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Parthean cares about personal finance so you don’t have to

TechCrunch

Third, and finally, he thinks that strong business incentives and for-profit businesses specifically are the most sustainable way to make impact last — not nonprofits or government organizations. Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch).

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Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women & underrepresented founders?

David Teten VC

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Their foci include addressing environmental sustainability, racial and gender equity, economic development concerns, etc. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch)

TechCrunch

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. “Burst is the first DeFi-powered bank for Generation Z – we use DeFi to help our users earn more. Teams using SAVVI have seen a 1,500% ROI over traditional ML methods.” ” Bonfire. Founders: Matt Alston (CEO), Melissa Zhang (CTO).

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Pina Earth gets seed backing to grow sustainable forestry carbon credits

TechCrunch

million seed round of funding a year after being founded and a few months since it presented at the accelerator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day in March. But the startup’s premise is also that more sustainable forestry management can generate extra carbon credits for forest owners, too. Are carbon offsets b t?

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How Rani Therapeutics’ robotic pill could change subcutaneous injection treatment

TechCrunch

Once there, the reactants mix and produce carbon dioxide, which in turn inflates a small balloon that helps create a pressure difference to help inject the drug-loaded needles into the intestinal wall. “So Next-gen skincare, silk without spiders and pollution for lunch: Meet the biotech startups pitching at IndieBio’s Demo Day.