Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 11, 2024

Currently, we face a critical challenge: our electricity demands — expected to nearly double by 2040 due to factors like AI compute, reshoring , and “electrification” — are soaring, but our grid infrastructure and operations struggle to keep pace.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

in 2035 and France in 2040. Norway will end sales of fossil fuel cars and light commercial vehicles by 2025. The Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden and Slovenia will follow suit with passenger cars in 2030, as will Denmark and the U.K.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Robotics and automation are not only important, but they are also likely the only way to address the challenge of delivering the built environment we need by 2040. Compounding this is the fact that only 3 percent of the construction labor force is Millennial while over 20 percent is approaching retirement.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

Just offshore wind alone has the potential to meet global electricity demand by 2040, according to the IEA, which is well in excess of all offshore oil and gas production today. But today, it increasingly means tapping the enormous energy represented by the ocean’s winds and waves.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In addition, 2040 Foundation participated, along with existing investors The Engine, Safar Partners, Prime Impact Fund, Embark Ventures and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. Today, the company announced a $38 million Series B. The round was led by NGP ETP, a firm that focuses on investments that lower carbon emissions.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Without intervention, the United States could be on track to destroy over 50,000 miles of marine habitat by 2040 1 “The investment decision was swift and resolute,” comments Anthropocene Ventures’ Managing Partner, Matthew McGraw. The company is producing the world’s first 3D-printed Living Seawalls that serve as artificial reefs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

million by 2040. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide, and the leading cause of blindness in the US, where it affects about 3 million people. Worldwide, glaucoma cases are projected to increase from 57.5 million to over 111.8 When it comes to combating glaucoma, measuring pressure is useful.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

The move represents an important landmark for FedEx in its stated goal to have an all-electric delivery fleet and be carbon neutral around the world by 2040. FedEx has received its first five GM -built Brightdrop electric delivery vans out of an order of 500. Nikola has come to a resolution with the U.S.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 9, 2018

Many research studies have shown the value of a diverse management team. In VC in particular, our job is to understand the diverse future , not the present. – Portfolio company diversity.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

If I asked you for a few million bucks to plant some trees worth nothing until 2040, and that may well burn again in the next ten years… well, I wouldn’t blame you if you held onto your money.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 21, 2023

This is another step towards achieving 11GW of offshore wind by 2040 while creating a better future for the next generation.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The amount of plastic pouring into our oceans is set to triple by 2040, and most un-recycled plastic in the world is generated by consumer packaged goods. The whole package: How plastics and sustainability startups achieve success. Image Credits: Cavan Images / Getty Images.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 22, 2021

“The cultured meat sector is one of the most prosperous in the food substitutes industry and is expected to reach a turnover of $630 billion by 2040. Profuse also won first place in the main competition at this week’s FoodTech 2021, Calcalist reports.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Virgin Hyperloop – the next-generation technology that aims to connect cities in record time through transport pods zooming through tubes at hundreds of miles per hour – will carry 200 million passengers a year by 2040. Read more here.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The amount of plastic pouring into our oceans is set to triple by 2040 , and the bulk of the un-recycled plastic in the world is generated by an enormous industry: consumer packaged goods (CPG).

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Air EV targets the private market and is now accepting pre-orders for its all-electric, two-seater eVTOL, the AIR ONE, which has a range of 110 miles on a single charge at speeds up to 155 miles per hour. Morgan Stanley estimates the flying car market will reach $1.5T OurCrowd has an allocation in Air EV’s current funding round.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Australia’s national science agency CSIRO recently released a report on Australia’s quantum industry in which it forecasts an $86 billion global market size in the quantum industry by 2040. The quantum communications and cybersecurity market is expected to account for about $16 billion globally. ” .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Global plastic use is expected to double by 2040 , with most plastic sent to landfills and only 13 percent recycled. According to CIEL (Center for International Environmental Law), plastic production and incineration could produce 2.8 gigatons of carbon dioxide every year by 2050. .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

However, countries in the region are eager to join the rest of the world in the shift to electric, and Kenya is among those that have committed to transition fully to zero-emission motor vehicles by 2040.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 6, 2023

NASA is working to build a 3D-printed human settlement on the moon. But is the tech really this close to being ready? Read more here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

“World Fund only invests in startup technologies that can save at least 100 megatonnes of CO2e annually by 2040. Mark Windeknecht is joining as an observer to the board,” says Schwich.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

In China, 60% of journey-miles may be autonomous by 2040, according to a recent report by McKinsey & Co. For the moment, they’re driving them around for mapping purposes, but mapping is a key step on the way to actual autonomous testing. However, China’s AV companies are dependent on chips designed mainly by U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 16, 2024

The Murphy Administration has taken significant steps to meet the ongoing challenges of climate change and has set several clean energy targets, including 100 percent clean electricity by 2035,11 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2040, and 50 percent economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

In a statement, the German VC said it exclusively backs tech with the potential to remove “100 million tonnes” — that is, 100 megatonnes — “of carbon from the atmosphere yearly by 2040.” ” Other investors in the latest round include the EU’s European Innovation Council and Tencent.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, manganese, and other rare earth metals are in increasingly short supply as demand scales up – the demand for lithium alone is estimated to grow between 13-42x by 2040.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Workers are mad and no longer willing to sit idly by being spoon fed “we’re family” b t from bosses making 350x more than they are, doing layoffs over zoom from a yacht. It is a certainty that things are and will change… How fast? What will unionization rates in private workforce be in 2025? I don’t know.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 6, 2021

This $5M Series A-1 round is being led by Israeli VC firm HIVE 2040 at a pre-money valuation of $11M. IXDen was founded by experienced entrepreneurs who established and managed startups and held senior positions in Amdocs, Fundtech and Microsoft. Learn More. UAE: Gateway to half the world.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In an interview with TechCrunch, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison said that expanding into Africa presents the company with “an enormous opportunity,” adding that Stripe is planning for “a longer time horizon” than most other companies: “We are thinking of what the world will look like in 2040-2050.”

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