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We’re disrupting TechCrunch Disrupt: 8 stages, 3 days, 1 city

TechCrunch

For founders and investors, there’s no platform like TechCrunch Disrupt. Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. Society is reorienting to a new post-pandemic norm?—?even Ten years on much has changed.

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To fix the climate, these 10 investors are betting the house on the ocean

TechCrunch

Fernandez, founder and CEO, Sustainable Ocean Alliance (Seabird Ventures) Climate change is the elephant in the room. The urgency of the climate crisis has kept passionate funders and entrepreneurs engaged in the development of solutions regardless of the state of the economy. We spoke with: Daniela V.

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Impact Hub: Our policy approach

Impact Hub

Our 110 communities are diverse yet they all need an enabling environment of supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, stronger social and environmental sustainability standards, and a brave impact funding environment. To date, our community has reached over 25,000 such impact-driven enterprises.

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

The driving force of economic growth for the US is gains in productivity driven by calculated risk-takers, passionate entrepreneurs and disruptive innovation. We strive to educate our community that success takes commitment, strategy, discipline, and patience to sustain the journey and see long-term growth. Eric Parker. Mara Hardy.

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Nth Cycle wants to revolutionize metals processing for recyclers and mine operators

TechCrunch

“We’re looking at a lot of the untapped resources we have here in North America, because we have all of the materials we need for the energy transition, we just don’t have a way to mine them sustainably yet.”. There, she received $500,000 in funding to scale the technology and prepare it for demonstration to private funders.

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Developing Rapid-Response Plans for Cities to Help Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in This Time of Economic Crisis

Forward Cities

As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it. Evaluate the impact of these efforts, including increased access to capital, on stabilizing local entrepreneurs and small businesses across all demographics and geographic areas. Additionally, with crisis comes opportunity. The time for action is now.