TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2022

With data centers alone consuming around 1% of global electricity demand , IT departments have substantial influence on their organization’s sustainability goals. Intelligent automation.

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2023

According to SP&G research estimates, the data demands for low-latency workloads across eight key industries will grow from 5,700 petabytes in 2021 to 194,000 petabytes through 2027 — an increase of more than 30 times. This presents a critical sustainability challenge. We refer to them as “deploy the edge” and “run the edge.”

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CIO

JANUARY 4, 2023

Companies across industries are committing to maximizing sustainability within their operations — and IT is at the heart of most of these efforts. In its Worldwide Sustainability/ESG 2023 Predictions , analyst firm IDC sees digital and sustainability transformations converging. Now is no time for sideline sitting, however.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

billion, falling below the valuation at which it raised capital from private investors in 2021, as the Indian logistics firm grapples with the aftermath of a bulk deal sale and muted growth report. It was valued at $3 billion in a round led by Fidelity in May 2021. A large sell off puts downward pressure on shares.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Sameer Purao, who joined Celanese as CIO and CDO in 2021, is keeping the team and company focused by making change management a core competency of his team, and ensuring a focus on value, agility, and purpose. This allows us to move fast and create a sustainable momentum. What is the business transformation underway at Celanese?

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

To reduce excess waste, the European Union (EU) instituted a plastic packaging levy in 2021 for its members. Renewing sustainable production and procurement while meeting compliance To extend its commitment to sustainable production and procurement, González Byass needed a holistic view of its operations across its value chain.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

That’s what InnerPlant founder and CEO Shely Aronov is trying to do with her startup that uses plant physiology to gather loads of data to make farming more efficient and sustainable. million in a seed round in 2021, led by MS&AD Ventures, and is now back with $16 million in Series A funding. The company raised $5.65

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

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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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Online shopping and speedy delivery through services like Instacart and Amazon Prime are the height of modern conveniences, but for many consumers who care about sustainability and e-commerce’s impact on the environment, every box and plastic bag deposited on their doorstep is also accompanied by a feeling of guilt.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

After a blockbuster year for venture capital funding in 2021, the flow of capital to Indian startups seemed like it would buck global trends in early 2022, but dried up in the second half of 2022. Focus on growth with good economics and don’t “buy” growth, as that will come with poor economics and hence is not sustainable.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

At Equinix, we recognize that meeting key sustainability targets is one of our customers’ top concerns—now and into the future. We’re also emphasizing transparency in our sustainability metrics, so that current and future Equinix customers can easily see how our efforts might benefit their sustainability bottom line.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

IT professionals can play a pivotal role by strategically leveraging as-a-service models as a key part of their organizations, enabling them to contribute not only to cost efficiencies but also to their organizations’ sustainability goals. All of these present challenges for IT professionals within their day-to-day activities in data centers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

The data coming out of the continent is staggering: According to a Dealroom report , some €49 billion was raised by European startups in the first six months of 2021. Let’s explore what data says about the first half of 2021 in Europe’s startup market, and what its in-crowd expects for the rest of the year. That’s 2.9x

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Crunchbase News

JULY 18, 2024

Now, here comes another grim data point: Equity funding to startups focused on cleantech and sustainability is down this year. billion went to seed through growth financings for companies in Crunchbase’s sustainability, EV, and cleantech categories. And fossil fuel consumption continues to grow. In the first half of 2024, around $9.6

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Crunchbase News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Early on, Apple failed to sustain enthusiasm for the device it introduced as a “spatial computing” breakthrough in areas from immersive video to workplace collaboration to content creation. Most of the startups that raised the biggest financings during the peak funding of 2021 have not closed new equity rounds since then.

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Crunchbase News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

While you might think the general fervor around all things artificial intelligence means 2024 is a new high for the intersection of AI and biotech/healthcare, both 2021 and 2022 were strong funding years for the space. In 2021 which was a record year for venture capital investment overall $12.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The sustainability focused shoe maker Allbirds has taken another step to green its supply chain with a small $2 million investment in a new company called Natural Fiber Welding. Announced this morning, the investment in Natural Fiber Welding will see Allbirds bring a vegan leather replacement option to customers by December 2021.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

AgriWebb is on a mission to help livestock producers feed the world efficiently, profitably and sustainably by providing its comprehensive, ground-truth database for beef production worldwide. launch in 2021 and plans to continue rapidly expanding. and the U.K. and Latin America, both directly and via partnerships.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

Rather than raising tons of money to expand as quickly as possible in the hope of achieving favorable unit economics, Veo has slowly focused on being sustainable, one city at a time. In June 2021, Veo was in 22 markets.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

And it appears that the company is also having a strong kickoff in 2021. Between both companies, we’re seeing signs of the sort of growing consumer interest and trading volume that has historically come with sustained periods of bitcoin price expansion. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

In 2021, JPMorgan said it would lend and underwrite $2.5 trillion by the end of the decade “to advance long-term solutions that address climate change and contribute to sustainable development.” In 2021, such companies raised $17.85 But there’s some evidence to suggest the bank is turning a corner. billion.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Yet, today it’s become one of the hottest topics for consumers, brands and investors alike with a record ~$6 billion of venture capital funding pouring into recommerce companies in 2021 and the market projected to reach $250 billion+ by 2027. It’s largely due to the changing cultural and societal value placed on sustainability.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Nature’s Fynd, which raised $350 million in a Series C round in 2021, created Fy, a vegan protein that can be used as a solid, liquid or powder to make sustainable foods, like meat and cheese. MycoWorks launched its first partnership with Hermès in early 2021 and now has contracts in place with a range of major global luxury brands.

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CIO

DECEMBER 4, 2024

When Carlo Nizam joined EGA in 2021, he was tasked with leading the company’s digital transformation, a journey aimed at optimizing every aspect of the business. Sustainability is a core value at EGA, and the company is using digital innovation to reduce the environmental impact of its aluminium production. 15:51) We have both.(15:52)

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

First launched as the CIO50 ASEAN Awards in 2019, the decision to expand to 75 awards in 2021 – and later to 100 awards in 2022 – was in recognition of a wealth of standout submissions, increased interest levels, and a desire to showcase best examples of enterprise transformation across all regional markets and sectors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

In 2021, web3 startups globally raised a record $29.2 It wasn’t sustainable and economic correction was needed. It created an opportunity to exit the hype cycle, clearing the way for development that will ensure the growth of the ecosystem in a sustainable way, adding value.” By 2022, that number dipped to $21.5 billion and $4.2

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2021

Laraki told me they did about five-fold their prior year’s business, and while the company is already set up to grow on its own sustainably based on the revenue it pulls in from customers, its ambitions and plans for 2021 and beyond made this the right time to help it accelerate further with the addition of more capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Abrar Chaudhury is a climate finance research fellow at Oxford Said Business School researching on topics of global environmental change, climate finance, policy implementation, sustainable development, and corporate purpose. VCs invested nearly $50 billion in climate-tech companies between 2020 and 2021. trillion to 4.8 trillion to 4.8

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The fresh funding will be used to cement its position in the outdoor living industry as they develop new sustainable materials, build an eco-friendly supply chain and expand their product offering and community, Liu said. Since the beginning, the Outer team has insisted on prioritizing sustainability.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

The company went on to raise $4 million in seed funding in 2021 and is now back with a $10.5 The company-sponsored survey done in 2021 found that over 90 percent of U.S. In February 2021, the company launched its solution and since then has more than doubled its recommerce sales each quarter on average.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

— edwin (@edwinwee) April 5, 2021. — Patrick Collison (@patrickc) April 5, 2021. While it currently relies on venture capital to keep the wheels churning, it will need to make money eventually in order to be a self-sustaining business. joinClubhouse @stripe pic.twitter.com/u7kXXdPXU7.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Indeed, here’s the company’s CFO in its most recent earnings call , discussing its recent performance: We remain on track to turn the EBITDA profitable in 2021, and we are confident that Uber can deliver sustained strong top-line growth as we move past the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

By the first quarter of 2021, it had more than doubled its headcount to 187 employees from the same period last year. Bennett believes the company is now in self-sustaining position. “I think we have a great sustainable business and so we, in some sense runway is infinite, and we are building a great profitable business.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Manila-based Humble Sustainability is a circular economy startup that wants to keep it out of the Philippines’ landfills. Humble Sustainability founders Niña Opida and Josef Werker. Image Credits: Humble Sustainability. Humble was founded in 2021 by CEO Josef Werker and COO Niña Opida.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Atarraya , creator of Shrimpbox, a sustainable “plug-and-play” shrimp farming technology, is swimming to the surface after being in stealth mode since 2019. We wanted to make the shrimp business more sustainable and more efficient without destroying the environment,” Russek said. “We million in Series A dollars, and a new U.S.

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