In a world where climate change is increasingly influenced by industrial emissions, decarbonizing the industrial sector becomes the immediate priority to phase out CO2 emissions from the use of fossil fuels. Click to read more.
In a world where climate change is increasingly influenced by industrial emissions, decarbonizing the industrial sector becomes the immediate priority to phase out CO2 emissions from the use of fossil fuels. Against this backdrop, retrofitting carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies to existing industrial infrastructure will become crucial to reaching net zero by 2050, .
Compelling Use Cases Drawing Venture Capital Investments To Microbiome Space, Says GlobalData Date
06/05/2021
Scientific research has proved that microbiome, the genetic material of all the microbes living together in a particular habitat, plays an important role not only in human, plant and animal health but also in nutrition, cosmetics, and environmental restoration. As a result, fueled by the broad scope of the field, venture capital (VC) investments are on an ascent in microbiome companies, says GlobalData, a leading and data analytics company.
Reportedly, driven by the potential for disruption across industries coupled with large scale innovations, the microbiome therapeutics space witnessed over US$1bn VC investments globally in 2020 alone.
Global VC investments value hits $120bn in Q4 Tuesday, February 02, 2021
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:
Global venture capital (VC) investments during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020 remained robust and were nearly at pre-COVID levels, despite the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic and slow economic recovery.
According to GlobalData, the number of VC deals witnessed a continuous decline for the seventh straight quarter, there was an increase in the number of megadeals that helped to drive the overall investment value to nearly US$120bn in Q4.
The quarterly report VentureView: Disruptor Investment Activity Q4 2020 of GlobalData s Disruptor Intelligence Center reveals that e-commerce accounted for more than 40% of the top 10 VC deals in Q4 2020, with significant contributions from the education and retail sectors.