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Female Invest acquires sustainability-focused investment platform Gaia Investments

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The Copenhagen-based startup announced the acquisition of fellow Danish fintech Gaia Investments this week with plans to integrate the trading platform, which focuses on investing in companies with sustainability goals, into its app. “As the talks progressed, it became more and more clear it was a great move for us.”

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Coatue, Robert Downey Jr. fund cove.tool’s design tools for sustainable building

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While there is plenty of technology out there to help make a building more sustainable, the ability to incorporate features into its design can be easier said than done. Enter cove.tool , a startup that wants to make sure buildings are sustainable by design from the moment of inception. million raise in November of 2020.

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Student discount passes available for TC Sessions: Space 2020

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On December 16-17, we’re hosting TC Sessions: Space 2020, a two-day online conference and our first event focused squarely on space technology and the early-stage startups and investors that make it possible. The future of this industry is wide open, and it’s going to require cultivating a deep bench of visionaries to sustain it.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

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Also sustainability will hopefully be put back on the agenda. The same goes for luxury goods, as people are more worried about the economic situation they are in. On the other hand, remote work has seen a surge in investments. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? What are the biggest worries of the founders in your portfolio?

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Crypto-driven marketplace Zora raises $2M to build a sustainable creator economy

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Dee Goens and Jacob Horne have both the exact and precisely opposite background that you’d expect to see from two people building a way for creators to build a sustainable economy for their followers to participate in. It’s a marketplace with two main components but one philosophy: sustainable economics for creators. .

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Accelerating sustainability to build stronger businesses

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Environmental sustainability has emerged as a significant concern and a business imperative for organizations today. Sustainability Leaders Video Series In this APAC Network video series hosted by Equinix, meet Asia-Pacific’s most inspiring people and companies leading the green revolution and charting a sustainable future for our planet.

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Giving hope to the hungry with a more sustainable approach

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The organization’s volunteers are energized by fostering social welfare with a sustainable approach that turns food surplus into a donation for hungry people in their communities. During the pandemic, the NGO fulfilled its sustainability mission to prevent food waste by connecting surplus food with more than 5000 hungry people every month.