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Travel Tech Company Hopper has raised a $175 million series G.

This latest round arrives as Hopper is seeing impressive growth as travel

starts to surge on the recent down swings in cases in North America following

large-scale COVID-19 vaccination campaigns.

Hopper says that its revenue is on track to surge 330% versus last year,

which is hardly surprising,

given that 2020 saw the depths of the pandemic and a widespread screeching halt to the bustling global travel industry.

Among Apple's more recent social good initiatives is the Impact Accelerator, an effort launched about a year ago

intended to find and elevate minority-owned small businesses taking on sustainability

and climate change. The program now has its first 15 participants gathered from

all over the country for a three-month program and a shot at an Apple contract.

Now let's see what's going on in the contract.

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