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SWVL plans to lay off 32% of its team two months after going public

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B2C business is also expected to be contribution margin positive before the end of 2022. – Benefits from a world class engineering and product team and technology stack which allows for scalability and sustainable growth. . No matter how big, resources are not infinite; cash is meant to be responsibly utilized.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

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I am looking for easy, scalable solutions with a great team. Unfortunately for us, typical B2C cases are rather scarce. Also sustainability will hopefully be put back on the agenda. I also think that femtech is a hyped category but funding as well as renown exits are still missing.

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

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The Sion is expected to have a range of 190 miles using a 54 kwH lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery, supplied by China’s BYD, that is considered to be more sustainable because it doesn’t have manganese, nickel or cobalt — precious metals that have a high environmental and ethical impact.

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What we learned at MWC Barcelona 2023

Capgemini

We also learnt the future telco networks are going to be more sustainable, energy efficient, and mostly open and cloud native. Intel also launched its 4 th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost, which can deliver capacity gains and power savings for telcos. Here are our key takeaways from MWC 2023.

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

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B2C vs. B2B booking software: What is the difference? In the travel management landscape, both B2B and B2C travel booking platforms, developed by individual software vendors (ISVs), serve distinctive roles and cater to different users. B2B vs B2C travel platforms.

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Nym gets $6M for its anonymous overlay mixnet to sell privacy as a service

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Commenting in a statement, Will Wolf of Polychain Capital, said: “We’re incredibly excited to partner with the Nym team to further their mission of bringing robust, sustainable and permissionless privacy infrastructure to all Internet users. Why didn’t mixnets as a technology take off before, though?

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

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In Norway, sustainability-focused companies. Strong B2B, weak B2C, lots of SDG focus. In general: Proven scalability in a massive global market opportunity, with a (both) nice and savvy founding team. Its attractiveness was obviously declining pre-COVID as well, but the crisis has only made the sustainable shift stronger.

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