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Pursuit closes $10M fund to spin up a self-sustaining job training program

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Pursuit has raised $10 million in funding for a promising and potentially self-sustaining new model for training up new tech workers in which learners only pay when they land a real position. Program grad Rook Soto and his family. return on it, paying it pack in full plus earnings in 2020. ” Image Credits: Pursuit.

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Female Invest acquires sustainability-focused investment platform Gaia Investments

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The Copenhagen-based startup announced the acquisition of fellow Danish fintech Gaia Investments this week with plans to integrate the trading platform, which focuses on investing in companies with sustainability goals, into its app. ” She added that she thinks the platform gets that request so often because its users trust it.

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Accelerate Sustainable Digital Transformation in the Oil & Gas Industry

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Innovation underpins corporate sustainability efforts. From an investment standpoint, sustainable solutions can also perform double duty, often yielding significant added value such as productivity and efficiency gains and new revenue streams. of global emissions.

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Why DEI programs are failing

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Businesses have struggled to establish diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) work environments for some time now, but the events of 2020 put a spotlight on just how bad most organizations are at building impactful DEI efforts. Candice Bristow is director of EID and recruiting at Expel Inc. Why equity must come first.

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Boulder Care takes in funding as its opioid telehealth program yields industry-leading retention rates

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Founded in 2017 by Stephanie Strong, the company has a mission to address national overdose rates, particularly with opioid and alcohol use disorders. died from drug overdose in 2020, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids, according to National Institute on Drug Abuse figures. Image Credits: www.ykvision.com.

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Student discount passes available for TC Sessions: Space 2020

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On December 16-17, we’re hosting TC Sessions: Space 2020, a two-day online conference and our first event focused squarely on space technology and the early-stage startups and investors that make it possible. The future of this industry is wide open, and it’s going to require cultivating a deep bench of visionaries to sustain it.

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ADNOC, G42 and Presight partner to accelerate AI solutions

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AI is revolutionizing entire sectors and ADNOC aims to be the most AI-enabled company in the energy industry. ADNOC has developed its digital infrastructure, enabling the company to rapidly expand its business, unlock untapped opportunities, and responsibly supply energy to meet customer needs. Artificial Intelligence

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