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Ecommerce returns hit $248B in 2023, with huge financial & environmental costs. Enter Frate: AI-powered tools to cut returns, reduce emissions & enable peer-to-peer resale. Smarter returns, less waste. 📦 Proud to back this team. Read more: medium.com/better-venture…

🚀 Excited to support one.bio as they raise $27M to tackle the fiber gap! Their breakthrough tech turns ag waste into odorless, tasteless, soluble fibers—helping food companies pack in fiber without sacrificing taste. agfundernews.com/uc-davis-spino…

@avalo_ai was just featured on @CNN for their AI-driven crop innovation! They’re cutting breeding timelines by 50-70% to develop heat-resistant tomatoes, drought-proof cotton, and broccoli with more edible leaves—all while honoring traditional methods. cnn.com/2024/11/26/wor…

At #SOCAP23, @wdselke joined experts to explore: 🍎 Food as Medicine: Personalized nutrition + tailored meals to combat chronic disease 🥦 Access for All: Tackling food deserts + barriers to equity Watch here: youtu.be/n42TgCgy3RQ #ImpactInvesting #FoodEquity #FutureOfFood

Last week at @socapmarkets, Better Ventures co-hosted an incredible happy hour with ICM and others! 🎉🌱 Connecting with so many mission-driven founders & investors energized us. Thanks to everyone who joined—let’s keep driving positive change together! #SOCAP #ImpactInvesting

Excited to back Cold, a startup automating sustainability compliance for brands & suppliers. Making reporting faster, easier, & scalable. 🌍 #Sustainability #TechForGood #VC Read more here: coldclimate.com/post/pre-seed

Join us at #SOCAP24 Oct 28-30 in SF. @wdselke will present on The Future of Food: Food as Medicine and Addressing Food Accessibility alongside hundreds of other innovative leaders. Register with "s24_spk" to save $250 on your ticket! bit.ly/471XGQd

🌍 Electrifying homes, made easy! We’re spotlighting Aimee, CEO of Rock Rabbit, for #NYCClimateWeek! 🚀 She’s simplifying the process of accessing incentives for energy upgrades, making homes climate-resilient. Read her story on our blog 👇medium.com/better-venture…

We sat down with Devin Hampton, CEO of @UtilityAPI, to talk clean energy & data! 💡⚡ Learn how his team is unlocking utility data to accelerate the energy transition and empower innovation. Plus, insights on building an inclusive climate workforce! 🌱 @katie_bv/founder-profile-devin-hampton-utilityapi-414ff7bbbe68" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@katie_bv/foun…

🌍 How do a remote sensing scientist & data scientist join forces to tackle climate change? 🌱 Meet the team behind @systemsrenoster, a carbon ratings startup bringing transparency to the market by evaluating projects with a science-backed rubric. @katie_bv/founder-profile-saif-bhatti-and-elias-ayrey-41b781939668" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@katie_bv/foun…

♻️ Meet the founders of Refiberd, Sarika Bajaj & Tushita Gupta! 🚀 They’re tackling textile waste (92M tons/year, only 1% recycled!) with AI-powered tech to boost sustainable recycling. 🌱👗 Learn how they’re reimagining fashion & the circular economy. 👇 medium.com/better-venture…

🌍 We spoke with Colin Averill, CEO of Funga, about his journey from academia to climate-focused entrepreneurship! 🚀 🍄 Funga restores fungal biodiversity to forests, accelerating tree growth & carbon removal. Check out the full story on our blog! 👇medium.com/better-venture…

Hopping into residential decarbonization with Rock Rabbit! 🌱 Buildings=25% of GHG emissions. But accessing $60B in incentives to electrify? A nightmare. Rock Rabbit’s platform simplifies this, unlocking clean energy rewards for owners & contractors. 🚀 medium.com/better-venture…

Last week, we had the pleasure of bringing together our incredible community of founders for BV's annual Founder Day. We could feel the energy and camaraderie in the "room" from Oakland to the Redwoods, reminding us once again why we do what we do. 🌲

We're excited to announce our seed investment in @RxDiet! 🍽️💊 Their AI-powered platform is revolutionizing "food as medicine," delivering personalized, nutritious meals to patients at scale. Read why we believe this could transform healthcare: medium.com/better-venture…

We're proud to announce our latest investment, Skillfully. “Skillfully helps employers discover larger pools of talent, reduce hiring costs and make better hiring decisions, while leveling the playing field for underrepresented talent.” @lyndsboucherle skillful.ly/newroom/skillf…

@RxDietHQ is an @axios deal of the day! Congrats on their $3M seed round. They're reimagining food as medicine, partnering with health plans to engage the most vulnerable members with medically tailored, fresh ingredient delivery & behavioral guidance. axios.com/pro/health-tec…

Thrilled to back @MaterealWorld in their mission to revolutionize the chemicals industry with sustainable, non-toxic polyurethane. 🌍✨ They announced their $4.5M seed round today. Here's to replacing polyurethane for good! medium.com/better-venture…

Congrats to the Rock Rabbit team for being declared the winner of DeltaClimeVT Business Accelerator Energy 2024! The company is on a mission to make incentives for green home upgrades fast, easy, and reliable. deltaclimevt.com/rock-rabbit-wi…

We're thrilled to share that our SOCAP Open session proposal "The Future of Food: Food as Medicine & Addressing Food Accessibility" has been selected for #SOCAP24! Thanks everyone who voted for the session! Join us in SF Oct 28 - 30 bit.ly/3TaQbzZ @wdselke @SOCAPmarkets