Jim Conca

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The NASA’s Kilopower project is developing a tiny nuclear reactor that is perfect for powering a colony on Mars or the Moon, fueling a large spacecraft to a distant star, or operating a mining operation in the asteroid belt. No other power source can do it.

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Energy Energy 219

AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 29, 2018

Editor’s Note: Bits x Bites is China’s first accelerator VC to invest in early-stage food tech startups. Built by a former BCG management consultant and founder of a Shanghai-based online farmers market, the program focuses on fostering transformative businesses to tackle China’s food safety and other systematic food challenges. Here the Bits x Bites team breaks down key trends and milestone announcements that have been happening in China—the world’s biggest market for meat. .

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Meat alternatives Startups Innovation Health 52

Solar Sister

JANUARY 31, 2018

Solar Sister data shows that mobility, specifically access to motorbikes, is a major factor for success among Solar Sister entrepreneurs serving last mile communities. Mobility is most relevant when it comes to the ability to access a motorbike, known as “boda-boda” in Tanzania or “okada” in Nigeria. Comparing our sales data to transport access, Solar Sister finds that entrepreneurs with access to a motorbike for their businesses outperform all other entrepreneurs, even those with access to a pr

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Climate-KIC

JANUARY 31, 2018

How can businesses get their suppliers to act on climate? Which country’s power grid could absorb 40 per cent of the EV market share? And, can money really ‘grow on trees’? This, and more, in the week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories. 1. On finance, ‘Think Sustainability First’ ‘Think Sustainability First’ must be a principle […].

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

Sustainability

AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 29, 2018

*First Published August 23, 2017. Updated January 29, 2018 to reflect new investment from Tyson Foods. . Tyson Foods ‘ venture arm has joined the laundry list of well-known investors backing c ultured meat developer Memphis Meats. The San Francisco-based company raised a $17 million Series A round in August. The value of the Tyson investment was undisclosed other than to specify that Tyson has taken a minority stake in the company. .

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Startups Investment Sustainability Organic 52

AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 29, 2018

Editor’s Note: Bits x Bites is China’s first accelerator VC to invest in early-stage food tech startups. Built by a former BCG management consultant and founder of a Shanghai-based online farmers market, the program focuses on fostering transformative businesses to tackle China’s food safety and other systematic food challenges. Here the Bits x Bites team breaks down key trends and milestone announcements that have been happening in China—the world’s biggest market for meat. .

Meat alternatives 52

Meat alternatives Startups Innovation Health 52

Climate-KIC

JANUARY 28, 2018

Paul Shapiro of the Humane Society has released a new book, “Clean Meat: How Eating Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World,” which details how ‘clean meat’ (meat grown from animal cells, for example) could help mitigate climate change by replacing polluting factory farming practices. Farming, livestock, and clearing of land for agriculture […].

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