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Walmart heir Lukas Walton’s Builders Vision puts S2G on a path to independence
Walmart heir Lukas Walton, worth $28 billion, is bringing on new limited partners to expand S2G’s investment reach.
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The ‘valley of death’ for climate lies between early-stage funding and scaling up
It’s easier for climate companies to get enough funding to get started. It’s much harder once they need money to scale.
Bringing down skyscrapers’ sky-high carbon footprint with Joselyn Lai from Bedrock
Joselyn Lai appeared on TechCrunch’s Found to discuss her company and its hopes of driving down the cost of a proven technology to address the…
Texture makes a bid to become the world’s go-to platform of the energy transition
The startup, founded by an Arcadia alumnus, seeks to become a common data collection and sharing platform for renewable power sources like wind, solar, and batteries.
General Galactic emerges from stealth to make methane from carbon dioxide
The stealthy new startup hopes a fully integrated approach, from direct air capture to electrolysis and methane generation, will let it drive prices down for so-called e-fuels.
Building owners are often in the dark about their carbon pollution — a new algorithm could shed light on it
NZero developed a new algorithm that helps building owners estimate their carbon pollution down to the hour.
Magnus Metal wants to revamp the 4,000-year-old way metal parts are made
The startup is developing a technology it claims is as fast and energy efficient as 3D printing at a cost that can compete with sand casting.
Trellis Climate aims to bridge the ‘commercial valley of death’ for climate tech
Climate nonprofit Prime Coalition is hoping to bridge the valley with a new program, Trellis Climate.
How Found Energy went from ‘self-cannibalizing robots’ to cleaning up heavy industry
The startup is decarbonizing heavy industry using aluminum as a fuel, an approach inspired by a future mission to Europa.
Bay Bridge Ventures is raising $200M for a new climate fund, filings show
Bay Bridge Ventures’ fundraising efforts come at a time when venture investors appear to be increasingly bullish on climate tech.
SOSV founder says climate investing is a ‘war effort’ as firm closes $306M fund
SOSV’s new fund makes it one of the largest pools of deep tech venture capital to be raised in recent years.
Quilt promises its heat pump will be a sleeker design that can be installed in more places around a room than competitors’ offerings.
Kode Labs makes a bid to become the Salesforce of commercial building automation
Kode’s platform allows customers to control HVAC and lighting, monitor energy use, track carbon emissions and keep an eye on water consumption.
CleanFiber wants to turn millions of tons of cardboard boxes into insulation
The startup has raised $28 million to help fund a nationwide expansion of its cardboard-based cellulose building insulation.
Voltpost wants to bring curbside EV charging to a lamppost near you
The New York City-based startup has been working on a product that retrofits existing street lampposts to enable EV charging.
Given flagging sales of the company’s existing product line, a mass-market electric vehicle would be a welcome shot in the arm.
New U.S. ‘green bank’ aims to steer over $160B in capital into climate tech
The EPA awarded $20 billion in grants to kickstart loans and equity investing in climate technologies across the country.
Ford delays new EVs once more, showing why legacy automakers need to adopt a startup mentality
Ford is unusual in that it performs best when thinking like a startup, something it appears to have taken to heart recently, EV delays notwithstanding.
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The 18 most interesting startups from YC’s Demo Day show we’re in an AI bubble
From AI-generated music and grant applications to neat new fintech applications and even some healthtech work, there was something for everyone.
Alsym wants to ‘light up homes for a billion people’ with its new battery
The battery startup has raised $78 million to bring its alternative to lithium-ion cells to everything from scooters to steel mills.
MIT tool shows climate change could cost Texans a month and a half of outdoor time by 2080
Finally, something that makes climate change relatable.
New Summit is raising a new $100 million fund to back climate tech and underrepresented fund managers
The size of the new fund suggests that it is bullish that it can convince LPs to open their wallets based its impact-focused approach.
Wase zaps microbes to squeeze more biogas from wastewater sludge
Harvesting methane from organic waste and using it to produce electricity or heat is nothing new, but the startup isn’t building another anaerobic digester.
Evari turns to rocket science to solve problems with heat pumps
The startup emerged from stealth with a goal of extending the range of EVs while also eliminating fossil fuels from home heating.
Ionobell, a seed stage startup, claims its silicon material will be cheaper than the established competition.
The startup is attempting to solve hydrogen’s supply problem by focusing not on novel materials, but on manufacturing.
Greenly lands $52M to help smaller companies track CO2 emissions
The carbon accounting startup targets SMBs to help them assess the carbon footprint of their operations and products.
AirMyne taps geothermal energy to scale direct air carbon capture
The startup is betting its proprietary liquid and partnerships with enhanced geothermal energy companies will solve some of direct air capture’s problems.
Casper’s co-founder is helping launch an incubator for climate tech startups
The new firm follows the startup studio model, hoping to tap into a likely wave of climate-related investments.
This battery startup says it’s found a way to make cheap LFP batteries without sacrificing range
Coreshell, a battery materials startup, revealed a breakthrough this week that could lower the cost of lithium-ion batteries while reducing reliance on China.