2025-01-15
Dutch startup Shift plans to build $250M ‘world wonder’ to inspire climate action
Shift, a social enterprise founded by Dutch tech entrepreneur Don Ritzen, has announced its ambitious plans to construct a massive landmark designed to inspire action on climate change. Shift aims to attract 1 million annual visitors to the “New World Wonder,” which it estimates will cost up to $250mn. The startup plans to build the monument in the Netherlands, and if that’s successful, construct one on every continent. “Civilisations before us built grand monuments to celebrate gods, momentous events or industrial pr [...]
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Can our climate be saved by vacuuming carbon out of the skies
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2025-01-29
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2025-01-21
President Trump withdraws the US from the Paris climate agreement (again)
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2025-05-13
The USDA will republish climate change information online following farmer lawsuit
In the early days of President Donald Trump's second administration, federal agencies including the US Department of Agriculture were ordered to remove information about climate change from their [...]
2025-05-19
Dutch startup ecosystem grows 26% but falls to 6th in Europe
The Dutch startup ecosystem has slipped to 10th place globally and sixth in Europe, according to the newly released Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2025. The annual report, compiled by research platf [...]
2024-12-17
Dutch startups raised $3.5B in 2024. Here are the 10 largest funding rounds
It’s been a great year for the Dutch startup ecosystem. Venture capitalists have, so far, invested $3.5bn into Netherlands-based early-stage companies, according to Dealroom data. That makes 2024 [...]
2025-04-09
Mews leads top 10 funding rounds in rough quarter for Dutch tech
Hospitality software firm Mews raised Dutch tech’s biggest funding round in the first quarter of 2025, in what was a tough start to the year for the sector. Dutch startups raised around €460mn in [...]