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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

I wanted someone who was experimenting with computer controlled LEDs as an art form to feel part of the community as well--which is why I started referring to it as the "Innovation Community". 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.

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Innovative businesses that support local communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

YLAI Network members Juliana Nieva de Castillo from Tucumán, Argentina and Julio César Bueno Cruz from Cali, Colombia illustrate two forms of social innovation and community support through unique business concepts. Coffee with a Pinch of Social Innovation. Recycling and Design. Image from @andinorganic’s Instagram.

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China’s Ellipspace Receives 100 Million Yuan Funding for Satellite Innovation

AsiaTechDaily

It will serve as a platform supporting digital applications, providing valuable solutions in various sectors, such as smart inspection of electric power and oil infrastructure, supervision of marine equipment and facilities, and ecological environment monitoring.

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Hong Kong’s Brinc Launches Climate Tech Program to Support Early-Stage Startups in Carbon Dioxide Removal Solutions

AsiaTechDaily

This program focuses on supporting startups that are dedicated to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions. In addition to its accelerator programs, Brinc offers investment services and distributed innovation strategies to support corporations in sourcing new startups and technologies.

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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.

Back in July, I wrote a piece called “ Why Yelp (…and every single retail establishment) Should Support Foursquare ”. Good luck hiring anyone innovative, too. That’s not the kind of place innovators tend to like to work. Undoubtedly, that kind of strategy will actually work against Yelp in today’s ecology.

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Carbon accounting platform acquired by Sage as ClimateTech heats up

TechCrunch

Sage had previously stated it plans to support SMEs to get to net zero, and this acquisition appears to be part of their strategy. Bristol seems to be making a habit of Climate Tech, also producing Ecologi Zero , real-time carbon footprinting software for businesses.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

Lawyers and accountants tend to err on the conservative side, leading to a low failure rate of businesses but less “moonshot innovation,” shall we say. The country’s Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation (KTI) supports CTI-Startup and CTI-Invest, providing startups with investment and support.

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