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ALAMEDA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rain, a leader in aer­i­al wild­fire con­tain­ment tech­nol­o­gy, and Siko­rsky, a Lock­heed Mar­tin com­pa­ny spe­cial­iz­ing in advanced rotor­craft, com­plet­ed flight tests in late 2023 demon­strat­ing how an autonomous […]

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A Bay Area cof­fee sup­pli­er and equip­ment com­pa­ny is unveil­ing a small­er mod­el of its elec­tric roast­er that works for retail shops. Why it mat­ters: Cof­fee roast­ing is a grow­ing frontier […]

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DBL Named Emeritus Manager on ImpactAssets IA50 2024 List of Impact Investors

March 17, 2024

DBL was rec­og­nized as a 2024 ImpactAs­sets IA50 Emer­i­tus Man­ag­er. The Emer­i­tus Man­ag­er cat­e­go­ry rec­og­nizes impact invest­ment fund man­agers who have achieved IA50 recog­ni­tion for five or more years for […]

Coffee, Courtesy of the “Electrify Everything” Movement

Axios
By Ben Geman
March 17, 2024

A Bay Area cof­fee sup­pli­er and equip­ment com­pa­ny is unveil­ing a small­er mod­el of its elec­tric roast­er that works for retail shops. Why it mat­ters: Cof­fee roast­ing is a grow­ing frontier […]

Rain and Sikorsky Demonstrate Early Detection and Rapid Response to Wildfires With an Autonomous Black Hawk® Helicopter

businesswire
February 27, 2024

ALAMEDA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rain, a leader in aer­i­al wild­fire con­tain­ment tech­nol­o­gy, and Siko­rsky, a Lock­heed Mar­tin com­pa­ny spe­cial­iz­ing in advanced rotor­craft, com­plet­ed flight tests in late 2023 demon­strat­ing how an autonomous […]

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