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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 of NCX, said the project puts carbon on the same footing as timber. “NCX identifies forested acres...

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 through data while not even sure what you are looking for. Cherre is a real estate data management pla...

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. NEW YORK (PRWEB) May 10, 2021 Cape Privacy, the leading global encryp...

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 that removing the logjam at the loading dock has downstream benefits in terms of throughput in the ent...

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 individual investors also participated. The company has now raised approximately $25 million including a $...