Author: Filipe Kiss
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Top 100 Alternative Protein startups
Alternative protein has been one of the fastest growing segments in Foodtech. Between 2016 and 2021, VC investment grew 17x to $5.1 billion. With $2.7 billion, this year’s VC investment has slowed down compared to 2021 and 2020. However, there are still many promising and investible startups. We’ve ranked the top alternative protein startups to watch globally…
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Going green with climate fintech
Climate fintech took centre stage at the COP27 climate talks this week. The success of the summit heavily depends on finding an agreement on the “loss and damage” mechanism to scale up financing for developing countries which are being heavily hit by climate change. The exact mechanism and conditions are however hard to reach a…
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Circular Economy & COP27
With the second week of COP, the international eyes are focused on sustainability and climate discussions. In light of developments and discussions surrounding how economies can finance climate transition, we’ve launched a landscape of 215+ startups in the circular economy ecosystem. Why the Circular Economy? It is estimated that of the 100 billion tonnes of…
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The State of Impact Startups & VCs in 2022
Are impact startups recession-proof? Once again for ImpactFest, we check in on the state of global impact startups, in partnership with ImpactCity, Tech Nation and Danske Bank. [report-download index=”1″/] How big is the impact innovation ecosystem? The sheer size of impact tech may be a surprise to some – the combined value of impact tech companies…
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Ecosystem Spotlight: 5 Questions to… ImpactCity
What is unique about your ecosystem that you’d like to share with an international audience? In The Hague, an international city of peace and justice, people have been working to make the world a better place for more than 100 years. Ever since the first International Peace Conference was held in The Hague in 1899,…
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Crypto chess – checkmate for FTX
The biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, Binance, has pulled out of its buyout of FTX, its largest competitor, after corporate due diligence. The “Prince of Risk” Sam Bankman has lost quite a big bet here. This story singles out some of the worst characteristics of the crypto market: Interconnectedness and the systemic danger it…
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Emissions-tackling Marketplaces
Sustainability-focussed digital marketplaces are emerging to play a role in helping countries deal with rising global temperatures, carbon emissions and energy transition. With diverse applications from carpooling platforms, energy marketplaces and food waste reduction apps, products are emerging to service every part of our emissions-generating economies. Altogether, impact marketplace funding reached $1.2B in Q3 2022,…
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Urban tech passes 100 unicorn milestone, but funding momentum has eased
As the UN’s climate conference COP27 takes place in Sharm El Sheikh, a new report by Dealroom and 2150 explores the state of Urban Tech innovation and entrepreneurship. Climate risk is accelerating and cities will play a key role in ensuring we can hit sustainability targets. Urban technologies can support us rethinking and renovating our…
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50x in 10 years – South Eastern European startups have arrived
Startups in South Eastern Europe have definitively gone from zero to one. With a startup ecosystem that has grown in value 50x in the last decade, this under-hyped corner of Europe is among the fastest-growing on the continent. In partnership with the European Investment Fund, European Investment Bank and Bulgarian Venture Capital association, we explore…
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Is D2C doomed?
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) ecommerce was one of the hottest trends of 2020 and 2021. A pandemic-fuelled boom in online shopping triggered an influx of funding for D2C startups, particularly at early-stage. A year on, as people are back in physical stores, and a cost of living crisis is sweeping many of the world’s richest countries, and…