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Toyotaâs Silicon Valley Venture Arm Gets $300 Million Infusion, Launches Climate Fund
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Toyota Ventures is launching a new $150 million fund targeting startups developing technology to help lower carbon pollution.
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Toyota AI Ventures, the Silicon Valley VC set up by global auto giant Toyota Motor Corp. in 2017, is rebranding itself Toyota Ventures and getting a $300 million infusion to invest in early-stage tech startups and launch a new fund targeting companies with products and services that cut carbon emissions.
The Los Altos, California-based firm, which has backed companies including eVTOL developer Joby Aviation, micromobility service Revel and autonomous shuttle operator May Mobility, is using its additional cash to expand its Frontier Fund by $150 million and launch a $150 million Climate Fund. In total, itâs now managing assets worth more than $500 million, says Jim Adler, Toyota Venturesâ managing director.
Minister of Indigenous Relations Rick Wilson issued the following statement on recent work with provincial, territorial and federal governments on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls:
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Cristiana Chamorro talks to the media outside the Interior Ministry, where she was notified of an investigation against her due to inconsistencies in the financial reports of the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation, in Managua, Nicaragua May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Herrera
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A group representing Nicaraguan political prisoners and the mothers of those killed protesting President Daniel Ortega s authoritarian government called Thursday for a national strike after the house arrest of opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro.
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