Impact Alpha

JULY 11, 2024

The post TPG Rise Fund leads $90 million investment in AI for ‘smart cities’ appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Don’t even think about parking in that bus zone. Buses in Oakland, Calif., last month were outfitted with AI-powered cameras to detect parking.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 23, 2024

The post How impact investments in Anthropic can strengthen responsible innovation in tech appeared first on ImpactAlpha. In the realm of AI discourse, much attention is directed towards fostering responsible development of the technology itself (e.g. Is it free from.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Acelerex pairs clean energy and storage technologies with proprietary software innovations of AI, IoT devices, blockchain, big data, data mining, cloud computing, and real time optimization algorithms. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Electricity.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As part of the project, data confidentiality procedures and blockchain layers will be used to increase security and privacy in grid data management. In southern Spain, Cuerva Energia is leading a demo focussed on IoT, blockchain and cybersecurity in a substation and connected microgrid. Have you read?

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Crypto’s rise, then fall, then recent rise again, presents an opportunity for venture capitalists to invest more. The post ESG and FTX: How VCs can invest more responsibility into crypto this time around appeared first on ImpactAlpha. This crypto rally can be different.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

We are presented with a rare opportunity to invest in new innovations, rebuild our data and power infrastructures and supply chains to restore and strengthen the economy while healing the environment. We already have demonstrated the efficacy of investments directed to electrical distribution, water, transportation and renewable energy.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 5, 2022

5 – You may be pleased to learn that our new artificial-intelligence overlords are hip to impact investing. The post What OpenAI’s new chatbot knows about impact investing appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec. Take a look.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 9, 2023

The post Generative AI opportunities and risks for impact investing in education appeared first on ImpactAlpha. OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT took just two months to reach 100 million users. As impact investors, we’re excited about how generative AI might contribute.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

This forms part of an AED10 billion investment in transmission in the period 2021 to 2024 from the tech driven utility, whose motto is “Your happiness is our priority”, and is reported as part of efforts to provide an advanced infrastructure that keeps pace with the increasing demand for energy in Dubai. billion or almost US$0.5

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 26, 2023

The post Capria scores backing from Gates Ventures and others to invest in the Global South appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Emerging markets-focused venture investor Capria Ventures closed its first, $57 million fund in June 2020. “It It was a lousy time to raise and.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 22, 2022

Trilliant, an international provider of solutions for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), smart grid, smart cities and IoT, has announced the start of its manufacturing in Malaysia. Have you read: Smart energy finance weekly European Investment Bank approves €4 billion in smart energy financing. Trilliant’s APAC expansion.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Technology like artificial intelligence (AI), sensors and blockchain are enabling companies to provide cutting-edge products and services for consumers – from virtual gyms to smart water dispensers – and increase operational efficiency as they do. It’s changed how we communicate, shop, travel, to how we get the food on our plate.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 13, 2024

C goal for climate, responsible tech needs a clear North Star to guide investments and innovations. Like the 1.5°C To build an ecosystem of. The post Why VC investors need a 1.5°C C goal for responsible tech appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 30, 2019

wants to The post National Grid makes three investments to boost operational resilience appeared first on ImpactAlpha. It’s a cautionary tale about legacy businesses risk exposure amid a changing climate—and it’s one that National Grid, another utility in the U.S.,

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 9, 2022

Connected Kerb has been selected by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) and Newlab for a flagship internet of things (IoT)-enabled electric vehicle charging pilot project, The DOT Studio, to bolster city-wide EV use and infrastructure. Connected Kerb Gecko charger.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 24, 2024

The tools can analyze investment decisions, identifying opportunities and risks. Artificial intelligence will permeate every aspect of finance. AI will become more efficient. The post Realizing the promise and avoiding the perils of AI in impact finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The good news for businesses is that investing in and developing cutting-edge technologies also boosts the bottom line. Here’s how three leading companies are addressing the data center challenge – and reaping the benefits – and why we need more businesses to invest in innovation. zombie servers”). Alphabet (Google).

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 5, 2022

Additionally: bp announces $60 million investment into an EV R&D facility; E.ON bp has unveiled plans to invest up to £50 million ($60 million) in an electric vehicle (EV) battery testing centre and analytical laboratory in the UK. bp injects £50m into global battery R&D centre.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 8, 2020

8 – Financial technology has transformed how we pay for things, invest, raise money, and assess risk. ImpactAlpha, Dec. A new focus: making. The post Can fintech startups combat climate change? appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 7, 2021

In an interview with Bloomberg earlier this year, Cornerstone Capital Group CEO Erika Karp said the biggest challenges of ESG investment are data and measurement. Flexidao offers a blockchain platform to track renewable energy generation. and that after 2024, fines totaling as much as $1 trillion to $1.5

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Since 2011, the founders of Better Ventures have provided first-in investment capital to founders of 27 impact tech companies. ImpactAlpha, October 7 – Breakthrough technology is time and resource intensive to get off the ground.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Dolma, which invests in companies having a positive impact in Nepal, partially exited CloudFactory, a U.K.-based ImpactAlpha, November 26 – It took four years for Dolma Impact Fund to raise its $37 million first fund. It only took two years to achieve its first exit.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 23, 2020

We are presented with a rare opportunity to invest in new innovations, rebuild our data and power infrastructures and supply chains to restore and strengthen the economy while healing the environment. We already have demonstrated the efficacy of investments directed to electrical distribution, water, transportation and renewable energy.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 23, 2020

We are presented with a rare opportunity to invest in new innovations, rebuild our data and power infrastructures and supply chains to restore and strengthen the economy while healing the environment. We already have demonstrated the efficacy of investments directed to electrical distribution, water, transportation and renewable energy.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

ImpactAlpha, Nov. 2 – Sofar Ocean’s fleet of solar-powered buoys are equipped with sensors that transmit wind, wave, and temperature data to customers. The post Sofar Ocean nets $39 million for ocean-data collection appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 21, 2023

Editor’s Note: Guillermo Pepe, founder and CEO of Mamotest, elaborates on the opportunity of using AI to expand access to healthcare in new. The post AI is revolutionizing healthcare… but for whom? appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

IBM has spent the past decade advancing smart meter and digital grid technologies around the world, including playing a key role in designing the "Smart Grid Maturity Model" that helped guide investment strategies for hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. We have now just started a Smart Grid Maturity Model 2.0,

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Conference Buyers Guide: An Introduction to Purchasing Carbon Offsets (Workshop):Offsets can help companies reduce their carbon footprints and drive much-needed investment to projects that lower emissions or draw down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But not all offsets are created equal. Yet forest projects come with challenges.

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