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- All roads result in acquisition: Manish writes that after Japan’s Geniee acquired AdPushup-operator Zelto for $70 million. He known as the deal “a remarkable turnaround” for Zelto, an organization that has stared down a couple of near-death experiences, together with money circulation and product market match issues, throughout its 10-year-old life.
- Sweet (South) Carolina, bup, bup, bup: VW-backed Scout Motors has plans to construct a $2 billion manufacturing facility in South Carolina to provide its all-electric automobiles. Tim Stevens has extra.
- Fined: Manish additionally writes about India’s central financial institution, which fined Amazon’s funds unit over $370,000, claiming the corporate was noncompliant with sure know-your-customer tips.
Startups and VC
While most established automotive gamers name the photographs from sprawling, company palaces, Scout bases a lot of its operations — at the least for now — out of a WeWork close to Washington, D.C., Tim Stevens reviews. Scout Motors’ base of operations will finally “anchor” close to the $2 billion manufacturing facility in South Carolina that was introduced Friday, and the corporate plans to deliver rugged, retro cred to the EV period.
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To repair the local weather, these 10 buyers are betting the home on the ocean
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Tapping the ocean for vitality led to disasters just like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which launched practically 5 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Today, wind energy and wave motion are simply two applied sciences main buyers to take a more in-depth have a look at ocean conservation expertise, reviews Tim De Chant. To study extra in regards to the alternatives they’re chasing and to find how local weather change is shaping their funding thesis, he surveyed:
- Daniela V. Fernandez, founder and CEO of Sustainable Ocean Alliance, managing accomplice at Seabird Ventures
- Tim Agnew, basic accomplice, Bold Ocean Ventures
- Peter Bryant, program director (oceans), Builders Initiative
- Kate Danaher, managing director (oceans and seafood), S2G Ventures
- Francis O’Sullivan, managing director (oceans and seafood), S2G Ventures
- Stephan Feilhauer, managing director (clear vitality), S2G Ventures
- Sanjeev Krishnan, senior managing director and chief funding officer, S2G Ventures
- Rita Sousa, accomplice, Faber Ventures
- Christian Lim, managing director, SWEN Blue Ocean Partners
- Reece Pacheco, accomplice, Propeller
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Big Tech Inc.
It was solely a matter of time earlier than one other firm would attempt to mimic what Instacart has going for it. Today that’s Uber. Rebecca writes that Uber is coming for Instacart with some updates to its one-year-old Shop and Pay function that lets supply employees decide in to receiving journeys to do grocery or different retail purchasing for prospects earlier than dropping off orders on the buyer’s door. “Basically, it’s Uber’s attempt to follow the Instacart model, which is working well for the incumbent grocery delivery company,” she reviews.
Autonomous trucking firm Embark Trucks, which went public in 2021, is now shedding about 230 employees because it explores liquidating its self-driving truck property, Kirsten reviews.
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