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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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Marie Ekeland launches 2050, a new fund with radically ambitious, long-term goals

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But it’s not your average French VC fund as it’s going to be an evergreen fund focused on building a better world. If you’re not familiar with Marie Ekeland, she used to be an investor at French VC firm Elaia. More recently, she co-founded Daphni , her own VC firm. The idea is that there shouldn’t be any time frame pressure.

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

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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). Philipp Stauffer, partner, FYRFLY Venture Partners. Claude Donzé , partner, Tomahawk.VC. Lucian Wagner, partner, Privilège Ventures.

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The Anatomy of a Pitch

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The drop off rate depends on each fund’s specific selection and rejection criteria, brand, team size, deal flow quality, volume, and the stage in a VC fund’s life cycle. Or are they just going through the motions to please a VC? One good way to do it is to write an investment memo from the perspective of the VC you’re pitching.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

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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. In terms of who is here and what does get funded, the average entrepreneur spends way too much time doing after investors that have a shingle on their door that says angel investor or VC.

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Pixxel closes $7.3M seed round and unveils commercial hyperspectral imaging product

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million seed round, including newly committed capital from Techstars, Omnivore VC and more. LA and Bangalore-based space startup Pixxel has closed a $7.3 The company has also announced a new product focus: Hyperspectral imaging. Standard multispectral imaging (left) vs. hyperspectral imaging (right) Credit: EPFL.

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Klim harvests $6.6M seed to get more farmers growing greener

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Other investors in the round include biodiversity-focused fund Edaphon, early stage climate-focused VC Ponderosa and Silicon Valley-based agriculture impact fund Agfunder, with existing investors such as Ananda, FoodLabs and Wi Venture also joining the round. The August 2020-founded startup has just closed a €6.5 ” So, yeah, uncanny.).