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Techstars unveils sustainability-focused acceleration program in Paris

TechCrunch

Techstars , a network of startup accelerators and an investment company, is launching a new accelerator in Paris called Techstars Sustainability Paris. With this sustainability-focused accelerator, Techstars is hitting the reboot button. Every year, Techstars Sustainability Paris plans to accept 24 startups across two batches.

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Unicorn Bio is building the hardware to scale cultivated meat from lab to table

TechCrunch

“Using this legacy hardware to cultivate meat requires one to reengineer the cells. Our approach and core conviction is that it is actually easier, and ultimately better, to design new hardware systems aimed to foster the growth around the cells, rather than trying to fit these cells to existing engineering systems.”

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Why the next big entrepreneur must come from climate tech

TechCrunch

We already have several multibillion-dollar tech and biotech venture and growth funds; now is time for several multibillion-dollar climate tech funds globally. The next Jack Dorsey needs to create a new cement or other building material to create sustainable buildings. The moral imperative. I know it is a capital-intensive sector.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

billion in research and innovation it has to spend this year. Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people.

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Dutch startup hub Utrecht emerges from Amsterdam’s shadow

TechCrunch

Our survey respondents think the ecosystem is strong in sustainable energy, medtech, food tech, life sciences, marketplaces, deep tech, gaming and media. However, they seem to think it’s weaker in design, hardware, fintech, robotics and agritech. Digital, gaming, e-health, edtech, sustainability. Utrecht is a bit lagging.”

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Highlights from Berkeley SkyDeck’s virtual demo day

TechCrunch

Our innovative solution opens an exciting era of personalized medicine in diabetes.”. This results in operational cost reduction by eliminating the need to replace their existing fleet and yields a safer, more efficient and sustainable transportation system,” CEO Raghavender Sahdev tells TechCrunch. NuPort Robotics. The Hurd Co.

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The Financialization of Disruptive Technology

The Agile Manager

Organize for innovation , re-acquire lost tribal knowledge , challenge - but respect - commercial orthodoxy , and constantly re-apply what you learn to change the rules of engagement in an industry. A recent FT Lex article on biotech investing drives the point home: "A 20-year study found only one-fifth of exits were profitable.