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B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups

TechCrunch

Those that innovate now to introduce adjacent services will emerge as winners in the next few years, with some inevitably becoming billion-dollar companies. Compliance: In some verticals, particularly those related to healthcare and chemicals, there is a heavy compliance burden to ensure goods are properly sourced and transported.

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Escalate and Intensify Company Wide Innovation Focus Even in Tough Times

Planbox

Register now for Escalate and Intensify Company Wide Innovation Focus Even in Tough Times. Joining James Staten will be Ludwig Melik, CEO of Planbox, who will provide an innovation breakdown structure, and delve into the platform AND program required to drive out a broader portfolio of innovation efforts. WILMINGTON, Del.,

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Financial IT leaders prep for a quantum-fueled future

CIO

The premise is that even if a few individual components underperform, the rest buoy the net result, delivering a fairly predictable return over a fixed amount of time. Their work earned them a 2023 US CIO 100 Award for IT innovation and leadership.

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To fix the climate, these 10 investors are betting the house on the ocean

TechCrunch

Now, they’ve started to cast their nets wider for other, adjacent opportunities. It’s also been encouraging to see governments taking action to truly prioritize and create financial incentives for investing in climate/ocean innovations, such as the bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in the U.S.

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Heura tucks into $20M funding chunk for its plant-based proteins ahead of beefier B round next year

TechCrunch

We have a clear vision, and this new funding will help us transition from a successful Spanish plant-based company, to a net positive food-tech startup that’s leading the protein transition across Europe.

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Quantum technology Is it a solution for some of our biggest sustainability challenges?

Capgemini

Facebook Twitter Linkedin Society must find a way to act on climate change, deliver on net-zero ambitions and meet long-term goals for sustainable development. We are a long way from meeting net zero ambitions or achieving our SDGs through the application of quantum. Gireesh Kumar Neelakantaiah 23 Nov 2022.

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7 major trends shaping the future of the semiconductor industry

Capgemini

The last several years have welcomed a new set of challenges that have impacted the industry and propelled it towards innovation. There is an urgent need to establish metrics and develop a measurable roadmap to achieve net zero, and sustainable procurement is gaining attraction in the market.

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