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Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund awards $96M in grants to 32 organizations helping homeless families

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Bezos’ net worth since launching his fund has increased from $160 billion to more than $200 billion today, according to Forbes. While CEO of Amazon, Bezos established a strong relationship with Mary’s Place, a Seattle nonprofit that works with women and families experiencing homelessness.

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Big tech’s billions for climate: Here’s where Amazon and Microsoft are making their carbon bets

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. “They’re focusing on making smart investments in things that have real-world implications both near- and far-term,” said Gabriel Scheer , director of innovation for the investment and accelerator nonprofit Elemental Excelerator. ” They also diverge, particularly given Amazon’s role as a global online retailer.

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Seattle startup founders, investors react to new state capital gains tax that targets stocks

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” The estimated $500 million in yearly revenue the tax is expected to generate is earmarked to be funneled into early-childhood education programs and school construction. The video below, published by Invest in Washington Now, a nonprofit that supported the tax, shows how much a person would owe based on the new tax.

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Climate investor Dawn Lippert on raising a $60M fund and what’s stoking demand for climate tech

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A nonprofit organization with Pacific Northwest ties has spun out its first venture capital fund totaling $60 million for investing in climate tech companies. The sector is working to strip the carbon emissions out of transportation, energy production, agriculture and construction. Elemental Excelerator Photo).

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Can we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? Venture capitalists sound off on saving the Earth

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For veterans of “climate tech” or “energy transition,” the new found passion for the sector — which spans renewable energy, batteries, decarbonized transportation, green construction and low-carbon agriculture — is long overdue. “I’ve

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Biotech industry leaders share cautious optimism for 2023 amid downturn and layoffs

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Cell therapy startup Sonoma Biotherapeutics netted a $265 million Series B round last year and has not made any operational changes “directly related to external economic conditions,” said chief technology officer Heidi Hagen. government and nonprofits, supplementing income from its commercial collaborations and $27.7

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Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena is the first arena in the world to land Zero Carbon certification

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The company’s investments helped make it the first net-zero carbon certified arena in the world. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena is the first in the world to receive Zero Carbon certification from an international nonprofit promoting sustainable buildings.

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