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10 investors predict MaaS, on-demand delivery and EVs will dominate mobility’s post-pandemic future

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The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t just upend the transportation industry. Following up on our May of 2020 survey of the sector and about the impact of COVID-19 in particular , TechCrunch spoke with 10 investors about the state of mobility, which trends they’re most excited about and what they’re looking for in their next investments.

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Systemiq secures $70 million to fund early-stage climate tech founders

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.” In practice, it’ll fund key areas like regenerative land use, oceans, transportation and the circular economy. Systemiq’s past deals include climate data company Jupiter , shipping data firm Nautilus Labs (whose co-founder later launched Bedrock ) and ESG-focused investing startup OpenInvest.

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From ‘literally zero’ experience to $100M, this VC is raising his second climate tech seed fund

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.” He’d recently left an inflation-trading job at Bank of America, where the work was “not fulfilling in the slightest,” Peciulaitis said in a nod to the bank’s reputation as a major funder of fossil fuels. In 2017, PitchBook recorded 578 climate tech deals globally, altogether worth $12.5

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Covariant, MassRobotics and The Engine discuss the road from lab to market at TC Sessions: Robotics

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She matches startups with potential funders and customers, connects students and talent to potential employers and works with academia to commercialize research. Previously, she was a partner at Ajax Strategies where she led midstage investments across energy, transportation, agriculture and industrial applications.

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Freightify lands $2.5M to make rate management easier for freight forwarders

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million in pre-Series A funding led by Nordic Eye Venture Capital, with participation from Tradeworks VC, Venture Catalysts, 9Unicorns and Blume Funders Fund. Freightify can be integrated with freight forwarders’ existing transport management systems, which track the movement of cargo. The startup announced today it has raised $2.5

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Firehawk’s rocket engines and 3D-printed fuel hit testing milestones ahead of first launch

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The structured, semisolid fuel is more stable and easier to transport than other fuels, and burns in a very predictable way. The breakthrough made by CEO Will Edwards and chief scientist Ron Jones was to give that fuel a structure and 3D print it in a specially engineered matrix. They’ve raised $15.5

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

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This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion. But if it’s a very obvious deal to a group of strong-minded & cynical investment professionals you probably need to think a bit harder as to why.

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