Forests are worth up to $150 trillion, according to the Boston Consulting Group, with much of the interest in them centered on carbon credits. This means that forests being maintained or restored must be monitored to make sure everything is working as planned. But that data is often unreliable and tedious to collect, leaving the door wide open for startups in the space.
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“The hope is that improving data quality and cost-effective monitoring will help increase the value of a preserved or restored forest,” writes Tim De Chant in our latest survey of climate technology investors.
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Consider three lenses when creating your brand
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The data shows that most mergers do not achieve the best results. In the first of a two-part series, M&A expert David Martin explains some of the unforeseen obstacles that can prevent a merger.
A three-step process for starting and maintaining your merged brand
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Mergers can also suffer from a period of putting the cart before the horse, which David Martin explores in part two of the series. When companies create a branding strategy before they even start working together, it’s usually not a good sign.
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Generative AI is powering the recovery of European SaaS
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Ask Sophie: Which is the fastest green card if we are from India or China?
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Dear Sophia,
We are an overseas startup with 1 million users and 30,000 paying customers. We raised some seed money overseas, but now the prospective investors in the Series A round want us to have a parent company in Delaware. They also said they want all founders to get green cards. What is the fastest way to get green cards if we are from India or China?
— Innovator from India
