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- Exeger takes $38M to ramp up production of its flexible solar cells for self-powered gadgets Tue, 11 May 21, 6:03pmSweden’s Exeger, which for over a decade has been developing flexible solar cell technology (called Powerfoyle) that it touts as efficient enough to power gadgets solely with light, has taken in another tranche of funding...
- As concerns rise over forest carbon offsets, Pachama’s verified offset marketplace gets $15 million Fri, 30 Apr 21, 10:55pmRestoring and preserving the world’s forests has long been considered one of the easiest, lowest-cost and simplest ways to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere...
- SoftBank, Demeter and Coparion invest $3M into Plan A’s B2B carbon monitoring and ESG platform Tue, 9 Mar 21, 9:34pmPlan A, a Berlin-based automated SaaS B2B startup, has raised $3 million for its platform that lets companies measure, monitor, reduce and report their environmental footprint, thus improving their ESG ratings...
- Innovations in inclusive housing Tue, 14 May 19, 6:24amA look at hundreds of startups rebuilding affordable housing from the ground up.
- Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing Tue, 14 May 19, 6:24amHow founders are taking on housing costs worldwide.
- VCs have growing appetite for ‘AgriFood’ Fri, 8 Mar 19, 5:18amVenture investors are pouring billions of dollars into feeding their hunger for food and agriculture startups. Whether that trend line is due to enthusiasm for the sector or just broader heavy investing in the VC space is...
- World's largest solar energy project will be 100 times bigger than any other on the planet Fri, 30 Mar 18, 2:50am200 gigawatts of solar power. $200 billion. 100,000 jobs. Those are the numbers attached to the SoftBank Solar Project, which is set to become the biggest solar farm in the world thanks to a deal signed by Saudi Arabia and...
- Vertical farming startup raises $200M from Alphabet, Jeff Bezos Fri, 21 Jul 17, 11:44pmIndoor vertical farming is on the rise, if a recent funding round for San Francisco startup Plenty is any indication. The company just scored what they say is the largest agriculture technology investment in history. Plenty...
- Meet Pepper, the world’s first robot who can understand your feelings Wed, 24 Jun 15, 10:00pmA new iPhone edition. Rolling Stones tickets. An adorable and emotionally intelligent robot. These are things that sell out in no time flat. “Pepper” is the diminutive robot from Aldebaran, a subsidiary of Japan’s SoftBank...
- Japanese Telecom Firm Softbank To Construct 10 New Solar Power Plants Thu, 26 May 11, 6:20amIn the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, there has been a call for the country to move away from atomic power and towards the mainstream use of alternative energy...