Impact Powerhouse

Already profitable within a year of running, Powerbrain is raising funds to protect its IPs and enter new verticals in Indonesia’s energy management business.

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/powerbrain-saving-energy-and-cutting-emissions-for-smes-with-none-of-the-fuss

Episode keywords: Energy & Cleantech, B2B, Smart Cities, Sustainability, Automation, Internet of Things, Hardware, Sensors, Powerbrain, SMEs, Indonesia, Startups

The first in China to tap kinetic energy to control smart home devices, Linptech has seen its wireless, battery-free products used in smart homes, and even at the Tokyo Olympics

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/linptech-smart-home-devices-powered-by-movement

Episode keywords: Energy & Cleantech, Smart Home, Sustainability, B2B, B2C, Manufacturing, Internet of Things, Automation, Hardware, Sensors, Wireless

China’s most active investor increases bets on sectors beyond the consumer internet and edtech recently hurt by regulatory clampdown.

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/sequoia-capital-china-holds-steady-with-investments-in-healthcare-biotech-and-green-economy

Episode keywords: Investment, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Sustainability, Automotive, Energy & Cleantech, Medtech, Edtech, Smart Vehicles, Biotechnology, Materials, Hardware, Internet of Things, Sensors, Artificial Intelligence, Marketplaces & Platforms, Robotics, Sequoia Capital China, Neil Shen, ESG

The Australian proptech investor to focus on ESG in its acceleration program, including women under-representation and site safety.

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/taronga-ventures-takes-realtechx-to-singapore-plans-japan-us-growth

Episode keywords: Real Estate, Construction, B2B, Co-working, E-commerce, O2O, Smart Cities, Sustainability, Industry 4.0, Investment, Impact Investing, Augmented Reality, Automation, Big Data & Analytics, Marketplaces & Platforms, Materials, Switch Automation, Qlue, RealTechX, Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan, US, Asia, Enterprise Singapore, South Korea, ESG, Startups

The investor of Eat Just, Ripple Foods and more expects its portfolio companies will exit in the next four to six years, mostly through acquisition

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/good-startup-alt-protein-products-can-be-better-than-real-meat

Episode keywords: Alternative Proteins, Investment, Foodtech, Sustainability, Impact Investing, Biotechnology, Fermentation, Good Startup, Singapore, Gautam Godhwani, Jayesh Parekh, Eat JUST, Ripple Foods, TurtleTree Labs, Novel Farms, Asia, Europe

Hong Kong-based fintech uses AI technologies to monitor ESG data and risks in real time, turn unstructured data into reliable insights.

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/miotech-early-mover-in-china-esg-data-and-analytics-for-investing-corporate-reporting

Episode keywords: Fintech, Investment, Impact Investing, Risk management, Sustainability, B2B, Government, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data & Analytics, Marketplaces & Platforms, Natural Language Processing, SaaS, Machine Learning, ESG, ZhenFund, CSR, Hong Kong, China, Startups

The investor-accelerator’s sixth batch will start accepting applications in December, with greater ESG focus and a pledge to donate 1% of profit on investments to charity

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/accelerating-asia-bets-on-unicorn-wave-from-msme-digitalization-logistics

Episode keywords: Investment, Impact Investing, Logistics & Supply Chain, Edtech, Healthcare, B2B, B2C, Marketplaces & Platforms, Mobile, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Accelerating Asia, Amra Naidoo, Southeast Asia, MSMEs, SMEs, South Asia, ESG

French startup Verkor aims to raise up to €1.3bn by the end of next year to finance its first Gigafactory producing sustainable lithium-ion batteries for the European market.

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/verkor-accelerating-lowcarbon-battery-production-in-france

Episode keywords: Automotive, Energy & Cleantech, Sustainability, Transportation, B2B, B2C, Manufacturing, Electric vehicles, EV batteries, EIT InnoEnergy, European Battery Alliance, EQT Ventures, France, Startups, Investment

The collaborative platform has opened applications for its FoodTech500 global ranking of agrifood startups; counts over 7,000 startups and scaleups mapped so far

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/forward-fooding-ranking-the-worlds-agrifood-startups-on-success-and-sustainability

Episode keywords: Foodtech, Food & Beverage, Agriculture & Fishery, Sustainability, Alternative Proteins, Precision Farming, Soil, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Fermentation, Microbiome, Sensors, Robotics, Marketplaces & Platforms, Location Tech, Internet of Things, Hardware, Europe, UK, Asia, Singapore

Using adaptive AI, its H-Man robot works like an occupational therapist, assessing patient’s performance and adjusting the complexity of training tasks in real time

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/articares-personalized-more-affordable-arm-rehab-therapy-at-home

Episode keywords: Healthcare, Medtech, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data & Analytics, Cloud, Hardware, Sensors, NTU, Temasek