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The Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals 2021 starts tomorrow

TechCrunch

You gotta love a competition that serves the greater good — and a startup ecosystem for purpose-driven companies determined to build a more sustainable, equitable, healthy, inclusive and prosperous world. It’s the world’s largest pitch competition focused on solving humanity’s most vexing challenges.

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Forsaking funding at a $1 billion valuation, Solugen preps a new green chemical product and a big 2021

TechCrunch

If Solugen can get its high-value chemical into commercial production, the company can follow the path that sustainable tech companies like Tesla have mastered — moving from a pricy specialty product into the mass market. I’m extremely bullish and optimistic of 2021.”

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Sigfox tech owner UnaBiz doubles its Series B funding to $50 million

TechCrunch

UnaBiz , the Massive Internet of Things service provider and owner of Sigfox’s technology , announced today it has raised another $25 million in Series B funding. This doubles the round’s total amount to $50 million, after the first tranche was announced in October 2021. Its goal is to consolidate its business more quickly.

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Cloud gaming service Shadow taken over by OVHcloud founder

TechCrunch

While the French startup has raised more than $100 million across multiple funding rounds, the company couldn’t keep up with pre-orders, didn’t generate enough revenue to be self-sustainable and couldn’t find cash to expand its service. — Octave Klaba (@olesovhcom) April 30, 2021. pic.twitter.com/Yz3RlV02dy.

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

CIO

Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. Nothing clicked until she spoke to Trainline, the international digital rail and coach technology platform, headquartered in London.

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The C-suite is expanding — and IT leaders are stepping up

CIO

Maggie Peña, chief experience officer, Interlace Health Interlace Health The C-suite is expanding to include more IT leaders today, a reflection of how important technology is to the business. As a result of this shift, we have seen an emergence of new technology-focused roles becoming more commonplace.”

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Global Sustainability-Focused Funding Was Pretty Flat In 2023

Crunchbase News

While 2023 has been a down year for startup investment in most industries , cleantech and sustainability-focused categories have held up comparatively well. Below, we charted out how global sustainability funding in 2023 compares to the prior four years, including both round counts and total investment: In the U.S., Close more.