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Dash Systems raises $8M for precision-airdrops-as-a-service at distant or disaster-stricken destinations

TechCrunch

“And when I say anywhere, I mean like the tip of Alaska. “The rural use case is easy to get,” said Miller, noting the difficulty and delays of delivering to rural communities in Alaska. Why do you need to land at all? “We should be able to do one-day deliveries anywhere in the world,” he told TechCrunch.

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What does a Purpose-Driven Company Look Like?

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For example, at the heart of Alaska Airlines is a sense of stewardship for the people and places it serves. So far, Alaska has reduced its emissions by more than 35% per passenger mile since 2004. Alaska Airlines has been ranked the most sustainable airline in North America by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

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Builders and VCs explore the impact of air mobility on urban planning at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

In 2021, UP.Partners launched a $230 million venture capital fund , which includes investments from Alaska Air Group (the parent company of Alaska Air), Cathie Wood and Woven Capital. . Gysin and Sigari bring an abundance of knowledge and experience in eVTOL and UAM from both the builder and investor point of view.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

Alaska Conservation Foundation. Grant funds are made available across a variety of categories, based on donor intent and the guidance of our Governing Committee. Alaska Conservation Foundation. Areas served: Alaska. Cleveland Foundation. The Columbus Foundation. Chesapeake Bay Trust. Grand Rapids Community Foundation.

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Max Q: Sierra Space, Blue Origin, Boeing and others stake out space real estate

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Terran Orbital is a contract manufacturer of satellites, working primarily with the government. The company aims to launch its first rocket, dubbed RS1, from Alaska before the year is out. The deal has a post-transaction enterprise value of $1.58 billion and will furnish the company with around $470 million.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

She is a poet, an environmental activist, and a nonprofit management expert with a masters degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. They came from Alaska, from ad agencies on Madison Avenue, from everywhere. To be sure, Nancy Jo Craig is an accomplished woman.

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Cruz Foam’s chitin-based packaging brings in $18M as industries scramble to go green

TechCrunch

The company, whose founder, John Felts, I met in Alaska during the Accelerator at Sea , has been scrappily humming along prototyping various ways to turn chitin and a few other natural ingredients into a material that can replace expanded polystyrene foam (EPS; like Styrofoam) and other common plastic packaging.

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