Robert Downey Jr To Fund Groundbreaking Technologies That Will Help Fight Environmental Issues indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Los Angeles, CA, - Producer, actor and investor Robert Downey Jr. announced the launch of ESG-focused FootPrint Coalition Ventures, a series of ambitious, rolling venture capital funds focused on sustainable technology, while participating in World Economic Forum (WEF) Digital Davos Agenda on a High Level Panel. FootPrint Coalition Ventures’ mission is to accelerate groundbreaking technologies that are addressing the world’s largest environmental challenges.
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Having spent the last 18 months in dialogue with scientists, engineers and technologists, I now have a firm grasp of the obvious: this global existential threat is not something that s going to be solved by a smattering of elite mega-corporations. I think that paradigm must be smashed in favor of innovation by a broad set of new companies.
Hollywood: Iron Man Downey launches funds in environmental fight gdnonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gdnonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
January 28, 2021
published at 6:42 AMReuters
Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr is looking to sustainable technology to tackle issues like deforestation and microplastics.
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LONDON - As inventor Tony Stark, Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr transformed into superhero Iron Man. Now the Oscar nominee is taking action against environmental threats to the planet.
Downey, 55, is looking to sustainable technology to tackle issues like deforestation and microplastics.
The star of movies such as Iron Man (2008) and The Avengers (2012) announced on Wednesday (Jan 27) he was launching venture capital funds, aiming to accelerate groundbreaking technologies that are addressing the world s largest environmental challenges .
Downey s FootPrint Coalition, founded in 2019 and made up of investors, donors and storytellers committed to scaling technologies to restore our planet , has already invested in companies like Ynsect, which breeds mealworms, and Cloud Paper, which makes bamboo toi