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Backed by Electrolux, Mila raises at a $52M valuation to add smarts to fresh air
Three years ago, Mila showed up on Kickstarter with its smart air purifier. The company created an air cleaner with a choice of different filters to suit the use case (and price point) customers were interested in, along with an impressive array of sensors built into the device itself. Today, the San Francisco-based company announced […]
Backed by Electrolux, Mila raises at a $52M valuation to add smarts to fresh air by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Solo GP Nichole Wischoff raises $20M fund backed by Peter Thiel to invest in ‘unsexy businesses’
Wischoff Ventures closed a second fund of $20 million that will be ‘leaning in heavily on B2B.’
Solo GP Nichole Wischoff raises $20M fund backed by Peter Thiel to invest in ‘unsexy businesses’ by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
Google releases vulnerability scanner for open-source software, backed by community-editable database
The Moneyist: I’m a new mother, and can’t afford to pay $400 to attend a friend’s bachelorette party. Another friend backed out. Should I reconsider?
A New Website Backed By Al Gore Tracks Big Polluters By Name
The emissions tool employs over 300 satellites; sensors on land, planes and ships; as well as artificial intelligence to build models of emission estimates. Right now, it tracks about 72,000 of the highest emitting greenhouse gas sources. That includes every power plant, large ship and large plane in the entire world, Gore said. And that’s just the beginning. By next year, Gore hopes to be tracking millions of major emitting sites. “We will have essentially all of them,” he said. Gore said 75% of the world’s greenhouse emissions come from countries that have made pledges to become carbon-neutral by 2050. “Now that they know exactly where it’s coming from, they have tools that will enable them to reduce their emissions,” he told NPR.
He added that the database, which is free and accessible online, can help inform countries about how much pollution is being emitted by the companies they are working with or considering working with. It is not enough for companies to self-report, he said. For instance, Climate Trace found that the oil and gas industry has been significantly underreporting its emissions. That doesn’t mean companies were intentionally cheating, Gore added. However, he said underreporting prevents governments and the public from staying on track with their net-zero pledge. Six regional governments in Mexico, Europe and Africa have already entered into working agreements for using the tool, Gore said.
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Arsenal news: Gunners backed as outsides for title after fixture change confirmed
VCs who cast a wider net have double backed to CA, says this ex-Sequoia Capital partner
Investor Chris Olsen knows the West Coast VC scene. He spent six years with Sequoia Capital in California before co-founding Drive Capital in Columbus, Ohio, in 2013 based on the theory that the “most compelling emerging market is America, just outside of Silicon Valley,” as he told us early last year. Institutional investors have bought […]
VCs who cast a wider net have double backed to CA, says this ex-Sequoia Capital partner by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
€297m fund for European tech start-ups backed by AIB and ISIF
Johan Kampe of Claret Capital said that despite uncertainty in venture capital funding, the outlook ‘remains positive’ in growth financing.
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