Meta’s former CTO has a new $50 million project: ocean-based carbon removal

June 6, 2023
A nonprofit formed by Mike Schroepfer, Meta’s former chief technology officer, is spinning out a new organization dedicated to accelerating research into ocean alkalinity enhancement—one potential means of leveraging the seas to suck up and store away even more carbon dioxide. Additional Ventures, cofounded by Schroepfer, and a group of other foundations have committed $50…

Nuview’s lidar satellites hit $15M in funding as Leonardo DiCaprio joins latest round

June 6, 2023

Nuview, a startup that wants to map the entire landmass of the Earth on an annual basis using space-based light detection and ranging (lidar) technology, has raised $15 million so far, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. That capital includes a $3 million seed round and an in-progress Series A, of which $12 million has closed so […]

Nuview’s lidar satellites hit $15M in funding as Leonardo DiCaprio joins latest round by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

As SEC files motion to freeze Binance assets, crypto market remains green

June 6, 2023

A day after the SEC filed 13 charges against Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao, as well as BAM Trading and BAM Management, it has requested a temporary restraining order to freeze assets for all of the parties involved, according to a filing on Tuesday. The filing shows that the motion was granted. The order is […]

As SEC files motion to freeze Binance assets, crypto market remains green by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch