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Big names back US forest-backed carbon credit scheme From Microsoft to a division of Royal Dutch Shell, big companies are buying carbon credits tied to more than 1mn acres of forested land in the US, venture-backed US climate company NCX said May 26. NCX said it has created the largest forest carbon project by acreage in the Lower 48 states. Among the early participants are Microsoft, Shell’s environmental products division and sustainable consulting firm South Pole. Zack Parisa, the founder ...

Big data is transforming the real estate industry. Real estate developers and investors are able to now integrate disconnected data like never before to understand things like a location’s risks, opportunities, and pricing. For example, properties within a quarter-mile of two specialty grocery store leads to higher property values but being within four of these stores correlates to lower pricing. An insight like this could be uncovered manually but it would take countless hours of sorting th...

Cape Privacy Appoints New Head of Customer Success and New Head of Marketing; Executives Hail From OmniSci and Cisco Share Article Leading Encrypted Learning Platform that Protects Data Privacy By Default Grows Team after $20 million Series A Following our recent Series A of $20 million, we’re committed to growing and empowering a diverse and highly talented team which now numbers 22 people, a figure we expect to double this year," said Ché Wijesinghe, CEO. NE...

Pickle, Robotic Arm for Fast Trailer Unloads, Picks Up Funding May 3, 2021 Pickle, a startup that grew out of a lab at MIT and created a robotic arm that can unload up to 1,800 boxes an hour from a trailer at a loading dock, has raised $5.75 million to date and picked up 3PL and parcel shipping clients who have a need for speed. The arm, called Dill, works in conjunction with warehouse associates, who step in to pick up any dropped packages and handle irregular items. The idea behind Dill is th...

Cape Privacy announces $20M Series A to help companies securely share data Cape Privacy, the early stage startup that wants to make it easier for companies to share sensitive data in a secure and encrypted way, announced a $20 million Series A today. Evolution Equity Partners led the round with participation from new investors Tiger Global Management, Ridgeline Partners and Downing Lane. Existing investors Boldstart Ventures, Version One Ventures, Haystack, Radical Ventures and a slew of indivi...

Filebase Raises $2M to Unify Decentralized Storage Networks Filebase, an object storage platform powered by decentralized storage networks, today announced a $2 million seed round led by Multicoin Capital with participation from Version One Ventures and notable angels like Ryan Selkis. The funds will be used to onboard customers in the pipeline and support hiring. The Filebase platform offers a browser-based dashboard and an S3-compatible API to deploy, access and manage data across several dec...

AlleyWatch Cape Privacy Cape Privacy brings teams together to make stronger decisions for safe and more powerful data science. Founded in 2018, Cape Privacy is backed by investors that include Haystack, Boldstart Ventures, Version One Ventures, Radical Ventures, and Faktory Ventures and is headquartered in New York. FOUNDED:2018

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Crazy for crypto — or not: Seattle VCs sound off on tech’s hottest topic following Coinbase IPO April 15, 2021 at 11:58 am Sometimes, making an exception can pay off. That’s what happened to Version One Ventures, which typically invests in early-stage startups but veered off course to make a bet on a fast-growing cryptocurrency company four years ago. That investment in Coinbase “ended up as a multiple fund maker,” noted Version One General Partner Boris Wertz, who started the firm ou...

MIT startup Pickle raises $5.75M for its package-picking robot There’s no doubt this past year has been a major watershed moment for the robotics industry. Warehouse and logistics have been a particular target for an automation push, as companies have worked to keep the lights on amidst stay at home orders and other labor shortages. MIT spinoff Pickle is one of the latest startups to enter the fray. The company launched with limited funding and a small team, though it’s recently changed one...