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Helion raises $2.2B to commercialize fusion energy

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Helion Energy , a clean energy company committed to creating a new era of plentiful, zero-carbon electricity from fusion, today announced the close of its $0.5 Animation courtesy of Helion Energy. “Some projects in the fusion space talk about heat, or energy, or other things. .”

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14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies

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Last year, round sizes for climate tech startups quadrupled, with more than 600 investments totaling over $40 billion. Shayle Kann , partner, Energy Impact Partners. What is your climate tech investment thesis in H1 2022? Which technologies are you paying attention to right now? Robert Downey Jr. ,

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For founders who want to launch apps, ‘being non-technical is not a limitation’

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Our clients are often very focused on the hardware side, which requires us to be more diligent when working on the software/firmware side of the project to ensure everything will work together smoothly. Our PM and UX teams also conduct workshops, as we typically work with net-new project types and things that we haven’t done before.

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Elevate your digital transformation with impactful sustainability

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And the importance of energy efficiency for enterprise IT cannot be overstated. With the paradigm shift from the on-premises data center to a decentralized edge infrastructure, companies are on a journey to build more flexible, scalable, distributed IT architectures, and they need experienced technology partners to support the transition.

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Banyan wants to unlock financing for a (more) sustainable future

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When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. With its $25 million Series B funding — which takes its total funding to over $42 million — Banyan Infrastructure is seeking to align sustainable project finance with the technology it is meant to support and develop.

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Accacia tackles the real estate industry’s massive carbon emissions problem

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Climate change-led flash floods, hurricanes and forest fires have impacted property prices globally and rising energy costs have necessitated the use of alternative energy sources,” she told TechCrunch. It is also used by consulting firms that are serving real estate and infrastructure companies that have set net-zero goals.

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IT Vortex: The Effort to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions is Far More Than a Business Goal

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But that depends on our ability and commitment to take care of it properly.” — Lou Corriero, Vice President of Cloud Technologies at IT Vortex. Lou Corriero, Vice President of Cloud Technologies at IT Vortex, notes that the organization frees its customers to focus on their businesses, not the IT required to run them.

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