Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2023

Scaling green ventures: meet the innovators accelerating climate action In a world echoing with the urgent call for environmental change, the Impact Hub Network is committed to supporting innovative green ventures for a brighter tomorrow. Our aim is to provide the necessary support for green ventures in our pipeline to succeed.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The round was led by Novastar Ventures, with participation from a number of existing and new Silicon Valley investors, including Moxxie Ventures, Nimble Partners, Spring Ventures, Climate Capital and Third Derivative. It has also imported two electric buses for the pilot program. Image Credits: BasiGo.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Through our work with affiliates that include IASourceLink , SourceLink Nebraska , NetWork Kansas , MOSourceLink , Launch Network and more, we’ve learned first-hand the struggles rural business owners in America experience and how building a network of entrepreneurial support can solve for those challenges.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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. For this round, 10x Founders also joined. “This will enable true green and circular mobility.”

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 4, 2023

Their joint efforts include the installation of EV charging infrastructure at multiple facilities, including the BMW network of dealerships, and providing diverse EV fleet solutions in the Malaysian market. Moreover, both companies plan to deploy joint renewable energy infrastructure for sustainable mobility endeavors.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

The judges for this pitch-off will be Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator) on day one; and Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Victoria Beasley (Prelude Ventures) and John Du (GM Ventures) on day two. Yoon Choi — Muirwoods Ventures. Alright, alright. .”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Hunt Transport. Working with co-founder Ryan Matthews, the former director of technology for the Austin-based high-end retailer Kendra Scott, Richter has set up a business that can tap into both the demand for better customer service for the return of large items and the growing call for greater sustainability in the furniture industry.

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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 .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Aclima , a decade-old startup founded by Davida Herzl, is looking to solve that problem and has raised $40 million in new funding from strategic and institutional venture capital investors to accelerate its growth. We deploy sensor networks that combine mobile sensing where we use fleets of vehicles as a roving network.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 3, 2019

“She Breaks Barriers” program for ventures removing the barriers faced by girls and young women in sport. About Impact Hub: Impact Hub is a global network focused on building communities for impact at scale. Teams have the chance to co-create with adidas and win €15,000. Start-ups, non-profits and initiatives can apply until July 7.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

million in a seed round in June 2020 and followed it with $10 million in debt from emerging markets-focused venture debt fund Lendable in December. Existing investors include Change Ventures, the lead investor from Planet42’s seed round, as well as Startup Wise Guys, Martin and Markus Villig of Bolt, and Ragnar Sass of Pipedrive.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

We spend such a tremendous amount of our resources growing, processing, transporting and selling food items. We feel strongly that the best approaches to sustainable climate focus investments have to be rooted in a true business case in order for them to scale.” That’s the problem Spoiler Alert has set its crosshairs on.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

She initially thought she’d focus on transportation, but her mind kept returning to consumer consumption habits and the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by targeting consumer behavior. After scoring a job at the development firm Dalberg, then working in India and Ethiopia, Pal returned to the U.S. What the company does have now is $2.5

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 21, 2020

Only through annihilation of distance in every respect, as the conveyance of intelligence, transport of passengers and supplies and transmission of energy will conditions be brought about some day, ensuring permanency of friendly relations. I would love to improve my work in getting investors to support pre-revenue ventures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Vertical hydroponic farming is often seen as a sustainable alternative to traditional growing. It uses 95% less water, has less impact on soil and the urban farms can be placed in food deserts or close to grocers to cut down on transportation costs. Build out our retail and distributed network, targeting the social piece of things.”.

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2021

How will this look like and how will it impact ventures going through these programs? In the startup and venture world, there are two options for integrating circularity. Either right from the start (circular natives) or by shifting your existing venture later on (circular adapters). of the global economy is circular.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Importantly, Scale is now a “break even” business and is set up to continue to add employees and expand into new markets in a sustainable way, Scale’s CEO and co-founder Alexandr Wang told TechCrunch. The team, which has expertise in real-time video and neural network training, will support Nucleus.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

The clean tech sector received the greatest VC interest in Kenya, as it accounted for nearly half of the total capital raised by Kenyan private venture-backed companies — buoyed by Sun King’s mega round and M-Kopa’s funding.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

G2 Venture Partners , which just raised a $500 million fund to help modernize existing industries, participated in the round, alongside existing backers like Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, IVP and Scale Venture Partners and funds managed by BlackRock. . G2 Venture Partners raises $500 million to fund sustainable tech.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2020

As to the challenges that he faced in starting and sustaining a business , Lethlean admits these obstacles provided important lessons. He acknowledges that he still has a long way to go to expand his ventures internationally, which is one reason he joined EO Melbourne. EO is the only global network exclusively for entrepreneurs.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

How would this impact ventures going through these programs and the environment at large? . These are some of the questions that the Impact Hub Global Network has been exploring over the past year. From the initial questions, the network moved to testing and piloting with local Impact Hubs.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2023

With data analytics provider Consumer Edge as a new partner, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz released its 2023 a16z Marketplace 100 for thefourth year. This year the 100 includes about three dozen new listings of marketplaces, ranging from refurbished electronics, precious metals, sustainably raised meat and others.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 10, 2022

I am super excited to be on the platform,” says Nas Daily icon Nuseir Yassin, Founder of Nas Academy , his new company backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Amazon praises CropX for supporting sustainability. June 12: Meet Nas Academy Founder Nuseir Yassin. “I The world of education is changing. We help creators on the internet teach.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

We surveyed: Alena Hloba , community manager, RST Ventures for Earth. Alena Hloba, community manager, RST Ventures for Earth. We are excited by environmental and sustainability sector, which we invest in. It will develop more in the direction of sustainability (at least, we believe so). Jakub Karkocha , CEO, LightApply.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

Sustainable travel at the forefront. Transportation reporter Rebecca Bellan interviewed Tortoise co-founder Dmitry Shevelenko about his company’s transition “from using a hardware-as-a-service model to a take-rate scheme that gives it 10% of any sales made from its card payment-enabled bots.”. Mainstream attention is increasing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2019

And, they require stakeholder buy-in for sustained execution. Fixing a car is complicated; fixing a city’s transportation infrastructure is complex. We know a lot more today than we did in the past about the importance of networks. Strong networks yield robustness, efficiency and reliability.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2021

OurCrowd portfolio company IntellAct offers a glimmer of hope to help the hard-pressed transportation industry cut costs as it grapples with financial challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. Your portfolio gets stronger when the OurCrowd network gets involved. Learn More. . IntellAct helps boats, planes and trains run on time.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Smarter EV charging for charging networks, fleets, and residential use cases that is price, carbon intensity, and excess solar awareness. YC Companies: Enode , Evoly , inBalance , Pelm Electric vehicle value chain Electric cars are winning personal transportation technology.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

In an endorsement of Fashinza’s approach to supply chain management , the company today announced that it raised $100 million in Series B funding ($60 million in equity and $40 million in debt) co-led by Prosus Ventures and Westbridge with participation from Accel, Elevation, and ADQ at a $300 billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Via’s transit tech software helps public transportation agencies, municipalities and school districts optimize fixed bus routes, strategize placements of new bike lanes, plan paratransit and school bus services, and holistically incorporate private on-demand ridesharing services into a city’s entire transportation ecosystem.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In November 2020, the Detroit tech company announced that they’re developing three new authentication centers in Toronto and Hong Kong, which will expand the company’s global network by 50%. Plus, this isn’t the co-founders’ first venture—these guys know how to build successful businesses, and we’re excited to see what they do in 2021.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

The Mountain View-based company is committed to improving transportation through the use of autonomous, lightweight, fixed-cable vehicles. The company says that its solution offers a lower cost per mile with fewer carbon emissions than conventional transportation alternatives. Image Credits: Swyft Cities.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 25, 2019

Banners is implementing a sports prediction mobile app designed to engage fans at sporting events while using network analytics to track patron foot traffic to provide venues with additional revenue opportunities. . Venture, LLC. Team Leader: Mary Motley. Team Members: Morgan Mays and Kelvin Tran. Bridal Wave LLC.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Life lessons from a venture visionary. Despite the post-pandemic restart, our interconnected, digital-driven, global e-commerce network and the sophisticated supply chain that supports it is buckling. Life lessons from a venture visionary. Startup of the Week: Flytrex drones deliver to your backyard. Sniffing out Covid-19.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

The feds will be looking into price fixing (and in fact just passed a law ), but supporting a sustainable American alternative is kind of a no-brainer as well. The new funding was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the Bill Gates-led venture group that the man himself talked about recently at TC Sessions: Climate.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 23, 2021

million from leading investors that include GE Ventures, Israel Cleantech Ventures, Aleph and the Singapore Exchange for its software-as-a-service cloud solution that automates pricing and sales in the trillion-dollar cargo industry. Your portfolio gets stronger when the OurCrowd network gets involved. Read the full interview.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

.” Duscha said he and the tech community in Berlin use various chat rooms on major communications platforms, like LinkedIn, Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram, to coordinate the transport of goods and people across the borders. Transporting refugees from Ukraine. I’ve never seen so much solidarity before,” said Duscha.

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