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Kenya-based aquaculture tech Victory Farms nets $5M funding to expand into new markets

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Joseph Rehmann founded Victory Farms in 2015. In 2015, Rehmann teamed up with his longtime business partner Steve Moran to explore Lake Victoria and perform some feasibility studies on how they could use technology to disrupt the country’s cold chain markets. billion fish deficit.

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Berlin’s Kaiko Systems nets €2M to help maritime technical operations go paperless

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The average cost of shipping a standard large container reached $10,000 in 2021 , but from 2015 to 2020, the number largely trended below $2,000. The spike in cost was in part due to an increase in global consumption, ports shut down by COVID-19 and supply chain disruptions during the outbreak, the founder explained.

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Nerdy, a tutoring marketplace startup, is going public via SPAC

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Nerdy will merge with TPG Pace Tech Opportunities (NYSE: PACE), a publicly traded SPAC since 2015. TechCrunch reviewed the Nerdy-SPAC investor presentation, which can be read here. Its 2020 estimates list an anticipated net loss of $23 million, which is more than it lost in 2019 but less than its 2018 deficit.

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Helion raises $2.2B to commercialize fusion energy

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Existing investors, including co-founder of Facebook Dustin Moskovitz, Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital and notable sustainable tech investor Capricorn Investment Group also participated in the round. Round-leader Altman has been involved in the company as an investor and chairman since 2015. Animation courtesy of Helion Energy.

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Sono Motors has gone public, aims to get Sion solar electric vehicle to market by 2023

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They started on the construction of a solar electric vehicle pre-prototype to prove that renewable energies can help solve the transportation emissions problem, and by 2015, they had a working model. before the market closed. The company’s path to market is twofold. ” Hahn told TechCrunch.

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Opendoor alums raise $7.75M for Kindred, a home-swapping network it says makes travel ‘dramatically more affordable’

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Palefsky started at the real estate tech company in 2015 when it had just 30 employees. Kindred does accept people without an invite to a waitlist and if there is enough demand in a particular market, it will consider allowing them to be a member. When she left in 2019, the startup had 1,500 employees.

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Tackling touchpoints on your customer’s path to purchase

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Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. 5 growth marketing predictions for 2022. A lean startup’s growth marketing tech stack. Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups. Retargeting.