TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

AgBiome , developing products from microbial communities, brought in a $116 million Series D round as the company prepares to pad its pipeline with new products. We don’t want to pollute the Earth, but we have to find a way to feed 9 billion people by 2050,” Obloj said. The company, based in Research Triangle Park, N.C.,

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

The UN predicts that by 2050, this proportion will rise to more than two thirds. Photo: Sutton Community Farm. The program was born out of the passion for and expertise around sustainable food among the Impact Hub King’s Cross community. More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities and urban areas.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

trillion every year between now and 2050, according to McKinsey. “Those that survive will have an opportunity to expand market share.”. And the potential market is enormous. Spending on getting the world’s real estate to net zero will require $1.7 We spoke with: Jake Fingert , managing partner, and Lionel Foster , investor, Camber Creek.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Roughly two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050, and the world’s largest cities are cracking under the pressures of economic, civil, and environmental transformations that they have not been able to address effectively. As REEF acknowledges, cities are the future.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

The market size of Africa’s digital economy is massive and, if projections go as planned, should top $712 billion by 2050. New York-based Endeavor is a global community of “high-impact” founders across almost 40 underserved markets in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. and China.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

And talking about neobank offerings, Moneco , launched by three founders with finance and payments backgrounds, targets the migrant communities in Europe, starting with the African diaspora. That’s a vast market where YC hopes Garage Mobility can be a dominant player in years to come.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

billion by 2050, and members of this cohort — who are leading longer, active lives — have plenty of money to spend. This technology isn’t going anywhere, so any platform or tooling that helps make it more secure, simple to use and easy to troubleshoot will be well appreciated by the software development community.”.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The 2019 Institute for Policy Study on the national racial wealth gap reported if the trajectory of the past three decades continues, by 2050 the median White family will have $174,000 of wealth, while Latino median wealth will be $8,600 and Black median wealth will be $600. How has that impacted the community?

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

According to UN forecasts, the number of people living in cities is expected to double by 2050, growing from 3.5 For example, infrastructure needed for community-scale flood mitigation or sea walls, but also much smaller and more modular infrastructure such as temporary protected bike lanes or mobile housing.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 6, 2019

This blog post is part of a wider campaign aiming to share knowledge about environmental challenges within our communities. Plastic waste is expected to quadruple from 2010 to 2050 and global recycling capacity will only cover 1/3 of the waste. By 2050, it is predicted that there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

We’re proposing to build a dynamic walkable community on a portion of the property, and then surrounded with open space and renewable energy, both wind and solar. And because we didn’t do that, even the communities in the Bay Area were beginning to completely break in terms of social fabric. Why am I working on it now?

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Impact Hub

JUNE 4, 2022

billion tonnes of waste lingering out there by 2050 (World Bank), our current system has to change: we need to re-learn how to manage resources, rethink how we make and use products, and reflect on what we do with the materials afterwards. To avoid some catastrophic 3.40 And how did Impact Hub Dar es Salaam support you in overcoming them?

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Impact Hub

APRIL 20, 2023

According to a recent McKinsey report , reaching net zero by 2050 could require a 60% increase in capital spending on physical assets compared to current levels. trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5 The total investment needed amounts to $9.2 trillion annually allocated to low-emissions assets and enabling infrastructure.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2023

WHO : Respondents do not need to be located within the State of New Jersey to provide input.The RFI seeks responses from qualified entities, organizations, and individuals in commercial building decarbonization efforts. Building design professionals (engineers, architects, planners, modelers, etc.),

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 20, 2021

More than half the world’s population currently lives in cities – a proportion that will reach 70% by 2050 – which account for approximately 80% of GDP generated worldwide. But increasing inequality and exclusion in urban areas are undermining development progress – and threatening many lives.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 27, 2019

I came away with a greater respect for the very real health and opportunity barriers faced by so many people in our communities and thinking about the implications of those barriers on the work I do.”. For those that need to hear the business case for racial equity, REI shared a great reality check- “by 2050, (I’ll be about 70 y.o.),

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 10, 2023

Impact Hub Network Global team Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp According to a recent McKinsey report , reaching net zero by 2050 could require a 60% increase in capital spending on physical assets compared to current levels. trillion per year until 2050, with $6.5 The total investment needed amounts to $9.2

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

” Here is what they told me: Peter Barrett, Playground Global: Why the venture community decided to call in an airstrike on their portfolio companies is quite beyond me. I asked a few investors, “How will the SVB events impact robotics investing and startups?” Fair enough.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This innovative approach aimed to create local jobs and fund new tree-planting initiatives in underserved communities. Meeting the Demand for Sustainable, Locally Sourced Materials With global demand for wood projected to triple by 2050, Cambium is well-positioned to lead the transition to a more sustainable and efficient supply chain.

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