The Gates Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to Axmed, a Swiss health-tech startup modernizing how essential medicines are procured across emerging markets.

Events’ organizational structure and the way their agendas incorporate ESG topics play a crucial role in their carbon footprint and in shaping the conversations they drive within the startup ecosystem. 

Lifeaz, a startup based in France that aims to make defibrillators more widely available to households and organizations, has raised €13 million.

Sable Bio, a London-based AI startup focused on drug safety, has raised $3.75 million in seed funding to scale its platform that helps pharmaceutical companies identify safety risks earlier in drug discovery.

Robin Saluoks is the CEO & Founder of eAgronom, an Estonian company that helps farmers generate additional revenue streams, improve soil quality, and access better financing.

UBEES is a French startup reshaping agriculture by harnessing the role of pollinators.

Zdenek Fred Fous is a General Partner at PurposeTech, a pre-seed fund that backs founders reshaping Health, Climate, and the Future of Work. He started his entrepreneurial journey in 2005, as he felt a need to work on problems he cared about and build with purpose. 

Garima Golchha is a Product Manager at Clarity AI, a sustainable tech company that leverages advanced technology and AI to bring societal impact into financial markets by giving investors the data and tools that help redirect capital toward more sustainable activities.