Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I am at once proud of and awed by Jonathan, whose dual-track passion for the future of food and the future of Appalachia has brought him to tears more than once since we first invested in early 2018. Our foundational investment thesis at Rise of the Rest is a simple one: we see opportunity first through the lens of geography.

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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. million jobs due to Google’s $1 billion investment in the continent. The continent’s investment story. From 2020 to 2021, it grew 2x faster than global startup funding, it said. Southeast Asia and Europe.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Their heightened interest is reflected not just in their demand for ESG reports but also in surging investment volumes. Data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance highlights a staggering 605% increase in Sustainably-Themed Investing in 2020 compared to 2016.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Register Singapore-based InterContinental Energy has secured $115 million in equity investment to advance its mission of scaling up green hydrogen production. “We launched Hy24 to catalyze the development of the hydrogen industry at scale by investing in hydrogen leaders and entrepreneurs,” stated Hy24 CEO Pierre-Etienne Franc.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This will be used to strengthen venture capital ecosystems and invest in early-stage companies in order to address development challenges through technological innovations in climate, health care, education, agriculture, e-commerce, and other sectors. But despite all these, growth potentials remained enormous across these regions.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

Longevica’s CEO Aynar Abdrakhmanov, backing up his company’s aim to tap the desire for people to live longer, said: “According to the WHO, by 2050, 2 billion people will be 60+ years old. PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel invested in Unity Biotechnology , which is developing drugs to treat diseases that accompany aging.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 29, 2023

This strategic partnership will help catalyze the investment in companies that are making substantial contributions towards the global target of achieving a net-zero economy by 2050, according to the announcement.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Two years ago, South Korea unveiled a plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. “Two-thirds of the fund will be invested in the environment and climate tech, including renewable energy, agri-tech, and food tech, and the rest will go to the information technology industry investment,” Han said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

It’s the background of the team that first attracted investors like Pia d’Iribarne, co-founder and managing partner, New Wave , which made their first climate-focused investment into the software developer. . “ We decided to invest before we even closed the fund,” d’Iribarne said of the investment in Sweep.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

But there’s a big disconnect between where so much of the tech industry’s attention and investment is going and the spending power and lifestyle preferences of today’s older adults. billion in 2050. Older adults are the most underserved demographic for the tech world. They’re also one of the fastest-growing age cohorts.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

She said 65% of Asia’s population will be elderly by 2050 and with that the cost of elderly healthcare is expected to grow by 5X from 2030. I see this as a challenge for myself as I’m not only able to assess from an investment point of view but also build companies from within. and What’s your mental model for investing?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

If the world wants to feed 10 billion people in 2050, it’ll need to find a better way to grow food. million oversubscribed pre-seed round led by The Venture Collective with strategic investments from Nucleus Capital, Ponderosa Ventures, TET Ventures, Day One Ventures and Possible Ventures. The team has landed a $1.7

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Investments in this sector are heating up, though. The outlook is bleak: The United Nations estimates food production will need to double to feed the nearly 10 billion people expected to populate the planet by 2050. Also known as cultivated or lab-grown meat, this process uses cells from animals to make meat without slaughter.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

And that investment trend shows no sign of slowing any time soon. An aviator, entrepreneur and investor, Cyrus Sigari is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on the AAM and eVTOL aircraft industries, which Morgan Stanley predicts will become a $9 trillion global market by 2050.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The world’s food supply must double by the year 2050 to meet the demands of a growing population, according to a report from the United Nations. “We have to double the amount of food we have to create by 2050, and if you look at where there are enough resources to grow food — all signs point to Africa.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The investment came from the Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures and the Ecosystem Integrity Fund , which led the company’s latest round, alongside previous investors Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Horizons Ventures , Shell Ventures and Summa Equity. “By 2050 everybody wants to be zero emission and net zero.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Even after the collapse of WeWork, the investors are doubling down on a similar business model as part of a syndicate investing $700 million into REEF Technology. Meanwhile, REEF Technology and Oaktree are collaborating on a $300 million real estate investment vehicle, the Neighborhood Property Group, as Bloomberg reported on Monday.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The latest investment gives AgBiome over $200 million in total funding to date. As a result, Uknes said he was particular about the kind of investment partners that would work best toward that goal. We don’t want to pollute the Earth, but we have to find a way to feed 9 billion people by 2050,” Obloj said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The world is headed for a food shortage by 2050 as its population increases, so anything to make it easier for farmers to grow food will go a long way. The new investment gives InnerPlant $22 million in total funding to date as it prepares to launch its first soybean product, in 2024. The company raised $5.65 This time, Deere & Co.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 4, 2024

For the past 20 years, Pimental built and invested in renewable energy companies and projects including wind, solar, water recovery/efficiency, biofuels, and municipal solid waste recycling. The overall goal is for DAC to be a “negative emissions technology” by 2050.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

With its first electric vehicle now outselling the quintessential 911 sports car, the German automaker is responding by upping its bet on EVs, in part via a hefty investment in lithium-silicon battery developer Group14 Technologies. billion investing giant has a tendency to talk out of both sides of its mouth.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

We asked three venture capital firms investing at the intersection of proptech and climate tech about how a focus on reducing emissions can trim a building’s carbon footprint and offer new opportunities for returns. trillion every year between now and 2050, according to McKinsey. What is your investment thesis for proptech in 2023?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

It disincentives investment in technologies that would raise income on average, because the future is unknown,” Carter said. People with low wealth obviously don’t have a lot of savings, but they can’t risk the savings to invest in something that might improve their income that also might cause their family to starve.”.

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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. Regulations can define the best places to build and invest. Regulations can define the best places to build and invest. The global population of people older than 65 will reach 1.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

But a United Nations report estimates that we’ll need to double global food production by 2050 to meet the needs of 10 billion people. Rising demand for meat is driven in part by the rise of a global middle class. One of the most notable trends in tech that has emerged during the pandemic is the steady commoditization of capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund and Revaia are also participating in the investment. The global real estate sector needs to act now if it is to halve its emissions by 2030 and meet the net zero target by 2050. Some existing investors are also putting more money on the table, such as Hi Inov and Statkraft Ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Old-school systems probably didn’t quite do it for old-school oil and gas investments, but they damn sure don’t cut it for newer, greener, more sustainable technologies. trillion per year investment gap in renewable infrastructure that is required in order to meet our net zero targets by 2050.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Epic investment. The full list of (known) backers include lead investor Molten Ventures (formerly Draper Esprit), Tencent, 2050 Capital, Alumni Ventures, Aster Capital, Entrepreneur First, InQtel, and the mighty Epic Games, which also happens to be a Hadean customer. A virtual world as illustrated by Hadean Image Credits: Hadean.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Last March, Hopper raised $70 million in a round that saw Inovia Capital actually make its first investment in the startup — essentially at the very moment that things looked most bleak for the travel industry in general, and in particular for airfare-focused Hopper.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

According to reports, Africa will be home to the second most vehicle owners in the world by 2050, at 400 million vehicles, spending over $1,000 annually on vehicle parts. When it comes to ‘bets,’ a reminder that we don’t invest due to the sector/category/idea; solely the founder.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Moreover, the world’s population of those who are 60 and older is expected to reach 2 billion by 2050, up from 900 million in 2015. People deciding whether to invest in accessibility often ask themselves how many people are going to use the feature. The World Health Organization says people aged 60 and older outnumber children under 5.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The European Commission (EC) has targeted a 90% reduction in transport emissions by 2050, while last-mile logistics are currently responsible for around 5% of a company’s supply chain emissions — but with ecommerce only going on an upwards trajectory, this figure is likely to increase. Bringing down emissions.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

The investment breaks down into a €4 million seed raise, led by Cologne-based investor Capnamic, with existing investors including as UVC Partners also participating; and €2.5M Munch-based climate tech startup Tanso , which sells software to help industrial manufacturers carry out sustainability reporting and carbon accounting, has banked €6.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

” Commenting on the funding in a statement, Babak Etemad, investment director at SEB Private Equity, added: “We’re happy to join the impressive team at Worldfavor in their pursuit of raising the bar on sustainability and help organisations share critical sustainability-related information. And we are super happy with that.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2023

On the bright-ish side, research shows that 69% of Americans want our nation to become carbon neutral by 2050. Matthew Walker: S2G Ventures managing director of food and agriculture Matthew Walker has more than 10 years of experience in venture capital, investment banking and securities law.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 8, 2023

These efforts include investing in renewable energy, minimising energy consumption, and adopting sustainable practices to ensure real progress towards net zero. For instance, the UK has committed to a net-zero target by 2050, and companies such as Microsoft, Unilever, and BP have also embraced similar goals.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

It wants to help to drive investment in technology needed to decarbonise energy grids through 24/7 energy tracking. EnergyTag : Another energy-focused startup with a mission of accelerating the shift to renewable energy. 5 areas where VCs can play an outsized role in addressing climate change.

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