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Subscription carbon offsetting platform Ecologi hits $8M total raised, includes General Catalyst

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startup Ecologi , which uses the funds to plant 1 million trees every 10 days in places like Africa and Latin America, as well as doing things like protecting peatlands in Indonesia. In April, Ecologi closed a seed investment round of $5.75 That’s partly the thinking behind U.K. million (£4.05 million) at a pre-money valuation of £16.5

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

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Fundraising platforms such as Investiere have boosted the angel community support of early funding rounds. Olaf Hannemann, partner, CV VC AG. I really wish that the business case for social and ecological startups will finally be proven (kind of like Oatly showed with the Blackstone investment). Andreas Iten , partner, F10.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

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I grew up here, went to school here, and have worked hard over the last 5+ years to help build up the NYC innovation community. The simple fact of the matter is that most startups seeking angel or vc capital just don’t receive it—and that’s just anywhere. You know what—it’s supposed to work like that! Do you have a Bose radio at home?

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

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Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 55 Washington Street.

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The Unified Theory of Food Investing for Tech VCs

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One of the aspects of running a venture fund that I am most excited about is turning over rocks that other VCs might not. I'm less likely to get excited about the next big photo sharing app coming out of YC, and more into going "where no VC has gone before.". You buy a tower, connect it to a community, now others want it.

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