Home gym startup Tempo raises $220M to meet surge in demand for its workout device – TechCrunch

When the pandemic forced everyone to stay at home last year, many gym-goers looked to at-home fitness makers to fill the void for their cardiovascular and strength-training workouts. To help…

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Temasek and BlackRock form Decarbonization Partners with $600 million to create a zero-emission economy – TC

The $9 trillion financial management firm Blackrock is collaborating with the $313 billion Singapore investment firm Temasek to back companies developing technologies and services to help create a zero emission…

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With a team that helped build the brain behind Alexa, HomeX raises $90M – TechCrunch

HomeX, a home services platform for homeowners and service providers, has raised $90 million in a funding round led by New Mountain Capital. New Mountain Capital, a New York-based investment…

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Bloomscape’s Justin Mast explains how he built a thriving garden startup in Detroit – TechCrunch

Justin Mast has a simple reason for starting his plant retail startup Bloomscape in Detroit. “This is home,” he told me. “This is where I have a really strong network…

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Russia’s Sputnik vaccine approved for emergency use in India: Health Ministry

India's drug regulator has granted permission for restricted emergency use of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V with certain conditions, the Union Health Ministry announced on Tuesday, while stating that…

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