Good News Notes: “French startup PowerZ has raised another $8.3 million (€7 million at today’s exchange rate) including $1.2 million (€1 million) in debt — the rest is a traditional equity round. The company is both an edtech startup and a video game studio with an ambitious goal — it wants to build a game that is…
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New York: Plastic-Free Infant Food Brand Tiny Organics Raises $11M in Series A Round
Good News Notes: “ Plant-based infant nutrition brand Tiny Organics, founded in 2020 in New York and delivering throughout the United States, announced yesterday a raise of $11 million Series A funding which will be used to scale the team, build brand and customer awareness, and develop new product categories and sales channels. Tiny Organics is 100% plant-based and additionally,…
Jacksonville man close to completing 11,500-mile bike journey to raise money for cancer nonprofit
Good News Notes: “A Jacksonville man is riding roughly 11,500 miles across the country to raise money for cancer. Greg Taylor left the River City more than four months ago. “The trip has been unbelievable,” said Taylor. “You know, you try to put into words everything and just the magnitude that it’s been to be…
Saco River Wildlife Center ready to expand to continue rehabbing sick, injured animals
Good News Notes: “Six years after opening, the Saco River Wildlife Center in Limington has grown so much it is preparing for a major expansion. The wildlife center rehabilitates more than 1,000 animals each year, compared to 20 in its first year of operation. “What we would do here, we would focus on the animals…
Salvation Army Orlando unveils new type of homeless housing
Good News Notes: “They are small, simple, shiny and a lot less expensive than a traditional homeless shelter. And The Salvation Army in Orlando wants to raise $1 million to build a community of 50 of them — part of an urgent effort to create new emergency housing for what community leaders expect to be…
Jay-Z Just Invested in $250 Million Plant-Based “Tesla of Chicken” Brand SIMULATE
Good News Notes: “Music legend and entrepreneur Jay-Z is now an investor in plant-based chicken company SIMULATE, which closed a $50 million funding round earlier this month. Led by SEVEN SEVEN SIX, an investment fund created by Twitter founder Alexis Ohanian, the investment round, a SIMULATE spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg, included participation from Marcy Venture Partners…
High school student designs working boat from recycled plastic water bottles
Good News Notes: “Andrew Karafa dreams of designing boats professionally one day. In the last year, he saw a trash problem he could use to his advantage and get a head start. “It’s 1,154 12-ounce water bottles, two gallon jugs and 33 two-liters,” says Karafa. “I call it the S.S. Boattle.” The junior at Forest…
Better Shelter creates housing for climate crisis refugees
Good News Notes: “Social enterprise Better Shelter creates emergency and temporary sustainable housing for communities displaced by the climate crisis. With pilot sites for its shelters, called ‘Structure’, currently in India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Rwanda, its short-term solutions provide a sustainable response to the climate crisis that has left millions homeless. The company, based in Stockholm, Sweden, delivers modular…
Nonprofit begins construction on Tiny Homes for Almeda survivors
Good News Notes; “After losing her home to a wildfire in 2008, a California resident along with volunteers are now helping Almeda survivors by building them tiny homes. Alyssa Nolan, the founder and director of the Tiny Pine Foundation and a group of volunteers have begun constructing the first two tiny homes which will be donated to…
$30 million campaign to end hunger in Central Ohio
Good News Notes: “The Mid-Ohio Food Collective (MOFC) is starting a campaign to fundraise, innovate its services, and ultimately end hunger across Central Ohio. The organization recently launched its ‘Rooted-In-You Campaign to Reimagine Hunger’ to achieve a $30 million fundraising goal for its 20-county service area. “If all we do is give you really good…