TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

For a few years now the Sustainable Ocean Alliance has been a stalwart advocate for the “blue economy,” and an incubator for ocean-focused early stage startups. “We see startups leapfrogging across multiple accelerator programs to try and access new networks and funding. . ” he wrote in an email to TechCrunch.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2019

— Steven Kane (@stevenkane) December 26, 2019. 2/ The massive experiment in using capital as a moat to build startups into sustainable businesses has now played out and we can call it a failure for the most part. And so I will. 1/ The emergence of the big four web/mobile monopolies; Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 5, 2025

Supergut was founded in 2019 by Marc Washington in memory of his sister with a mission to empower individuals to take charge of their health through the power of the gut microbiome. With this investment, Bader Alam, Founder & Managing Partner of Full Frame Growth Partners, will join Superguts Board of Directors.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

Also, utilize our ecosystem and engage support systems available such as our growing network of business accelerators, and the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program, a support system from which AireHealth has benefited. I greatly appreciate this and see him as a visionary in building sustainable and efficient cultures.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Juno , a proptech startup which aims to build more sustainable and affordable apartment buildings, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round. Comcast Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Real Estate Technology (RET) Ventures co-led the financing, which brings the company’s total raised to $32 million since its 2019 inception.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Many consumers and companies want to reduce their impact on the environment but may not know where to start or how to sustain the necessary changes. He argues that sustainability and climate action doesn’t need to be complicated. want businesses to help them be more sustainable. want businesses to help them be more sustainable.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

The $120 million EEGF, which was founded in 2019 by the Shell Foundation — and co-funded by UKaid and the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank FMO, extends financing in the form of debt (catalytic or mezzanine) or equity to businesses in the energy sector.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 11, 2018

For Jabez LeBret, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals combined with his experience as an EO San Diego member provided the inspiration to serve his community’s marginalized youth—an effort that’s earned him a nomination for EO Global Citizen of the Year. Sustainable Cities and Communities. No Poverty.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Its portfolio includes Ellevest , an investing platform for women; Grove Collaborative , a sustainable goods subscription platform; and ThredUp, which has confidentially filed for IPO. In April, NextView launched a virtual accelerator for startups to build a more robust pipeline for deal flow. In Q3 2019, New England drove 9.3%

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Impact Hub

APRIL 25, 2019

Only through this change of vision can we be optimistic in the face of challenges such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the Climate Change Agenda. The post The NESI Forum Comes To Málaga In April 2019 appeared first on Impact Hub. What is the NESI Forum? We look forward to seeing you in NESI!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The global software as a service (SaaS) industry is sustaining its steep growth trajectory, but developing and pricing professional services is oftentimes a difficult proposition for SaaS companies. These are heady figures for an industry that gained its footing only 20 years ago.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 4, 2023

Founded in 2019, Alterpacks aims to address single use plastics, which is one of the most challenging problems of today. In addition, the team also won the Enterprise Singapore Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge in sustainable packaging. Plug and Play, a global innovation platform, is headquartered in Silicon Valley.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Seven startups begin a six-month program that will make them investment-ready To grow the Orange County, California ecosystem , the RevHub social enterprise incubator was established in 2019. The incubator then partnered with Sustain SoCal to launch Orange County’s first Climate Action Business Incubator (CABI) in December 2023.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Okra Solar walked away with the trophy and a giant check at our 2019 Shenzhen Hardware Battlefield event. It feels great to lock in this funding so that we can accelerate our growth,” Hannan says in a release. The company has also been actively working with local governments to help accelerate the adoption of its technologies. “In

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. I spoke with Sopoong chief executive Max Sang-Yeop Han , a serial entrepreneur who joined Sopoong in 2016 and acquired the firm in 2019, to learn about the VC’s plans.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

From vehicle design and data to safety reporting and infrastructure, these five innovative moments have helped fuel the global growth of shared e-scooters and are helping lead cities into a healthier, more sustainable future. #1: 3: Comprehensive industry safety report released (spring 2019). 1: Shared scooters launched (fall 2017).

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 18, 2023

Hydroleap , driven by its vision of promoting water sustainability worldwide, will lead its next growth phase in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Back in 2019, Hydroleap secured a funding round of US$1.9 million, with Wavemaker Partners leading the investment. With its recent Series A funding of US$4.4

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

It follows a $3 million seed round raised in late-2019. The round was led by Tribeca Venture Partners and featured Blackhorn Ventures, Point72 Ventures, New York State and Twenty Seven Ventures. Robotics in general have been a massively popular investment target during the pandemic. Construction startups have also begun to heat up.

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Impact Hub

JULY 10, 2019

Pact for Impact Conference 2019 marks the beginning of the Global Alliance for a social and inclusive economy. With 100+ communities of 16,000+ change-driven entrepreneurs in more than 50 countries across five continents, Impact Hub is one of the world’s largest communities and accelerators for positive change.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This initiative marks a strategic move to facilitate startups’ growth beyond the early stages, ensuring they have access to essential capital for sustained development and expansion. The firm secured $100 million for its second fund in 2016 and then raised $240 million for its third fund in 2019.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

I’m thinking of Hopin, a virtual events company that was founded in 2019. And it was the beginning of the crazy VC funding acceleration period that gets started in the second half of 2020. Top VCs have expanded into broader asset managers; is the model sustainable? What happened?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

“It is another milestone in our journey to make mobility safe, affordable, accessible, and sustainable by deploying high-performance technologies and operators. The founders quickly realized that introducing electric vehicles would be the natural next step, and in 2019 MAX kickstarted their electric mobility journey.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The funding came from various investors including Fredrik Jung Abbou; a two-time unicorn founder and Norrsken Impact Accelerator, while the debt round had the participation of French Public Investment Bank (Bpifrance) and GreenTec Capital Partners. Morgane Kablan , is the startup’s other co-founder and chief operating officer.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

The round was led by Wavemaker Partners, which focuses on enterprise and deep tech companies in Southeast Asia, with participation from the Tribe Accelerator, a program for blockchain startups backed by the Singaporean government. Project Ubin, the Singaporean money authority’s blockchain initiative, moves closer to commercialization.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. The original conventional wisdom was that capital could be a weapon for the winning company as private markets hold longer, but now as 2019 begins, I am not so sure. This is again a much deeper topic to explore and I will do that in early 2019.

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Paul G. Silva

AUGUST 20, 2019

This summer I had the pleasure of facilitating the 2019 Energy (CleanTech) cohort for the AccelVT accelerator in Burlington, VT. At last week’s graduation they showed one of the critical differentiators between their accelerator and most others: funded pilots with utilities. I’d be happy to introduce you.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Ahead of this year’s Global Climate Strike (20-27 September) and the Global Goals Week (21-30 September), the Impact Hub network is launching its 2019 Global Impact Report. The 2019 Global Impact Report is the culmination of gathering relevant data from a number of their 16,500 members of 100+ locations in over 55 countries around the globe.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The pandemic, however, has accelerated an already-spreading recognition that shareholder value maximization is often a harmful choice — not by any means a moral imperative or even a fiduciary responsibility. billion in an industry fraught with sustainability and human rights concerns.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2024

million in Series A funding, led by GreenPoint Partners with support from Speedwagon Capital Partners, to accelerate expansion of its managed properties and technology platform. About GreenPoint GreenPoint is an alternatives investment firm that invests at the intersection of real assets, technology and sustainability.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

“While self-driving cars remove the driver, robotic delivery eliminates the car itself and makes deliveries sustainable and accessible to all,” said Kashani, co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics. The company is launching with 60 employees with headquarters in San Francisco and offices in Los Angeles and Vancouver, Canada.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

. “Chipotle has aggressive goals of achieving 7,000 restaurants, along with a healthy balance sheet, which enables us to invest in in forward-thinking ventures that can help accelerate these growth plans,” Garner said. But not to be outdone, Chipotle’s competitors have accelerated their tech startup investing.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In its 2019 fiscal year, Affirm booked revenues of $264.4 In its 2019 fiscal year, Affirm lost $120.5 After an enormous fourth quarter in calendar year 2019, growing its revenues to $130.0 Peloton is a success story in 2020, seeing its share price rise sharply as its growth accelerated across an uptick in digital fitness.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

At the end of 2019, N!CK’S The new funding will accelerate the company’s goal of doubling its stores in the U.S. The innovation and ingredients, all rooted in the company’s R&D, are what differentiates the company from its competitors, he added. The company has been busy over the past two years. CK’S expanded from 4,500 U.S.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The injection of cash will be used for continued geographical expansion and to accelerate the development of new products. Founded nearly 15 years ago and originally operating as a credit provider, in 2019 Northmill secured a full banking license, regulated by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. Next stop, Norway.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2021

Go Ventures, the investment arm of Gojek, also participated in Pluang’s $3 million Series A, which closed in March 2019. We’re excited to continue supporting the team, as they sustainably accelerate their ambitions to help every Indonesian grow their savings.” million Series A.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 19, 2023

million to fund its mission to accelerate financial inclusion and strengthen the neo-rural bank ecosystem in Indonesia, especially outside the Greater Jakarta area. It was also participated by AlphaTrio Sustainable Technology Fund, Skystar Capital, Sovereign’s Capital, Ozora, and Gobi Partners.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

“We’re seeing tremendous demand on the enterprise and government side,” said Gabe Dalporto, Udacity’s CEO who joined the company in 2019. As with other market segments like e-commerce, this isn’t about a trend emerging out of the blue, but about it accelerating much faster than people projected it would.

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