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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

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Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. Travis Connors, Building Ventures At Building Ventures, we see enormous opportunities developing for the use of robotics in construction over the next 20 years. I’m excited to watch this space evolve.

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Batteries have become VC and PE’s most electric investment opportunity

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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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To fix the climate, these 10 investors are betting the house on the ocean

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Climate change is a problem important and pressing enough that investors have begun to grasp the opportunities that arise when trying to solve it. Now, they’ve started to cast their nets wider for other, adjacent opportunities. “There are a number of opportunities for increasing the ocean’s ability to store carbon. .”

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Salty, subterranean water could relieve world’s lithium shortage

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Spotting an opportunity, startups like Lilac Solutions and Vulcan Energy Resources have leaped into action with new lithium extraction processes that are more efficient and potentially better for the planet. By 2040, the International Energy Agency expects lithium demand to be 42 times higher than it is today.

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MIT spinoff Via Separations scores $38M Series B to decarbonize manufacturing

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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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Female-founded climate and construction tech startup backed by Mark Cuban

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This has presented a great opportunity to Kind Designs. 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.

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From root to crown, Mast Reforestation is regrowing the tree economy for the 21st century

TechCrunch

Making a rich data play like this not only provides a powerful dashboard for logistics that can be read by anyone at a glance, but it enables detailed studies of outcomes and easy identification of opportunities and needs. With wildfire season in the U.S.

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