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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. The ability to interact, transact and disrupt is an order of magnitude greater at broadband speeds than at 56k dial-up modem speeds. THAT is disruption. The video industry will be disrupted just as books, newspapers and music before it.

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With Benioff backing, Sustainable Ocean Alliance aims to be the rising tide that lifts all ‘ecopreneurs’

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For a few years now the Sustainable Ocean Alliance has been a stalwart advocate for the “blue economy,” and an incubator for ocean-focused early stage startups. Previously funded or incubated companies will be added to the network automatically, in case any of you are reading this.). Here at the U.N.

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

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More than four billion people work, live, and sustain themselves in the metropolis. Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life. Photo: Global Climate Strike 2019, Lausanne. Feeding the City.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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So entrepreneurs need to think the same way some VCs do – because markets change, competition changes, innovation & technology cycles move so fast only having a few truly outstanding leaders in your company can you sustain any sort of advantage. They haven’t launched their next gen product – watch this space.

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Circularity in action: Sustainable innovations in Amsterdam

Impact Hub

Circularity in action: Sustainable innovations in Amsterdam Reflower and Dik & Schil emerge as two pioneering businesses in Amsterdam to advance the circular economy through innovative solutions. Ellyne Bierman, the pioneering founder of Reflower, is revolutionising the floral industry with a forward-thinking sustainability approach.

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Meet the startups competing in the Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals on July 22

TechCrunch

And they’ll need it to impress this panel of judges — all of whom focus on sustainable impact. Its vision is to reimagine all the food products on supermarket shelves at scale using Charaka, to disrupt the way the world eats. Learn more about XTC here. You know they’ll bring the heat and present a finely tuned pitch.

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Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator launches 12 new startups at demo day tomorrow

TechCrunch

The Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, an incubator based in New York, is introducing 12 new companies at its 20th demo day tomorrow. The hope is to reduce chemical fertilizer use, increase crop yields and help farmers grow sustainably. So without any further ado, here are the 12 companies launching out of ERA tomorrow.