Impact Alpha

JUNE 14, 2021

Through a blockchain-based cryptographic. The post The Reconstruction: Certifying products made with Black culture to build an ethical marketplace – on blockchain appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha June 14 – Made with Black Culture is developing a certification process to authenticate products of Black culture.

Blockchain 93

Blockchain Ethics IoT 93

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The post Moss.Earth raises $10 million to put carbon credits on blockchain appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, February 2 – A raft of startups are merging the hot, if volatile, worlds of crypto and climate finance to bring transparency.

Blockchain 72

Blockchain Carbon Startups IoT 72

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The post Blockchain music streaming service Audius raised $5 million from Nas, Katy Perry and other creators appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, September 22 – Mainstream streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are notorious for stiffing the musicians who drive the platforms’ popularity.

Blockchain 98

Blockchain IoT 98

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 1, 2019

“Rather than a lack of capital, what is missing is a robust and efficient mechanism for identifying and enabling projects,” argues blockchain software firm ConsenSys and the World Wildlife Federation. The duo created Impactio, an SDG deal The post Can blockchain play matchmaker in financing the U.N. Global Goals?

Blockchain 90

Blockchain Sustainability Investment IoT 90

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Indonesian Islamic microfinance cooperative BMT Bina Ummah raised $50,000 (710 million rupiah) through a micro sukuk, or sharia-compliant bond, on a public blockchain on Blossom Finance’s “SmartSukuk” platform. Unlike traditional debt instruments, sukuks are tradeable like stocks.

Blockchain 49

Blockchain Investment Asia IoT 49

Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Acelerex pairs clean energy and storage technologies with proprietary software innovations of AI, IoT devices, blockchain, big data, data mining, cloud computing, and real time optimization algorithms. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Electricity.

Startups 98

Startups Geothermal power Electric vehicle IoT 98

Climate 4.0

MARCH 22, 2021

Today I read how blockchain is being applied to bring transparency and accountability to trash/waste disposal and recycling efforts. This application combines a perfect suite of Digital Transformation technologies: IoT sensing and monitoring at the cloud edge, check Data capture and analytics, check! Inconsequential.

Blockchain 98

Blockchain Climate change IoT Recycling 98

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 27, 2022

27 – If blockchain was a solution in search of a problem, it may have found it in climate change. ImpactAlpha, Jan. The post Climate is a crypto play as action moves from TradFi to DeFi to ReFi appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Blockchain 141

Blockchain Climate change IoT Investment 141

GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

New business models are quickly emerging based on cloud computing, internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence, blockchain, data analytics, augmented/virtual reality and combinations thereof. No doubt, they will bring countless benefits. Regulatory barriers for new business models should be eliminated or eased.

Incubators 488

Incubators Incubators Fossil fuels Resilience 488

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 31, 2023

ImpactAlpha, January 31 – Berlin and Cape Town-based Senken is a blockchain-based carbon credit trading platform. Its next offering is a form of. The post Obvious Ventures backs Senken to finance reforestation through ‘carbon forwards’ appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Carbon 59

Carbon Blockchain IoT Europe 59

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Klafter joined Heather Clancy and Sarah Golden, Sidebar cohosts during GreenBiz 20, to discuss how the company is improving its supply chain through IoT and blockchain technology as well as working closely with its customers. Excerpt from: Bruce Klafter of Flex on driving collective action across the company’s supply chain.

Blockchain 28

Blockchain IoT Technology 28

EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Technology like artificial intelligence (AI), sensors and blockchain are enabling companies to provide cutting-edge products and services for consumers – from virtual gyms to smart water dispensers – and increase operational efficiency as they do. It’s changed how we communicate, shop, travel, to how we get the food on our plate.

Sustainability 70

Sustainability Blockchain Soil Batteries 70

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Gammons: There is a lot of work we are doing in Europe at the edge of the network, mostly related to blockchain, IOT, EV charging, balancing services with aggregated car batteries, taking loads from buildings and aggregating them as a flex service, and participatory peer-to-peer energy exchange.

Innovation 130

Innovation Climate change Energy Energy 130

EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Nonetheless, according a soon-to-be published EDF report on how businesses are using “ Fourth Wave ” technologies (like AI, automation technologies, blockchain, data analytics and sensors), only 59% of business leaders surveyed are currently investing in innovative tech with sustainability and profitability in mind. Alphabet (Google).

Innovation 40

Innovation Energy Energy Blockchain 40

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 7, 2021

In order to get to enforcement, we need a standardized methodology for measurement of carbon reductions and zero-emission energy that uses internet of things (IoT) sensing, blockchain and artificial intelligence to verifiably track and account for all emissions. ., and that after 2024, fines totaling as much as $1 trillion to $1.5

Carbon 28

Carbon Carbon-neutral Real Estate Energy 28

Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Digital technologies, and a greater reliance on data analytics and the 'internet of things' (IoT), claim to advance conventional farming, facilitating highly optimised, data-driven land management. Promises about the benefits of blockchain, for example, have been made for years, with little to show for it yet.

Technology 67

Technology Waste Waste Biodiversity 67

Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 4, 2021

The group intends to achieve this goal in part through a smart energy management system based on blockchain technology, artificial intelligence (Al) and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Energy 115

Energy Energy Wind power Innovation 115

AGreenLiving

JULY 6, 2021

Powered by accelerative technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, the cloud and the internet of things, digital ecosystems successfully marry forward-thinking partners and cutting-edge technologies to tackle the biggest threats that humanity faces today. One key area where this can have an impact is plastic recycling.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Recycling Recycling Africa 28

AGreenLiving

JUNE 23, 2020

New business models are quickly emerging based on cloud computing, internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence, blockchain, data analytics, augmented/virtual reality and combinations thereof. No doubt, they will bring countless benefits. Regulatory barriers for new business models should be eliminated or eased.

Incubators 28

Incubators Incubators Fossil fuels Resilience 28

AGreenLiving

JUNE 23, 2020

New business models are quickly emerging based on cloud computing, internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence, blockchain, data analytics, augmented/virtual reality and combinations thereof. No doubt, they will bring countless benefits. Regulatory barriers for new business models should be eliminated or eased.

Incubators 28

Incubators Incubators Fossil fuels Resilience 28

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

ImpactAlpha, Nov. 3 – ‘Keep it in the ground’ has long been a rallying cry for climate activists. A new company is creating. The post A new kind of carbon credit incentivizes fossil fuel producers to ‘keep it in the ground’ appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Fossil fuels 105

Fossil fuels Carbon IoT Blockchain 105

Impact Alpha

MAY 9, 2023

OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT took just two months to reach 100 million users. As impact investors, we’re excited about how generative AI might contribute. The post Generative AI opportunities and risks for impact investing in education appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Education 59

Education Investment IoT Blockchain 59

Impact Alpha

APRIL 13, 2023

We are entering a new era of artificial intelligence-led innovation. In emerging markets, one of the potential benefits of AI is that it. The post Four ways new AI tools can boost climate finance in emerging markets appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Innovation 69

Innovation IoT Blockchain 69

Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Leveraging Blockchain, AI and Machine Learning to Create Sustainable Fisheries (Panel Discussion): Global consumption of fish and seafood has more than doubled in recent decades, but more than a third of the world’s assessed fisheries are thought to be overexploited. Our Companies Set a Price on Carbon.

Energy 52

Energy Energy Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 52

Impact Alpha

APRIL 26, 2023

Emerging markets-focused venture investor Capria Ventures closed its first, $57 million fund in June 2020. “It It was a lousy time to raise and. The post Capria scores backing from Gates Ventures and others to invest in the Global South appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Investment 52

Investment IoT Blockchain 52

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

ImpactAlpha, November 10 – Nelly Chatue-Diop was a teenager in 1994 when her family lost much of their savings overnight with the devaluation. The post African startups develop crypto tools for inclusive prosperity appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Startups 124

Startups Africa IoT Blockchain 124

Impact Alpha

MAY 18, 2021

ImpactAlpha, May 18 – Elon Musk sent the cryptocurrency world reeling last week when he backpedaled on Tesla’s offer to accept Bitcoin as payment. The post Bitcoin’s energy consumption has crypto investors seeking green alternatives appeared first on Impact Alpha.

Energy 133

Energy Energy IoT Blockchain 133

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

ImpactAlpha, Nov. 2 – Sofar Ocean’s fleet of solar-powered buoys are equipped with sensors that transmit wind, wave, and temperature data to customers. The post Sofar Ocean nets $39 million for ocean-data collection appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Solar Power 98

Solar Power IoT Blockchain Investment 98

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 21, 2021

ImpactAlpha, October 21 – Crypto is having a moment in Africa. Dozens of African fintechs promising to democratize access to cryptocurrencies across the. The post Cameroon’s Ejara raises $2 million for impact-focused crypto appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Africa 98

Africa IoT Blockchain Innovation 98

Impact Alpha

APRIL 26, 2021

ImpactAlpha, April 26 – Trillion-dollar green infrastructure plans and corporate net-zero pledges? Fuel on the fire or, these days, electrons in the battery,”. The post Congruent Ventures raises $175 million for early-stage climate tech appeared first on Impact Alpha.

Batteries 111

Batteries IoT Blockchain 111

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

ImpactAlpha, Feb. 17 – Candidates in last year’s U.S. Senate race in Iowa were asked in a televised debate to cite the clearing. The post Farmers and ranchers harvest ‘soil carbon’ to meet rising corporate demand for emission offsets appeared first on Impact Alpha.

Soil 111

Soil Carbon Demand Agriculture 111

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 8, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 8 – Financial technology has transformed how we pay for things, invest, raise money, and assess risk. A new focus: making. The post Can fintech startups combat climate change? appeared first on Impact Alpha.

Climate change 114

Climate change Startups Investment Technology 114

Impact Alpha

MARCH 11, 2020

ImpactAlpha, March 11 – Africa’s healthcare systems are wrought with inefficiencies. The startup Field Intelligence is addressing the availability of pharmaceuticals with software that helps pharmacies forecast, manage and finance drug orders. The four-year-old company has raised $3.6 million in its first round of outside capital.

Startups 130

Startups Africa IoT Blockchain 130

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 5, 2022

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 5 – You may be pleased to learn that our new artificial-intelligence overlords are hip to impact investing. Take a look. The post What OpenAI’s new chatbot knows about impact investing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Investment 52

Investment IoT Blockchain 52

Impact Alpha

APRIL 29, 2020

ImpactAlpha, April 29 – Mountain View, Calif-.based based AMPLY Power provides charging infrastructure and optimization software for commercial electric vehicle fleets, including East Contra Costa County’s Tri Delta Transit.

Electric vehicle 101

Electric vehicle Electricity Sustainability IoT 101

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

ImpactAlpha, September 27 — The Houston-based fund received commitments from Goldman Sachs’ AIMS Imprint, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, ZOMA Capital, McKnight Foundation, and over. The post Blue Bear closes $150 million fund for AI-enabled climate infrastructure appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

IoT 64

IoT Blockchain Energy Energy 64

Impact Alpha

MAY 18, 2021

Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha is pleased to partner with Sustainable Research and Analysis LLC to provide timely market snapshots of trends and developments affecting the sustainable. The post Add “crypto” to the list of new ESG exchange-traded funds appeared first on Impact Alpha.

Sustainability 71

Sustainability IoT Blockchain 71