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Agreena, a regenerative farming carbon market, raises $4.7M seed from Giant Ventures

TechCrunch

Plus, regenerative farming plays into the drift away from older government subsidy regimes, which are switching to focusing on the environment and CO2 emission, and away from industrial farming. Agreena is a Dutch startup that mints, verifies and sells carbon credits generated by farmers who transition to more regenerative forms of farming.

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Labster gets millions from a16z to bring virtual science lab software to the world

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A16z is very excited about investing in technology companies that have a big impact and potential to become massive global successes’,” CEO and co-founder Michael Bodekaer Jensen said. Labster recently signed a deal to bring its technology to the entire country of Denmark. Post-COVID, the growth will slow,” Jensen said.

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5 key innovations taking e-scooters to a half-billion rides in 2021

TechCrunch

Today, they’re on track to surpass half a billion rides globally by 2021, far outpacing early growth in the carbon-heavy ride-hailing industry founded by Uber in 2009. That’s good news for cities, citizens and the environment. Share on Twitter. Travis VanderZanden is the founder and CEO of Bird. 1: Shared scooters launched (fall 2017).

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Sweden’s Tink raises $103M as its open banking platform grows to 3,400 banks and 250M customers

TechCrunch

The last year — shaped by a global health pandemic — has been all about bringing more services online and into the cloud, so people and businesses that can no longer do things like banking or selling/shopping in person can still get things done. It has now raised €175 million in total. million in funding.

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How W4 plans to monetize the Godot game engine using Red Hat’s open-source playbook

TechCrunch

A new company from the creators of the Godot game engine is setting out to grab a piece of the $200 billion global video game market — and to do so, it’s taking a cue from commercial open source software giant Red Hat. By way of example, Linietsky is based in Spain, while cofounder and COO Rémi Verschelde works from Denmark.

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UK’s greenworkx takes aim at the domestic retrofit skills challenge

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The goal is to re-make our built environment to be energy efficient and drive down carbon emissions ASAP. Ilic cites a statistic suggesting at least 30 million roles will be needed globally by the end of the decade — and half a million in the UK alone, just for domestic energy retrofitting.

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[FREE WEBINAR] 5 Trends Shaping the Future of Fundraising in 2020

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Below is a sneak peek at the trends their team will discuss: Big Results for Nonprofits That Embrace Flexible Work Environments. A Call for Greater Impact Transparency and Global Effectiveness. Resurgence of the ‘Election Effect’ as the Political Climate Continues to Heat Up. A Q&A will occur at the end of the webinar. <<

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