The energy giant Shell has joined a slew of strategic investors — including All Nippon Airways, Suncor Energy, Mitsui and British Airways — in funding LanzaJet, the company commercializing a process to convert alcohol into jet fuel. A spin-off from LanzaTech, one of the last surviving climate tech startups from the first cleantech boom that’s…
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NEW HAVEN, CT, Inbox Health has completed a $15 million Series A financing round led by Commerce Ventures.
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Charles, a Berlin-based startup that offers a “conversational-commerce” SaaS for businesses that want to sell on WhatsApp and other chat apps, has raised €6.4 million in funding. Led by Accel and HV Capital, the seed funding will be used by the company to scale and meet existing demand for its conversational commerce platform. Launched in…
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Former San Francisco 49ers center Jeremy Newberry has sold his Brentwood mansion and cherry farm for $3.5 million, about $1.5 million under the original asking price of $4.98 million. Former San Francisco 49ers center Jeremy Newberry has sold his Brentwood, Calif. mansion and cherry orchard farm. (Redfin) At the time Newberry put the property on…
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Bob W, the self-described “tech-driven” hospitality provider that offers an alternative to traditional hotels and short-stay rentals, is disclosing €10 million in seed funding. Leading the round, which included a first tranche of €4 million last year, is byFounders VC and private equity firm Finnish Industry Investment (Tesi). Other European real estate and venture capitalist…
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