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Subscription carbon offsetting platform Ecologi hits $8M total raised, includes General Catalyst

TechCrunch

startup Ecologi , which uses the funds to plant 1 million trees every 10 days in places like Africa and Latin America, as well as doing things like protecting peatlands in Indonesia. In April, Ecologi closed a seed investment round of $5.75 million from lead investor General Catalyst, with and Entrée Capital. million (£4.05

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EO Members Share Entrepreneurial Trends for the New Year

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Stakeholder capitalism. In 2023, I believe that stakeholder capitalism will grow exponentially as it offers a true modern-day business model that can be transformational if properly integrated into the organization’s processes. Investors and consumers prefer businesses that prioritize ecological impact and sustainability.

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The Unified Theory of Food Investing for Tech VCs

This is going to be BIG.

Brightfarms , which got $4mm in venture capital, sets up indoor farms inside your local supermarket or on rooftops. Will they all be part of a movement to get a lot more conscious about our own ecological footprints, where our food comes from, and it's quality? Plovgh is working on something similar as well. Absolutely.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

If schools are going to participate in the growth of NYC’s innovation ecology, they’re going to have to change the way they operate, or they’re going to get lapped and left behind. How will you know who the investors are when one of your school-grown startups need capital? Same with students.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

The simple fact of the matter is that most startups seeking angel or vc capital just don’t receive it—and that’s just anywhere. My company was not well executed enough to achieve venture capital financing—and that wasn’t the city’s fault, it was mine. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies. Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup. Barclays Center.

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Why Yelp should pay attention to not shooting itself in the face (and what ripping off Foursquare and taking big money from Elevation mean)

This is going to be BIG.

Undoubtedly, that kind of strategy will actually work against Yelp in today’s ecology. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. Yelp just showed its true colors: It’s not a startup anymore, and it will try to crush anyone that gets in its way—Microsoft 90’s style. That’s not the kind of place innovators tend to like to work.

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