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Sustainability catches the eye of Kompas’ shiny new, green-tinted glasses fund

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The firm has an Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv presence, and now has a $160 million sack of funds to deploy across its focus areas: sustainability and technological innovation in the construction, real estate and manufacturing industries. Sebastian Peck and Talia Rafaeli are heading up the new sustainability fund for Kompas.

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Kapacity.io is using AI to drive energy and emissions savings for real estate

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is on a mission to accelerate the decarbonization of buildings by using AI-generated efficiency savings to encourage electrification of commercial real estate — wooing buildings away from reliance on fossil fuels to power their heating and cooling needs. Y Combinator-backed Kapacity.io And Rauhala names the U.K.

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The role of IoT in shaping smart cities

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Cities are embracing smart city initiatives to address these challenges, leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT) as the cornerstone for data-driven decision making and optimized urban operations. According to IDC, the IoT market in the Middle East and Africa is set to surpass $30.2 Popular examples include NB-IoT and LoRaWAN.

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Infogrid raises $90M for its AI-driven building monitoring tech

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” Infogrid’s platform, powered by AI, gathers and analyzes data from internet of things (IoT) sensors to help property managers and owners optimize the performance of their various buildings — at least in theory. The growing number of competitors coincides with an uptick in VC investments in IoT companies.

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Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain why they’re bullish on tech that makes buildings greener

TechCrunch

Spending on getting the world’s real estate to net zero will require $1.7 Also, when transactions slow down, real estate groups tend to focus more on internal operations. Commercial real estate has taken a hit during the pandemic. Those that survive will have an opportunity to expand market share.”.

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Einride founder Robert Falck on his moral obligation to electrify autonomous trucking

TechCrunch

The startup also offers an IoT system called Saga that runs through its fleet and helps the company and its shipping partners optimize routes, and manage and electrify fleets. The main driver behind it is that if you look globally, there’s a huge demand for sustainability. Einride launched its U.S.

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Extra Crunch roundup: China’s new data privacy law, fractional farming, debt vs. equity

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Past recessions and the ongoing pandemic have created real uncertainty about the future of commercial and residential real estate, but farmland is “historically stable,” says Artem Milinchuk, founder and CEO of FarmTogether. Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization.

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