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Betting Beyond the Bowl: Investing in Sweetgreen Was Always About More Than Salad

Revolution

When Revolution Growth first invested in Sweetgreen in 2013, the whisperings of food and wellness were present but sparse, and the bulk of lunchtime options focused more on convenience than ingredients. Greener Greens: At the root of Sweetgreen’s farm-to-table concept was a commitment to sustainability.

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EV Shuttle and School Bus Manufacturer Endera Gains $49 Million to Support Growth

American Entrepreneurship

Endera, a rapidly growing leader in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, has secured $49 million to propel its mission to revolutionize the American transportation sector. This holistic approach to electric transportation helps make Enderas vehicles some of the most reliable and cost-effective solutions.

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Shift4Good raises $4.35M from transport firm ComfortDelGro

AsiaTechDaily

million from GSX-listed transportation firm ComfortDelGro Corporation. In a statement, the company said that ComfortDelGro is the first strategic LP from Southeast Asia that invested on Shift4Good, which hit a first close of about $98 million for its debut fund in October 2022.

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Finding Founder-Market-Geography Fit

Revolution

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes.

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IFC backs Bolt with $24M to expand its transportation network in emerging markets

TechCrunch

Bolt , an Uber competitor that is building an international on-demand network of services to transport people, food and other items in cars, scooters and bikes across Europe and Africa, has picked up some strategic funding today to continue expanding its business in emerging markets.

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As Allbirds goes public, sustainability is the mantra of the future

TechCrunch

Ed Cowan is an investment team member at TDM Growth Partners , a global investment firm with offices currently in Sydney and New York. The company is driving change in the industry through the open sourcing of materials for others to benefit, and in doing so, is becoming the industry’s standard bearer on sustainability practices.

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Berlin’s Blacklane raises $26M to expand its high-end chauffeur-driven sustainable car service

TechCrunch

As the Ubers of the world continue to scale, a smaller on-demand transportation startup has raised some funding in Germany, underscoring the opportunities that remain for startups in the space targeting specific service niches. Some others in the space that diversified into other areas like food delivery or other kinds of transport (e.g.