May 19, 2021
Hnry CTO Lynn Hamilton, head of Australia Karan Anand and co-founders James Fuller and Claire Fuller. Source: supplied.
Stake may have dominated the tech news pages this week with its whopping $40 million funding raise, but between digital wills, legal tech and electric flying vehicles, there’s been plenty more going on.
This week’s funding round features Hnry, a New Zealand startup doubling down on its play in the Aussie market, and Josef, a home grown entity that’s setting its sights overseas.
And, we look at the latest investment from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, which could see synthetic organs being shipped around in electric, eco-friendly aircraft.
Amazon investiert aus Klimaschutzfonds in senkrechtstartende Elektroflugzeuge
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Beta Technologies adds $368 million in Series A funding for its electric aviation ecosystem
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- May 18, 2021, 4:37 PM
NBAA has selected Dr. Martine Rothblatt as this year’s recipient of its highest honor, the Meritorious Service to Aviation Award. A fixed-wing and rotorcraft pilot, she helped to revolutionize the satellite radio industry by co-founding the company that has become SiriusXM.
To be presented during NBAA-BACE, which will be held October 12 to 14 in Las Vegas, the Meritorious Service to Aviation Award recognizes “extraordinary lifelong professional contributions to the field.
NBAA called Rothblatt a trailblazer in aviation and other industries whose work “fostered the availability of satellite weather information and Nexrad graphics on the flight deck one of the major technological advancements in aviation safety over the past couple of decades.”