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Impact investments, which aim to promote a social good or prevent a social ill, have significantly outperformed traditional bets during the coronavirus pandemic. And their returns are enticing hesitant investors to rework their portfolios. Impact…

The outcome of an extensive pilot test in about 2,900 selected EDEKA and Netto Marken-Discount stores has proven successful with a 50% reduction in avocado food waste, along with a significant increase in sales and…

DBL Partners hosted and moderated a conversation with high-impact CEOs working on a wide array of issues from health and nutrition to environmental sustainability. Panelists explored their responses to the tremendous challenges defining the first…

Farmers Business Network Inc. says it raised $250 million in financing to expand its agriculture technology platform. The financing round was led by funds managed by BlackRock Inc., with participation from investors including Lupa Systems, T. Rowe Price…

Coffee is big business. It has a retail market value of around $83 billion. In 2018 and 2019, 165.35 million 60 kilogram bags of coffee were consumed worldwide. Finland tops the world for the highest consumption of coffee (12 kg per…

Is your climatetech startup in the midst of fundraising or considering raising capital in the coming months? Are you wondering how COVID-19 is affecting the early-stage investment landscape? If so, view the fifth installment of…

Food waste today is this invisible tax that’s been posed on our food system to the tune of $2.6 trillion annually,” Apeel CEO James Rogers said.

While African economies develop, diesel generators and micro-grids are propping up unreliable grids across some of the world’s most populous nations. Since 2012, ZOLA Electric has aimed to fix these problems. CEO Bill Lenihan told…

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote working has become the name of the game for knowledge workers in the tech industry. Today, a startup that was an early mover on the opportunity of…

A virtual fireside chat with Nancy E. Pfund, Founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners and Emily Chasan, Sustainable Finance Editor, Bloomberg.

Covid-19 is changing the way we think about food. To start: taking for granted having food readily available. With food markets and food plants becoming hot spots for coronavirus outbreaks, access to food has become more challenging and…

When SpaceX puts up another batch of its Starlink satellites in the coming days, there’ll be three spacecraft from the Planet company catching the same Falcon rocket ride to orbit. These companies – SpaceX and Planet –…