TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

Lori Systems , an African on-demand logistics and trucking company digitizing haulage and providing shippers with solutions to manage their cargo and transporters, has raised a pre-Series B round in which Google participated along with other existing investors. We are focusing on investments where we believe that Google could add value.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2024

This anticipated growth will be fueled by Outpost’s direct acquisition of real estate and through the company’s management of a $500 million industrial outdoor storage investment portfolio launched by GreenPoint last year. We see tremendous opportunity for Outpost in the years ahead and are excited to extend our investment and partnership.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It will also deliver unprecedented opportunity for entrepreneurs — and the investors backing them — who can turn their climate tech ideas into commercialized products and services, whether that’s plant-based foods, carbon capture, electric vehicles or battery recycling. But that doesn’t mean success is guaranteed.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

We named this summit after a report we wrote with Pitchbook at the end of 2021 to explore the impact of the pandemic on investment patterns. Roads, bridges, and transport will make or break a city’s ability to grow its startup ecosystem and talent pool. Infrastructure touches everything. Cultivate a super team, not a superstar.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Unveiling the Vision: Founder Martins Zemitis on Revolutionizing the Wooden Bicycle Industry with Materia Bikes I had the pleasure of interviewing Martins Zemitis, the founder of Materia Bikes , a Latvian-based startup that is revolutionizing the wooden bicycle industry with its state-of-the-art craftsmanship and commitment to sustainability.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

What’s more, about 75% of the investments in that period happened in the last two years alone. That started to change toward the end of 2020 — several quarters in the last two years have seen more than $2 billion invested, and a couple have had more than $3 billion. Venture capital firms aren’t unusual in the battery world.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

They understand this extraordinary moment of opportunity and urgency as time runs out for the world to make a meaningful impact on climate emissions,” said BasiGo co-founder and CEO, Jit Bhattacharya. BasiGo plans to supply over 1,000 mass transit electric buses to transport operators in Nairobi over the next five years.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Geography does not determine success—it may surface some unique challenges, but it also gives unique opportunities. Talent seeks opportunities, and opportunities can (and must) be created. Starting and growing a business can prove to be a daunting endeavor within any market. during the next three years , the equivalent of $84.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Sustainability is at the core of everything we do, and we work hard to lower our emissions across the board. billion thanks to an investment from Ford and the VW Group. billion investment announced in 2019. That’s just scratching the surface of the money that’s pouring in to autonomous, electrified transport.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 13, 2023

The live-streamed and in-person conference format will provide exhibitors and attendees with more direct access to media channels and networking opportunities than ever before through the largest and most influential technology expositions in Asia.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A female-focused fintech, Shecluded aims to empower finance for all women by providing them with access to loans, learning opportunities and support to scale their businesses. Transportation and storage. Stay tuned to find out more about the final investment event , which will be held be held from March 8 to 11.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 16, 2024

(April 15, 2024) – Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved the creation of the New Jersey Green Bank (NJGB), which will make investments in the clean energy sector that will help advance the state’s efforts to make an equitable transition to 100 percent clean energy.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

German battery recycling startup Cylib leapt at the opportunity, raising a total of €11.6 Lyft, Redwood Materials partner to recycle shared e-bike and e-scooter batteries “The goal of this fundraising was to accelerate the industrialization of our sustainable recycling process, which has been developed over years of research.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This grant is crucial in supporting the early-stage development and commercialization of proprietary technology solutions, encouraging innovation and sustainable business models. Administered by the National Research Foundation (NRF), the fund channels a significant investment of $10 million on a matching basis.

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Moreover, participants gain access to global partnership opportunities, creating a dynamic ecosystem for positive change. Another remarkable recipient, Donkey Move, focuses on providing inclusive transportation services to support Taiwan’s rapidly growing elderly population.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Estonian on-demand transport firm Bolt is set to roll out electric taxi options in South Africa four months after introducing e-bike food delivery services in the country. This comes as the company expands its services to environmentally friendly modes of transport.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Last year, round sizes for climate tech startups quadrupled, with more than 600 investments totaling over $40 billion. What is your climate tech investment thesis in H1 2022? How has it evolved since you started investing in this space? If anything, I think all it does is validate the fact that it is a large opportunity.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

We spend such a tremendous amount of our resources growing, processing, transporting and selling food items. Project Drawdown has since identified food waste as the number one initiative and opportunity for addressing the global climate crisis,” says Ashenfelter and explains how that has become part of the company’s mission.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Before fintechs became the standouts of the African tech ecosystem, it was startups in the online logistics and transport space in Africa linking on-demand apps to move people and goods around the continent that was all the rave. He also detailed how the company faced them and its current state of stable growth and sustainability.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

Less than a year after taking its first funding , Latin American local on-demand delivery and transportation super app Yummy is back with an upsized round of $47 million. The new investment gives Yummy a total of $69 million in funding to date. million users, Zavarce said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In recent years, this method of farming has been spotlighted as a major investment area, with some reports saying $320 billion was pumped into this space as of 2019 , with major brands like Whole Foods saying regenerative agriculture would be the No. The enormous challenges and abundant opportunities in climate tech.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. ” That might sound silly coming from a media outlet focused on technology — and the people investing and building it. Applications for the Recovery Challenge and Sustainability Challenge are due March 25 and are accessible here. Deal of the week.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 28, 2023

Register India’s top third-party logistics provider, Xpressbees , has secured a $40 million investment from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Khazanah Nasional Berhad , through a secondary purchase from an early investor. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Swile provides a payment card for employee benefits, such as meal vouchers, gift cards and sustainable mobility vouchers. Headline is also investing in Swile for the first time. Similarly, Swile will soon let you pay for ride-sharing, public transport subscriptions or bike rides between your home and your office.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2023

The total investment needed amounts to $9.2 Impact Hub Accra (Ghana) | Net Zero Electric Mobility Platform The Impact Hub Accra team is leading the charge towards e-mobility and sustainable energy in Ghana. trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5 trillion annually allocated to low-emissions assets and enabling infrastructure.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Baskit aims to invest in its technology and team of industry practitioners to serve Indonesia’s consumer distribution chain and forge critical partnerships with brand principals. Such drawbacks include product stock-outs, supply chain losses due to expiration and a lack of data visibility. The post Indonesia’s Baskit raises $1.5m

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

million) on the back of strong demand for its tech from companies working in transportation and energy infrastructure. As with the larger opportunity in enterprise IT, big data players like LiveEO are essentially the second wave of that development: applications built leveraging that infrastructure. . LiveEO had previously raised €5.25

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Assuming no redemptions, Gogoro anticipates making $550 million in proceeds, including an oversubscribed PIPE (private investment in public equity) of over $250 million and $345 million held in trust by Poema Global. Given our business plans, it gives us a great opportunity to focus on the expansion,” he said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Dave was previously an investor with Wells Fargo’s principal investment arm and is currently the proptech vertical lead for the EVCA. Adding to this have been misperceptions of returns on investments in climate investments, and frankly, information overload as the industry gets smart about carbon neutrality. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

In a column for TC+ , Ben Tigner, co-founder and CEO of electric aerial mobility company Overair, identified four trends that are changing how investors, entrepreneurs and the market are responding to expanding opportunities in eVTOL: An expanding competitive landscape. Sustainable travel at the forefront.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Founders and investors have started to look for opportunities to conserve, and even enhance, the ocean’s resources rather than exploit them,” reports Tim De Chant. But when Uber rolled out service in San Francisco in 2011, it really transformed the way people got around.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

The company also offers add-on services and amenities, including freshly prepared meals, grocery delivery, fitness programming and accompanied transportation. Venture investing in elder tech. “At As the startup prepares for its next phase of growth, the co-founders will need to focus heavily on sustainable customer acquisition.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021. Adtech and martech VCs see big opportunities in privacy and compliance. 3 adtech and martech VCs see major opportunities in privacy and compliance. “Utter confusion,” he replied. Proactive in Pacifica.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

“We always say unapologetically: we’re here to win, we’re here to win big, and our opportunity is big.” Don’t let venture capitalists deter you from opportunity. You need to paint the biggest picture of your opportunity, and you need to be unapologetic about that,” Lori said.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

The company has identified a massive untapped opportunity to create a proprietary battery technology platform to repurpose EV batteries into a large scale second-life energy storage systems. This ensures a complete end-to-end sustainable solution to the core concerns of battery and vehicle lifecycle value in the EV industry.

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