Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The post DFC backs women’s health startup Kasha Global appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, February 18 — Rwanda-based Kasha Global operates an e-commerce platform to improve low-income women’s access to menstrual care products, contraceptives, pharmaceuticals and.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. The post Nurturing local health startups in the communities that need them most appeared first on ImpactAlpha. In partnership with J&J Impact Ventures, ImpactAlpha is exploring.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

These new tools — under development or in the early phases of testing — are helping put numbers to the abstract concept of regenerative agriculture and helping measure metrics such as biodiversity, carbon sequestration and other soil health considerations. . Mapping soil health with satellite data and remote sensors.

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TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

startup Deep Blue Biotech is putting its energies. The biotech startup founded in […] © 2024 TechCrunch. Decarbonizing our economies in the race to fight climate change demands a wholesale overhauling of all sorts of production processes to make them as sustainable as possible. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups to participate in its sustainability accelerator programme. Companies selected fall across the broad themes of Net Zero, Circular World, Society, Health and Food. Zelemiq – A technology company developing solutions for the growing health tracker and medical device market.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 31, 2020

It's debatable whether venture capital is the best way to fund cleantech startups at scale. But the reality is that an influential incubator or fund is often the first rung on a cleantech startup's ladder to growth. The full Trailblazers list includes buzzed-about startups such as Dandelion , Leap and Heliolytics.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 4, 2020

ImpactAlpha, June 4 – Israel-based venture investing platform OurCrowd wants to support emerging health and medical tech innovations, as well as startups addressing social needs, like education access. The post OurCrowd eyes $100 million for “pandemic tech” startups appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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TechCrunch: Climate

OCTOBER 10, 2024

But it’s not every day you come across a startup that’s using genetic engineering to produce natural rubber — a substance that’s challenging to reproduce in a lab because of how long its polymer is. The synthetic biology and precision fermentation space is a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity these days.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

To try to stay on top of things, I’ll run quarterly roundups that highlight startups with the potential to move the needle on sustainability. Fat is the secret ingredient that defines how meat looks, cooks and tastes," said Max Jamilly, co-founder of Hoxton Farms, a startup aiming to grow animal fat in the lab. Food System Startups.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A handful of large funding rounds boosted the total, but early-stage impact startups comprised a significant share of the smaller deals. Companies supporting India’s digital transition, particularly in health, education. The post Indian startups and social ventures attracted $1.8

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 19, 2020

ImpactAlpha, October 19 – Back in July, Axios reported that Clinton was “kicking around the idea” for a venture fund to invest in two sectors most impacted by the global pandemic: health and education. The post Chelsea Clinton’s VC fund backs edtech startup Fiveable appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

Indian insect biotech startup Loopworm has raised $3.4 Loopworm is the first Indian technology startup to farm insects for animal feed. The investment is Omnivore’s second investment under its OmniX Bio initiative, which backs early-stage agrifood life science startups. . Regional fundraising. ” What they’re saying.

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TechCrunch: Climate

MARCH 5, 2025

startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding. Founded in 2019 in London, Epoch Biodesign now a 30+ strong multidisciplinary team of chemists, biologists and software engineers.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Family, community, health, creativity — those are the things that light me up, give me meaning. I’ve landed clients at big companies including Google, Apple, Facebook, Levi Strauss, Airbnb and Mars, as well as startups and nonprofits. It became crystal clear: I would honor my health. I’d gotten what I thought I wanted.

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GreenBiz

JULY 23, 2021

But there’s an increasing number of startups in this space who make products that taste great, are healthy and come with a much smaller environmental footprint than the traditional products they’re emulating. . If you’re not much of a home cook, the New York-based startup AKUA might have a good solution for you. Kelp is the new kale.

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TechCrunch: Climate

APRIL 8, 2025

On Monday, the de-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences announced its most ambitious results to date: the dire wolf. These are creatures that have been extinct for more than 12,000 years and made famous by the HBO show “Game of Thrones.”

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 8, 2024

The result is low carbon, energy efficient heating, cooling and hot water to homes, offices, aquatic centres, health and educational facilities as well as district heating and industrial applications such as process heat and greenhouses. geothermal pools) or indirectly with a heat pump.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 26, 2024

Twenty-four startups joined our community in Q1 2024, working on innovations ranging from biobased building materials, to sustainable rubber, to solar-powered flight. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! The startup is participating in Go Build 2023.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 17, 2024

Editor’s note: This guest post is sponsored by Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. The post Innovative startups are changing the landscape of health impact everywhere. In partnership with. Are investors aware? appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 1, 2021

The post Rubio Impact Ventures backs surgical care tech startup Incision appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, June 1 — Amsterdam-based Incision launched in 2014 to help surgeons and other operating room staff share surgical experiences, skills and expertise.

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TechCrunch: Climate

MAY 22, 2024

But Finnish biotech startup Enifer is cooking up something even older: Its proprietary single-cell fungus-based protein, branded Pekilo, was originally developed in the 1960s and ’70s — by, of all things, the local paper industry.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 30, 2020

ImpactAlpha, January 30 – After eleven years and more than 100 investments in early-stage startups, Village Capital is getting into the fund management business. Village Capital is looking to build a “family The post Village Capital kicks off fund strategy with MetLife-backed financial health fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The recurring, year-long program welcomes seven startups led by underrepresented founders Somerville, Mass. The recurring, year-long program welcomes seven startups led by underrepresented founders Somerville, Mass. The selected founding teams will each receive a non-dilutive $25k grant to support their startup’s growth.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The latest iteration of the Greentown Launch corporate partnerships accelerator, the Healthy Buildings Challenge is focused on solutions that optimize for the health of people and the climate and aims to foster collaboration between Saint-Gobain and the participating startups, with support from MassCEC. Somerville, Mass.,

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 13, 2023

ImpactAlpha, March 13 – At the end of a nervous weekend, disaster was averted for Silicon Valley’s ecosystem of climate tech, health tech. The post Climate tech and other startups exhale after the U.S. backstops Silicon Valley Bank depositors appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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TechCrunch: Climate

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The offices of plant-based protein startup Heura are tucked away down a narrow street a short distance from one of Barcelona’s main tourist draws.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2022

That’s why Gunnison founded Zero , a Greentown Labs startup and Healthy Buildings Challenge participant that’s built software to simplify home retrofits and deploy decarbonization solutions at scale. “I The post Meet Zero, the Startup Determined to Scale Single-family Home Electrification appeared first on Greentown Labs.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Harrowing statistics from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work state that quarry workers are twice as likely to be killed in an accident than construction workers, and thirteen times more likely than those working in manufacturing. Crucially, the system could offer startup when starting the jaw crusher from full.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 25, 2024

Editor’s note: This guest post is sponsored by Impact Ventures by J&J Foundation, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. The post Elevating Outcomes Beyond Clinics: Investing in diverse-led startups to advance health equity in the US appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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TechCrunch: Climate

MARCH 24, 2025

Calling all tech innovators, startup fanatics, marketing gurus, and emerging VCs this is your moment! You’ve waited long enough, and now the time has come to step into the spotlight at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 2729 in San Francisco.

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TechCrunch: Climate

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Over the last three days, 20 startups participated in the incredibly competitive Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt. These 20 companies were selected as the best of the Startup Battlefield 200 and competed for a chance to take home the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000. The […]

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CleanTech San Diego

JUNE 14, 2021

SCEIN is an accelerator program for clean energy startups based in San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial counties that are developing technologies to help California meet its clean energy goals. Cleantech San Diego launched the program in 2016. Share this.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

#Greentown10 is a celebration of the startups, partners, ecosystem collaborators, and other climate champions who have worked together over Greentown’s first decade. Both startups and corporates have enormous roles to play in tackling the climate crisis, and their impact is most significant when they work together.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

BlocPower , a New York-based startup, wants to flip that path to adoption upside down. Core to this strategy is keeping the benefit of building electrification in these communities — creating jobs, improving health and saving households money. This is especially bad in smaller apartments — where low-income families tend to live. .

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Consumption of animal products should and will decrease, but many alt protein brands and startups will disappear before that happens. The twist: No one disputes that these efforts will be good for soil health. First, alternatives have a tiny market share because animal meat is cheap and, for now, tastes better.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 28, 2022

This spring, we wrapped up the Greentown Go Healthy Buildings Challenge —a startup-corporate partnerships accelerator with Saint-Gobain and supported by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)—which advanced building technologies that promote the health of both people and the planet. .

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