TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

Finding way to produce cultivated meat without animal serums is one of the key challenges alternative protein startups are trying to solve. Eat Just’s backers include the Qatar Investment Authority (the sovereign wealth fund of the state of Qatar), Vulcan Capital and C2 Capital Partners, which has Alibaba as its anchor investor.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

InnovaFeed , a vertical insect farm operator that’s rearing insects for animal and plant nutrition, has raised $250 million in a series D round of funding led by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Starling said it plans to use the funding to expand its lending operations in the U.K., Challenger bank Starling is out raising a new £200M funding round. The funding arrives at a critical time in consumer banking. Gross lending has passed £2 billion, with deposits at £5.4

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Invygo, a startup operating in UAE and Saudi Arabia, has raised $10 million in its Series A funding led by MEVP as it works to scale its car rental service in the region. What’s more, it is creating an alternative credit score for people based on driver behavior and payment patterns. million to date.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

There’s no stopping innovation, however, and alternative sources of protein are increasingly becoming a choice people would rather make. Currently, alternative protein makes up just about 2% of the animal protein market, but it is expected to increase more than 7x by 2025. “We Cell-cultured meat is one such source.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

A source tells us Founders Fund is also investing. Are there alternatives to ChatGPT? There are multiple AI-powered chatbot competitors such as Together , Google’s Bard and Anthropic’s Claude , and developers are creating open source alternatives. There are no built-in sharing features yet.

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