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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. Today, Hezarkhani is the CEO and founder of Parthean , a personal finance monitoring and education app that just raised $1.1

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Cleantech startup Stride raises $2m to support Vietnam’s clean energy transition

AsiaTechDaily

The company stands as the first in Vietnam to offer low upfront-cost financing, complimentary insurance, independent quality assurance, and a streamlined online consumer onboarding process. The government has shown strong commitment to developing and implementing policies that encourage renewable energy use, particularly solar and wind power.

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Drowning in trash: Google opens applications for circular-economy accelerator

TechCrunch

In the broadest of strokes, the circular economy represents a colossal shift in how humanity makes and uses stuff. “We need to rebuild our relationship with physical resources and how we make, process, use and recycle them,” he added, citing fashion and food among the industries that applicants might focus on.

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China’s game engine Cocos raises $50M, goes beyond games

TechCrunch

Cocos is free to use, so over the years, it has generated capital from a mix of sources, including providing support and tutorials to third-party developers, getting funding from its Chinese parent Chukong and running gaming industry events. South America and India are among its fastest-growing regions. New arenas.

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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 This will finance us for the next several years,” said Imran.

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3 Things You’ll Need to Launch a Creative Business

StartupNation

You can use social media as one tool to make those connections , but it doesn’t stop there. If you’re a professional and you want to make a sustainable living from your art, you need a bank account that’s separate from the one you use in your personal life. Take the first step and open a business account for your finances.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. Contributing to Sustainable Development. They came from eight countries in four continents.