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Sustainability data platform Worldfavor fuels up for ecosystem opportunities

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More funding for sustainability reporting: Sweden’s Worldfavor , an early mover platform focused on building digital infrastructure to support supply chain transparency and cater to organizations’ ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting needs, has bagged €10.2 million in Series A funding to step on the growth gas.

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TMV’s Soraya Darabi explains how to land your first ‘yes’ from an investor today at 11 am PT/2 pm ET

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Darabi co-founded TMV (formerly Trail Mix Ventures) in 2016 and has built a portfolio that is majority women- and minority-owned, including employee wellness platform Bravely, holistic healthcare company Parsley Health and waste reduction upstart Ridwell. TMV is often the first institutional check a company might raise.

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Facebook can save itself by becoming a B Corporation

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And with society under siege, many more businesses, including social media, are scrambling to seem like good corporate citizens. Since the 2016 presidential election in the U.S., billion in an industry fraught with sustainability and human rights concerns. They have no choice. But Facebook and its brethren remain fragile.

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Full Harvest targets food waste by finding homes for imperfect, surplus produce

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We profiled the company at the beginning of its journey in 2016 and then again in 2017 when it raised $2 million. By sourcing produce online through Full Harvest and selecting fruit for our products that would otherwise have gone to waste, we are answering the growing consumer demand for more sustainable food options.”.

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Is JPMorgan turning a corner on climate finance?

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Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016, the bank has financed more than $430 billion worth of fossil fuel projects, according to the most recent Banking on Climate Chaos report , far exceeding its peers. At first, ESG (environmental, social, governance) investing felt like a supplemental action at many investment firms.

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Spain’s Wallapop raises $191M at an $840M valuation for its classifieds marketplace

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Through all of the last year’s lockdowns, venue closures and other social distancing measures that governments have enacted and people have followed to slow the spread of COVID-19, shopping — and specifically e-commerce — has remained a consistent and hugely important service. market (with more capital in tow).

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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

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Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. I spoke with Sopoong chief executive Max Sang-Yeop Han , a serial entrepreneur who joined Sopoong in 2016 and acquired the firm in 2019, to learn about the VC’s plans.

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