今後は都市化が加速するという予想が一方にあり、他方で急激な気候変動のドライヴァーとして都市がやり玉に上がる時代に、都市と自然の二項対立としてではなく、アウフヘーベンする視点をいかに獲得できるだろうか？ 生命が35億年のあいだ地球環境を改変することで生態系を拡張してきたように、都市を「第三の森」として捉える視座から今週のSZメンバーシップのテーマ「CLIMATE CRISIS」を考察する編集長からのニュースレター。
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Peter Reinhardt leaves Twilio to run his carbon mitigation startup
Peter Reinhardt spent the last decade as CEO at Segment helping to build the customer data platform, selling it to Twilio for $3.2 billion along the way. Today, Reinhardt announced he was leaving Twilio to be full-time CEO at Charm Industrial, a carbon mitigation startup he co-founded in 2018. Reinhardt expressed mixed emotions about leaving, […]
The Equity team’s 2022 predictions
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. As is tradition on the show, we used the last episode of the year to make predictions about the next year. To continue an annual tradition, Grace and Chris joined Natasha and Mary […]
Sectors where New Zealand startups are poised to win
New Zealand has historically been capital-starved, but recent investments have increased access to early-stage VC funding. Now, certain industries are emerging as areas where New Zealand can win.
Global stakeholders should use AI to mitigate impact of heat islands in cities
Interventions involving public health officials, enterprises, governments, communities, nonprofits and tech partners are the way to democratize technology and rectify urban heat island devastation.
Runwise saves money and the planet by educating dumb buildings
In the U.S., around 13% of greenhouse gases are spewed out of commercial and residential buildings. You’d be forgiven for scratching your head and asking why. If you tour a typical New York building, you’ll often find that the tech that runs deep in the underbellies of the brick-clad behemoths looks like the 1960s and […]
UBQ Materials’ plastic replacement product attracts $170M from impact investor TPG Rise
UBQ Materials, which claims it has developed a plastic-like material made from 100% unsorted household waste, has raised a $170 million funding round led by TPG Rise, TPG’s global impact investing platform, made through TPG Rise Climate, the firm’s dedicated climate investing fund, and The Rise Funds, its multi-sector impact investing fund. The financing round […]
Global ClimateTech investment triples, but cash for tech directly cutting emissions lags
Investment from VC and PE into climate tech is booming, reaching $87.5bn over H2 2020 and H1 2021, with in excess of $60bn in the first half of 2021 alone, according to a new report from PWC. This is a 210% increase from the $28.4bn invested in the 12 months prior. Some 14¢ of every […]
Why the next big entrepreneur must come from climate tech
It is a financial and a moral imperative to make climate technology, together with medicine, the main priority of humanity.
Former Lyft CSO and Freestyle Capital co-founder team up to back climate tech startups
When it comes to saving the planet, Raj Kapoor, Lyft’s former chief strategy officer and head of business, doesn’t think asking consumers (or the government) to change their ways is an effective strategy. Instead, he and Josh Felser, the co-founder of Freestyle Capital and a serial entrepreneur, are betting that the future of climate tech […]