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Planeteer launches new pre-seed and seed-stage climate fund
Sophie Purdom is an experienced early-stage climate investor, with investments in Remora, WeaveGrid, Amogy, Sinai, and Patch under her belt. Today, she announced Planeteer Capital, focusing on startups that want to work on challenges related to climate change. The firm won’t comment how big the fund will be, but suggests it had a first close […]
Planeteer launches new pre-seed and seed-stage climate fund by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
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India ordered an investigation into Byju’s days before auditor and board members resigned, report says
India’s corporate affairs ministry ordered an investigation into edtech startup Byju’s last week, television news channel CNBC-TV18 reported Friday, further complicating matters at the most Indian valuable startup that lost both its auditor and three board members on Thursday. The ministry has taken cognizance of “various corporate governance lapses” at Byju’s, the television channel reported, […]
India ordered an investigation into Byju’s days before auditor and board members resigned, report says by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Get a clue, says panel about generative AI: it’s being “deployed as surveillance devices”
Earlier today at a Bloomberg conference in San Francisco, some of the biggest names in AI turned up, including, briefly, Sam Altman of OpenAI, who just ended his two-month world tour, and Stability AI founder Emad Mostaque. Still, one of the most compelling conversations happened later in the afternoon, in a panel discussion about AI […]
Get a clue, says panel about generative AI: it’s being “deployed as surveillance devices” by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
Continuum Space Systems wants to make space mission management easy
Space mission management is a complicated beast, too often characterized by complicated workflows and information siloes that cost organizations time and money. Continuum Space Systems, a two-year old startup based in Pasadena, is looking to change that with its unified platform to support the entire lifecycle of a space mission. To further that goal, Continuum […]
Continuum Space Systems wants to make space mission management easy by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Andreessen Horowitz, Shield Capital back satellite bus manufacturing startup Apex Space
Satellite bus manufacturing startup Apex Space has closed a $16 million Series A round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and new investor Shield Capital, as it prepares for its first demonstration mission early next year. In addition to the new capital, Apex also revealed some of the customers that will be flying payload on that inaugural […]
Andreessen Horowitz, Shield Capital back satellite bus manufacturing startup Apex Space by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Fidelity, Schwab, Citadel backing new crypto exchange EDX signals TradFi’s deeper dive into digital assets
Earlier this week, EDX Markets launched its digital asset platform. But what made this launch catch a lot of attention? Its founding investors.
Fidelity, Schwab, Citadel backing new crypto exchange EDX signals TradFi’s deeper dive into digital assets by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch