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Techstars has currently invested about two-thirds of the fund, Gavet recently told TechCrunch, adding that the bank is “an amazing partner” and “very active in our program.”

However, J.P. Morgan has yet to tell Techstars whether it will renew the partnership for an Advancing Cities 2 Fund once the initial contract expires in December, sources say. That decision was supposed to be handed down last summer so that Techstars could start fundraising and begin deploying capital in 2025.

This means the fate of the Advancing Cities programs — and some of the around 20 people who work at Techstars in this program — is up in the air.

An often-overlooked water plant that can double its biomass in two days, capture nitrogen from the air — making it a valuable green fertilizer — and be fed to poultry and livestock could serve as life-saving food for humans in the event of a catastrophe or disaster, a new study led by Penn State researchers suggests.

Native to the eastern U.S., the plant, azolla caroliniana Willd — commonly known as Carolina azolla — also could ease food insecurity in the near future, according to findings recently published in Food Science & Nutrition. The researchers found that the Carolina strain of azolla is more digestible and nutritious for humans than azolla varieties that grow in the wild and also are cultivated in Asia and Africa for livestock feed.

Albert Einstein in discussion with ‘Zwei-Stein’ v/@phalpern Zwei-Stein (signifying ‘second Einstein’) was one of physicist Wolfgang Pauli’s more flattering nicknames.

Albert Einstein in discussion with ‘Zwei-Stein’ v/@phalpern.

Zwei-Stein (signifying ‘second Einstein’) was one of physicist Wolfgang Pauli’s more flattering nicknames photo credit: Paul Ehrenfest.


Date: Autumn 1926