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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million

GreenBiz

This morning brings one of the biggest deals yet this year: an infusion of $250 million in new financing for food waste crusader Apeel Sciences. What's more, the funding pushes the Santa Barbara, California-based company's valuation to more than $1 billion — a status dubbed in VC circles as "unicorn.".

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When it comes to climate investment funds, diverse management is imperative

GreenBiz

The engine behind green business is the same as any business: capital. And while social, human and natural capital are all critical, financial capital is the one form that systemically fails the companies and leaders working on the most impactful solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals. In a 2019 study , the U.S. percent South Asian, 4.8

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Why Amazon is putting $53m toward climate funding for women

Business Green

Of course, VC money is just one form of finance, but the reality remains that capital and investment flows to businesses are nowhere near gender-balanced for many, many reasons. And that also goes for the world for climate finance. And that also goes for the world for climate finance.

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Food waste startup Apeel Sciences snags $250m backing

Business Green

This morning brings one of the biggest deals yet this year: an infusion of $250m in new financing for food waste crusader Apeel Sciences. This morning brings one of the biggest deals yet this year: an infusion of $250m in new financing for food waste crusader Apeel Sciences.

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