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Malaysia’s Mosti Prioritizes Tech Innovation and Startup Ecosystem in its Annual Budget

AsiaTechDaily

Among these priorities is enhancing the startup ecosystem, marked by a desire for increased funding to nurture emerging entrepreneurs. To encourage greater EV usage, the government plans to establish 10,000 charging stations by 2025, aligning with the broader global push towards sustainable transportation solutions.

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The Next Wave of Climate Tech

Revolution

But rather than viewing global warming as an insurmountable problem, bold entrepreneurs have galvanized around workable solutions to address its causes. As investors who bet on those entrepreneurs and the industry-transforming startups they’re building, VCs have a unique perspective on what “investing in the planet” looks like at scale.

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Forge North Coalition Announces First Close of Fund to Invest in Black, Brown and Women Entrepreneurs in Minnesota

American Entrepreneurship

Powered by gener8tor and the GREATER MSP Partnership, the fund will invest in leading local and national venture-capital funds that commit to investing a portion of their capital into high-growth startups led by Black, Brown, and Women entrepreneurs that are headquartered in Minnesota or willing to relocate to the state.

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Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

Roads, bridges, and transport will make or break a city’s ability to grow its startup ecosystem and talent pool. The soundbite: “The way to go fishing is by going where the fish are — we need to open source where federal funding is headed and how to get a piece of the clean energy and infrastructure pie.”

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5 areas where VCs can play an outsized role in addressing climate change

TechCrunch

He has worked with the World Bank, IFC, UN, Clean Energy Venture Group, Schmidt Futures, Ashoka, and other organizations. A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem. Jamil Wyne is an advisor, investor and author focusing on entrepreneurship, technology and economic development in emerging markets. Abrar Chaudhury.

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The Science of Success: Creative Venture’s Alex Luce’s Unconventional Path of Impact

AsiaTechDaily

and delve into research areas such as semiconductors, robotics, and renewable energy. He subsequently joined the California Clean Energy Fund, where he led a public-private partnership focused on energy storage. His advocacy for reshoring battery manufacturing to the United States echoed the national drive toward sustainability.

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Dutch startup hub Utrecht emerges from Amsterdam’s shadow

TechCrunch

Area ecosystem wranglers such as StartupUtrecht, UtrechtInc, Holland Startup, Utrecht Community and others bring startups, scaleups, corporates, angels, VCs, local government, banks and universities together to build the local startup ecosystem. Roelof Reineman , entrepreneur. Utrecht is a bit lagging.”