TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

But the startup’s premise is also that more sustainable forestry management can generate extra carbon credits for forest owners, too. This investment is a contribution to protecting both the financial and the environmental value forests provide.”. Are carbon offsets b t? A renowned climate expert weighs in.

sustainability 71

sustainability mix-use VC development 71

TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

May had a focus on living more sustainably before founding Rebundle, she said, and was aware of the irritation that plastic extensions can cause. To create its product, Rebundle uses banana fiber as the core material in extensions that it sells in a variety of colors. It likely won’t need to.

mix-use 145

mix-use venture capital sustainability capital 145

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And, with that warning, I offer to you, the big stories in the startup and investing ecosystem of 2018, written in ascending order of importance and magnitude…. The fear of them investing in a competitor is real. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. the firm may have a right to raise up to $100B but may not call all of it).

VC 165

VC startup venture capital mix-use 165

David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

founder 74

founder investment investing venture capital 74

TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The startup has received €50 million (just under $57 million at today’s rates) from the European Investment Bank, the funding arm of the European Union. Starship Technologies is describing this as a “quasi-equity facility”, meaning there is a venture loan involved in the mix. It has now made more than 2.5

technology 98

technology investment investing transportation 98

American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend.

venture capital 105

venture capital capital ventures health 105

TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The new funding will be used for AlterPacks’ commercialization, including production and supply, in markets like Asia, Australia and Europe. Founded in 2019 to tackle single-use plastics, AlterPacks’ main raw material are spent grains, a by-product of manufacturing foods like beer.

mix-use 84

mix-use sustainability venture capital capital 84

Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 26, 2015

Make sure you and your employees create good, sustainable work habits. Research and invest in work space options. Are you working with a large group of extroverts, or do have a mix of sensitive and tough-skinned employees? Invest in professional development. Use technologies like Zoom and Skype regularly.

health 130

health energy mix-use board 130

TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

FireHydrant , a startup that helps companies prepare for and manage such crises, announced a $23 million Series B investment today. Company co-founder and CEO Robert Ross says that the company has grown customers 5x since the startup’s A round last year , and they are seeing customers get creative with how they use run books.

mix-use 97

mix-use creativity sustainability ventures 97

StartupNation

JANUARY 7, 2022

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. Personal connections are what is going to really sell.

creativity 102

creativity mix-use education media 102

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The round is being led by another food-focused on-demand delivery startup — German’s Delivery Hero — which confirmed it’s invested $235M in Gorillas to grab around 8% of the upstart grocery delivery startup.

mix-use 86

mix-use sustainability capital investment 86

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

VUZ , a social app that allows users to stream and experience immersive realism in extended reality (XR) and metaverse digital experiences, has raised $20 million in Series B investment. The Dubai-based VUZ says that this round which has seen it onboard a mix of U.S.- Seven existing investors participated as well. Asia, and Europe. “Our

mix-use 92

mix-use media VC collaboration 92

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Sustainable Composites Introduces Recycled Enspire Leather To Market, And La-Z-Boy And Timberland Sign On! Mother nature doesn’t give up her secrets easily,” Fox shared with me from his Sustainable Composites office in Lancaster County, PA. “We Just grinding the leather up didn’t work so they had to use chemistry.

sustainability 40

sustainability mix-use development innovation 40

TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

And given the current emphasis on achieving cost efficiency to extend runways in the broader startup ecosystem, it appears investors are open to insurtech startups that can build a sustainable business model, regardless of it including embedded insurance. And the current market is rather reinforcing our investment thesis.

opportunity 107

opportunity venture capital mix-use incumbents 107

AsiaTechDaily

MAY 23, 2023

Vietnam, a rapidly industrializing nation, has been increasingly turning its focus towards the clean energy transition as part of its strategy to become more environmentally sustainable and combat climate change. Andrew Fairthorne, CEO at Stride, welcomed the investment from Clime Capital and Touchstone Partners.

energy 98

energy support startup mix-use 98

TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

Leading the round, which included a first tranche of €4 million last year, is byFounders VC and private equity firm Finnish Industry Investment (Tesi). It also pitches itself on being more sustainable. 10 proptech investors see better era for residential and retail after pandemic.

hospitality 88

hospitality mix-use real estate sustainability 88

TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

today announced it harvested a $10 million investment to make greenhouses smarter. The company argues that greenhouse agriculture is a safer, more reliable and more climate-resilient mode of food production, producing up to 15 times higher yields, using a twentieth as much water as traditional agriculture. Agtech startup Source.ag

mix-use 99

mix-use collaboration accelerator SaaS 99

TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

That said, it’s not clear how much of the $115 million tranche is equity versus debt — a spokeswoman for the startup declined to provide a break down or a clear answer when we asked, saying only: “This round is a mix of equity and debt funding.” The final tranche of the D round was led by U.S. based rival NexTravel.

mix-use 85

mix-use leadership board consulting 85

TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Previous backers 83North, Highland Europe, Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, EQT Ventures and Vintage Investment Partners also followed on. We started with an exclusive focus on the restaurant, as it’s the biggest local service with an underlying high-frequency use case,” he says. “We

mix-use 116

mix-use financing finance investment 116

TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

based startup which uses machine learning technology to analyze a variety of visual data like satellite imagery and lidar with the goal of boosting accountability and credibility around carbon offsetting projects, has fast followed a $5.8 “We have a mix of customers spanning corporate buyers, traders and exchanges,” it adds.

peer-to-peer 89

peer-to-peer mix-use frameworks sustainability 89

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The Series A round is led by family-owned investment company Heartland, with Boston-based international VC fund Flint Capital also participating, along with gaming firm Playrix and existing investors Baring Vostok Capital Partners and LVL1 among others. unicorn goPuff is also in the mix — having acquired UK startups Fancy and Dija.

mix-use 100

mix-use accelerator enablement sustainability 100

TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

A startup tapping into the concept of the circular economy, where people don’t buy items outright but pay an incremental amount to use them temporarily, has raised some funding to scale its business in Europe and beyond. And, it plans to invest in more innovation around its rental services.

mix-use 103

mix-use finance financing capital 103

StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Jobs are easy to quit, while an organization that helps its people build their careers is much more likely to sustain long-term commitment. Remote or ‘hybrid’ working—plus the financial strains of a post-COVID environment—has meant that many leaders have seen investing in their people’s skills as too hard or simply not a high priority.

leadership 118

leadership culture mix-use development 118

Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

and yes, I’m intentionally not throwing DAOs or web3 in the mix here as just doesn’t yet deserve implied parity). Lot of people I’ve known for many years certainly aren’t returning emails the way they used to. But like I said, it’s hard, and it must become easier. I’ve heard many fast and hard passes. I have no idea what MOIC is.

venture capital 93

venture capital ventures capital mix-use 93

AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Register Xurya Daya Indonesia (Xurya), a solar power rental and installation startup, received additional series A funding from global trading and investment company Mitsui & Co., Especially at this time, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) has targeted the new and renewable energy mix to reach 23% by 2025.

energy 52

energy mix-use startup sustainability 52

TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

PitchBook noted that when the first tranche of this investment closed last month in December, “rival Gorillas” was also a part of it. More generally delivery companies have a track record of investing in each other, perhaps the first moves ahead of what might be yet more consolidation.

mix-use 93

mix-use sustainability disruption investment 93

David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. For pre-seed and seed companies based in the US and Israel with a focus on AI for social impact”.

startup 70

startup incubation accelerator innovation 70

TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

The investment is led by UK-based fintech specialist, Fasanara Capital, with additional backing from a number of undisclosed strategic investors which Twig says include current and former executives from LVMH, Valentino and Goldman Sachs, among others. So that’s one potential wrinkle in Twig’s sustainability pitch.

energy 91

energy sustainability mix-use pitching 91

TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

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. Is success defined by saving someone money three months after using the service? Or making them NFT-fluent in 30 days?

financing 83

financing finance education advice 83

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The industrial biotech startup is working on bringing a novel protein to market — one it says will offer a nutritious, sustainable alternative to animal-derived proteins. The product, a single cell protein it’s branding Solein, is essentially an edible bacteria; a single cell microbe grown using gas fermentation.

energy 97

energy culture sustainability mix-use 97

American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 11, 2024

Whether creating a marketing plan for an established business or as an evaluation of a potential acquisition, market research can be used to confirm a favorable trend for products and services. A company can establish its strategy using G oogle Trends. These research tools can be used across channels.

data analysis 98

data analysis strategy media enablement 98

AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 23, 2022

Register DELOS, an Indonesian aquaculture-tech company , has raised $8 million in Seed extension financing co-led by Centauri, a collaborative fund between MDI Ventures and KB Investment Co., and Southeast Asian venture capital fund Alpha JWC Ventures.

startup 59

startup mix-use data collection accelerator 59

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. Addepar , which makes software to track investment performance, is also actively hiring with roughly 50 open roles across the U.S.,

opportunity 98

opportunity startup real estate mix-use 98

Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. Atomos is building the railroad of space using high-powered electric propulsion space tugs to move satellites to any orbit beyond low Earth orbit. What does your company do?

advice 100

advice culture communities startup ecosystem 100

TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

A growing number of people are looking for ways to live more sustainably amid increasing concerns over the environment and what we humans keep doing to pollute it. Sometimes those resources were used goods being passed on or sold cheaply to others: it opened the door to a different way of thinking for a lot of people.

mix-use 86

mix-use sustainability energy financing 86

OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

US fresh berry market leader Driscoll’s is partnering with OurCrowd portfolio company Consumer Physics to use its SCiO technology to innovate quality measurement of its produce. OurCrowd was an early investor in BioCatch in 2014 and invested in the recent $168M lead by Bain Capital. Top Tech News.

energy 56

energy mix-use communities sustainability 56

TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2022

Rooser , which provides a marketplace for sourcing fish aimed both at those fishing and those buying for wholesale, trade or retail, has raised $23 million — funding that it will be using both to expand into more markets, and to continue building more functionality into its platform.

ecology 96

ecology mix-use sustainability ventures 96