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Nordetect’s system to monitor soil and water for indoor agriculture raises seed funding

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million in funding from government investment firms and traditional accelerators like SOSV, with a tech that the company claims can give vertical farms a better way to monitor and manage nutrients and water quality. In late 2018 the company moved back to Denmark and raised a small amount of additional capital from SOSV and Rockstart.

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

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Governments have also directed hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance for Ukraine. The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan account for 91% of total grant funding for Ukraine to date. We have been tracking philanthropy’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Giving by funder type.

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

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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. million seed funding round led by Giant Ventures , along with the Danish government’s Danish Green Future Fund.

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Netflix is starting to restore normal streaming quality in parts of Europe

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Netflix is working to restore streaming quality in various European countries following government requests for the company to reduce bandwidth usage out of fear that it was putting too much stress on broadband connections. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Stellantis’ Chinese partner set to build first European factory in Italy

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Chinese automaker Dongfeng Motors plan to build its first European car plant in Italy is at an advanced stage, as the Rome government has been in discussions with the company over the potential purchase of a minority stake in the investment, sources have told Reuters. Reuters ]

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Batteries have become VC and PE’s most electric investment opportunity

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Governments around the world have started to set end dates on fossil fuel vehicles. The Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden and Slovenia will follow suit with passenger cars in 2030, as will Denmark and the U.K. Rather, it’s more likely that VC and PE have sensed that the world is changing, and they’re adjusting their strategies accordingly.

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Apeel gets more cash to fight poverty and food insecurity in emerging markets with its food-preserving tech

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Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, Rogers said the company can have an outsized impact to improve the amount of money going into a farmer’s pocket. Preventing food waste nets Apeel $250 million from Singapore’s government, Oprah and Katy Perry. “The program with the IFC is to build supply chains out,” he said.