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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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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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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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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

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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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

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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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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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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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

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

JANUARY 31, 2023

That’s when the duo pivoted from their first startup — a sustainable architecture crowdfunding platform, called Xquare. billion) in terms of the construction cost for sustainable architecture — like zero-energy buildings and LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings. trillion won ($1.3

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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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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

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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The massive valuations and funding rounds of 2021 left some room for optimism around the state of the Israeli cybersecurity industry in 2022, instilling a sense of security in Q1 of the new year. billion in 2021 to $3.22 billion this year, and the number of funding rounds decreased from 135 in 2021 to 94.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Operating in Germany, Austria, Ireland, France, Italy and Poland, the startup plans to expand to three other countries by the end of 2021. Riku Asikainen at Evli Growth Partners said: “We see the huge potential behind the way Refurbed contributes to a sustainable, circular economy.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

In its Road to Next report released Tuesday, Deloitte found that even though overall investment in work software companies is down from the lofty heights it reached in 2021, the segment still accounted for 15% of total expansion-stage deal value in 2022 (per PitchBook). million in 2021 to $35 million in 2022.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

— natasha (@nmasc_) February 16, 2021. Here’s what to know via Jet co-founder Nate Faust : He sold his business to Walmart for $3 billion in 2016, and now he’s back to compete with Amazon with a sustainable e-commerce play. TC Sessions: Justice 2021 kicks off in two weeks. TC Sessions: Justice 2021 kicks off in two weeks.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

ClicOH, a 2021 Y Combinator alum, operates in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Uruguay, and its proprietary technology enables sellers to track shipments in real time via a dashboard with key indicators and traceability. That was one of the big drivers for the company to go after additional funding, he said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

4 ways startups will drive GPT-3 adoption in 2021. In 2021, this technology will power the launch of a thousand new startups and applications. 4 ways startups will drive GPT-3 adoption in 2021. To date, Q1 2021 is ahead and is thus guaranteed to set a new record, having already bested the preceding all-time high.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In an era marked by heightened environmental, social and governance (ESG) scrutiny and rapid artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, the integration of actionable sustainable principles in enterprise architecture (EA) is indispensable. Is your IT sustainable? since 2007. GTP-4 is rumoured to be 10x times larger.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

After a dizzying ascent, the basket of public software companies has given back all its gains since May 2021, and is not that far from losing 50% of its value since it reached record highs in late 2021. But that, of course, was not sustainable.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

George Sandilands, CEO & Co-founder, Spherics, added: “Our vision and mission align very much with Sage’s core values, and we are excited to embark on this new journey to help SMBs knock down barriers to a more sustainable future.

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