability strategy.”. EO Impact Day is gaining momentum. “As

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 15, 2024

Capital requirements for new cement plants approach $1 billion for a single facility. Furno’s innovative design also allows producers to build cement plants that are compact and cost-efficient, and enables them to add incremental capacity as needed. Breakthrough Energy participated in earlier, non-dilutive funding of the company.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The fresh capital, which brings its total funding raised to $135 million, was led by Affirma Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital India, Hana Ventures, ICT Capital, EDB Investment (EDBI), AC Ventures, RTP Global and Momentum Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

women-led blank check company Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Teklas Ventures, Chimera, Agility, and Luxor Capital Group are some of its other investors. In February, one of its investors, Atalaya Capital, pulled out of the transaction.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Veev, a real estate developer turned tech-enabled homebuilder, announced today that it has raised $400 million a Series D round that propels the company to “unicorn status.” It also claims that a “lean manufacturing strategy” doesn’t require the capital outlay that a large central factory does.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Register India’s SaaS-based logistics management platform Shipsy has secured US$25 million funding in its Series B financing round led by Z3 Partners and A91 Partners along with participation from Sequoia Capital India’s Surge. It enables real-time data processing and provides you with live alerts using scalable machine learning models.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 13, 2020

Enric Badia , the director of human capital at Banco Sabadell points out to “not fool ourselves, we are not currently working from home. Operating like this has given us an upper hand and enabled us to best support Impact Hubs in transitioning their work and communities online. . We are managing the crisis remotely.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Commenting in a statement, Will Wolf of Polychain Capital, said: “We’re incredibly excited to partner with the Nym team to further their mission of bringing robust, sustainable and permissionless privacy infrastructure to all Internet users. . government. And the internet was too slow to do a mixnet. Who’s funding privacy tech?

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OurCrowd

JUNE 10, 2022

OurCrowd is investing up to $1M in this $12M SAFE led by Pitango and BECO Capital. In my latest Investors on the Frontlines column, I deep dive into three OurCrowd startups – Intellact , SeeTrue and Freightos – which have all created technologies that can improve our jet-lagged transportation networks. Register Now.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Problems & Ideas: Financing as a service for building electrification Contractor enablement Finding ways (at scale) to add trust as well as ensure accountability Improving the quote lifecycle to reduce time spent (and truck rolls), automate system design, and improve installed system performance.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

Designing for sustainability adds even more complexity to the process, chiefly because it requires integrating “green” principles and complying with environmental laws and regulations. The slow uptake threatens to impede the industry’s progress toward desired goals, like improved sustainability. Image Credits: BeamUP.

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