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Doing Diligence Well In Venture Investing: Going Back To The Future

Crunchbase News

By Nicolas Sauvage Due diligence has made a comeback. On an average deal, VCs would spend 118 hours on due diligence and call 10 references. The assumption was often that someone else had already done the diligence. With that, high-quality diligence has returned, and it is both art and a science.

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

TechCrunch

When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. The money to make it happen, however? That leaves a thing or two to be desired.

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Sustainability data platform Worldfavor fuels up for ecosystem opportunities

TechCrunch

More funding for sustainability reporting: Sweden’s Worldfavor , an early mover platform focused on building digital infrastructure to support supply chain transparency and cater to organizations’ ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting needs, has bagged €10.2 million in Series A funding to step on the growth gas.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO

IT leaders must rigorously assess their partners’ talent management and development strategies, build greater trust and transparency into the relationships, and invest in greater partner governance. Many of the new skills are in rare supply, as are team leaders experienced in this new development paradigm.”

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How PwC and SAP are doing right by helping clients unlock ESG value

CIO

Achieving environmental, social, and governance (ESG) targets can increase a company’s worth beyond the feel-good. Creating value with Environmental Social and Governance A McKinsey study reveals 5 ways that ESG creates value. The objective is to increase transparency in supply chains and to bolster human rights.

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ODC-Noord: The Netherland’s northernmost government data center is committed to a zero carbon future

CIO

One of four government data centers in the Netherlands, Overheidsdatacenter Noord (ODC-Noord), the northernmost facility of its kind in The Netherlands, is located in the picturesque city of Groningen. These include numerous government ministries and agencies that serve citizens of the Netherlands.

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What is SAFe? A framework for scaling business agility

CIO

SAFe is particularly well-suited to complex projects that involve multiple large teams at the project, program, and portfolio levels. An ART is a team comprised of agile teams that, along with stakeholders, develop one or more solutions in a value stream. Apply systems thinking into all facets of development.

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