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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week, XPRIZE announced that Mati Carbon, a graduate of the AirMiners Launchpad accelerator program, as the winner of the $50M grand prize in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, the largest single incentive ever offered for climate innovation. The prize recognizes Mati Carbon’s enhanced rock weathering process, which converts atmospheric carbon dioxide into stable minerals while improving smallholder farmers’ yields and enhancing their livelihoods. Mati Ca...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (BTG Pactual TIG) and Conservation International have announced a significant milestone in their Latin American reforestation strategy: restoration is now underway on more than 10,000 hectares of native and biodiverse Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. According to data recorded by the Brazilian Restoration and Reforestation Observatory, this achievement increases the total area of restoration across the Cerrado region - where native...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NESsT, a leading global impact investor and venture philanthropist, today announced that Chad Sachs has been appointed Chief Executive Officer....

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mercom Capital Group, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the global solar sector in the first quarter of 2025. Total corporate funding in the solar sector reached $4.8 billion across 39 deals in Q1 2025—a 41% decline year-over-year (YoY) compared to $8.2 billion raised through 42 deals in Q1 2024. However, funding was up 20% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) from the...

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VC Firm Backs 16 High-growth Companies Delivering Real-world Impact with 149 Victims Served, 39 Traffickers Arrested to Date....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JLens, a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and Fund Sponsor of the JLens 500 Jewish Advocacy U.S. ETF (NYSE: TOV), today calls upon shareholders of two prominent global defense companies to vote AGAINST shareholder proposals that JLens believes were designed to pressure the companies into severing ties with Israel. The companies, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT), are portfolio holdings of TOV, a faith-based ETF that was launche...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iConnections, the premier platform for connecting the investment management industry, is proud to announce Funds4Charity, an annual event launching on February 26, 2026, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Building on the success of iConnections’ previous philanthropic initiatives—Funds4Food, Funds4Minds, Funds4Ukraine, Funds4Kids and Funds4Teachers—Funds4Charity represents the next evolution in impact-driven fundraising. Designed to streamline the giving process, t...

FRANKFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarketVector IndexesTM (“MarketVector”), a leading provider of multi-asset and digital asset index solutions, today announced that the MarketVectorTM Iceland Global Index, developed in collaboration with New Iceland Advisors, has been licensed as the underlying benchmark for the GlacierShares Nasdaq Iceland ETF (NASDAQ: GLCR), a newly listed U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) from GlacierShares. The index licensing signals growing investor interest in Iceland's...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Geothermal energy company XGS Energy has closed $13 million in new financing to support the execution of its multi-gigawatt project pipeline....

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nearly six in 10 (59%) professional fund selectors from major U.S. wealth management firms cite high valuations and inflation as their top portfolio risk concerns in 2025, according to survey findings released today by Natixis Investment Managers (Natixis IM). These concerns topped a wide-ranging list of political, economic, technological and business challenges. U.S. fund gatekeepers project an average growth in assets under management (AUM) of 17.6% in 2025, significa...