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Tech must lead on carbon neutrality

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sponsored: The tech industry is far from the biggest polluter, but it’ll be a key leader in solving the most pressing issue of our time: saving our planet.

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Climate tech investing surges in the third quarter

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

After a slow start to the year, funding in climate tech startups returns to the financial highs of 2021’s bull market.

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The State of Play for Climate Tech

GreenBiz

AUGUST 14, 2023

Climate tech is at an inflection point. In this free webcast, GreenBiz experts cover the top trends shaping the climate tech landscape and offer insights on this moment full of both promise and gridlock. Join us to hear about the climate tech state of play, technologies to watch and how to scale from here.

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3 reasons to be optimistic about climate tech in the second half of 2023

GreenBiz

JULY 5, 2023

Investors continue to pump money into climate tech startups, laid-off tech workers are flocking to climate tech career opportunities and the seeds of opportunity sowed by the Inflation Reduction Act are yet to be reaped.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us.

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Climate tech needs cybersecurity

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Increasingly, security considerations — for both digital and physical assets — will need to become a consideration for climate tech and green infrastructure.

The corporate hunger for climate tech

GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2023

When it comes to venture capital for climate tech entrepreneurs, big corporations are among the most active funders. But finding scale isn’t just about money.

Climate tech investment fell by 40%, but there's a silver lining

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 18, 2023

PwC reveals a slowdown in venture capital and private equity climate tech investment, but the sector keeps outperforming the wider market.

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Can Climate Tech Fulfill its Promise?

GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2022

Climate tech solutions enabling the transformation of energy, transportation, food and carbon removal markets are already demonstrating enormous potential to confront the climate crisis and improve peoples’ lives. Join the GreenBiz analysts covering four of the most dynamic climate tech markets to share what they’re tracking and projecting.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers.

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My exclusive interview with ChatGPT about AI, climate tech and sustainability

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Can artificial intelligence conduct an informed conversation about the broad and complex technologies under the climate tech umbrella? Let's let it speak for itself.

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When circularity meets climate tech

GreenBiz

JANUARY 12, 2022

Climate tech designers should take a cue from consumer electronics companies such as Dell and Sonos.

4 climate tech startups to watch

GreenBiz

JULY 28, 2023

June's editions of Climate Tech Rundown featured Rebundle, Sinai, Floodbase and Liminal.

Startups

The State of Climate Tech Funding

GreenBiz

AUGUST 16, 2022

What is the current state of climate tech funding, and what does this mean for the state of startups and investors over the next 12-18 months? Innovation and startups have a critical role to play in creating the climate future we want, especially in the face of lagging policies and yet-to-be-realized market demand.

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Introducing our Climate Tech Weekly newsletter

GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2021

Climate Tech Weekly is a newsletter covering innovations, emerging technologies, startups, funding mechanisms, alliances and people driving the climate tech movement.

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Climate tech investment falls 40% amid economic uncertainty

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Climate tech investments from venture-capital and private equity fell 40% in 2023 as economic uncertainty and geopolitical conflict dent investor confidence, according to PwC’s 2023 State of Climate Tech report, published on 17 October. Meanwhile, for the first time, more deals are happening at the mid-stage than at the early stage.

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Nature tech got $1.6 billion in VC funding last year. It's poised to take off in 2024

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Get ready to see more tech innovations that aim to protect, restore, measure and report on nature.

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4 climate tech startups to watch this year

GreenBiz

JUNE 6, 2023

May's editions of Climate Tech Rundown featured Sesame Solar, Sealed, Carbon Chain and Urban Machine.

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Corporations plus climate tech startups = scale

GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2022

Catching up with the 100+ Accelerator program, a climate tech startup initiative supported by AB InBev, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever.

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These climate tech entrepreneurs are teaming up to scale equity-based solutions

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Upside Tech Alliance is minimizing the individual sales calls its founding climate tech startups need to make to busy mayors and city planners.

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The White House's 2024 budget proposal prioritizes climate tech

GreenBiz

MARCH 27, 2023

The White House's 2024 budget proposal prioritizes climate tech

Inside the new $100 million women-led climate tech fund

GreenBiz

APRIL 14, 2022

The fund is led by managing partners Sierra Peterson and Sarah Sclarsic and supported a suite of investors and partners across the corporate, climate tech and environmental worlds including past or present CEOs of General Electric, Lyft and Shopify.

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Will Big Tech downsize clean energy commitments?

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The golden age of tech is ending. What does that mean for climate initiatives?

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Is green hydrogen the biggest opportunity for climate tech funding?

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Sponsored: Dr. Maria Anez-Lingerfelt, senior scientist at Pall Corporation looks at how finance and tech must align to make further progress for sustainable energy.

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How BCG helps corporations invest in climate tech

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The BCG Green Ventures mandate: Partner with corporations to help them identify business opportunities related to climate tech, and then jointly incubate and invest in those ventures.

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Shooting stars are the next phase of space tech

GreenBiz

APRIL 5, 2023

Space tech company ALE wants to monitor and evaluate climate data via human-made meteor showers.

The challenges of scaling climate tech

GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2022

Explaining how the "valley of death" hamstrings important climate tech advances as they move into commercialization of their products.

Emerging Leaders: This climate tech deserves more investment

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Next-generation sustainability professionals reflect on VERGE 22 and what climate tech they’d bet on.

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Michael Strahan is embracing ‘nature tech’ — why you should care

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The term “nature tech” describes a broad range of applied and information technologies focused on helping scale nature-based solutions to climate change.

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Israeli climate tech companies mean business at COP27

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

10 of Israel’s most promising climate tech startups won the chance to demonstrate their innovations to the world.

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This fund is seeking diverse climate tech founders

GreenBiz

AUGUST 12, 2021

You could argue that climate tech funds writ large should simply consider their investments using a wider aperture than historically has been the case. But today’s climate, it’s clear that far more systemic support is necessary as we make the clean energy transition.

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The world needs venture capital to take bold action on water tech

GreenBiz

JANUARY 23, 2023

Water tech investment is picking up speed, but why does it appear stranded at sea in comparison to other climate sectors?

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3 New Year’s resolutions for climate tech

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 29, 2021

2021 was another breakthrough year for climate tech. Here are three principles for keeping up the momentum.

Virtual power plants: the importance of integrating smart-enabled tech with microgeneration

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2024

Jordan Brompton explains how developments in smart tech are enabling increasingly eco-conscious consumers to more easily and effectively transition towards off-grid renewable energy. Another example of eco-smart tech is myenergi’s zappi, which was the world’s first solar-compatible electric vehicle charger.

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How climate tech startups can survive and thrive in the downturn

GreenBiz

AUGUST 3, 2022

A bubble-bursting means climate tech entrepreneurs will need to adjust their game plan. They’ll need to adapt, conserve cash, negotiate flat or down fundraising rounds, adjust to rising costs of capital and look at forms of financing outside of venture capital.

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Department of Commerce, NOAA launch fund for ocean tech accelerators

GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2023

The federal government triggers a wave of funding for the ocean tech sector.

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Government policy spurs investment in Chinese climate tech

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

China’s net-zero goal has strengthened the financing landscape for the country’s climate tech sector.

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Co-op extends tech recirculation offer

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

Image credit: Brookgardener / Shutterstock.com Co-op has expanded its trial with tech-recirculation start-up, Spring , with the introduction of new, reusable Pouches to help consumers cut e-waste and unlock the value in their old and unwanted phones and electronic devices.

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What does the rest of 2022 hold for climate tech investing?

GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2022

In the first half, climate tech startups raised around $19 billion across 500 venture deals, but will that rate continue or slow down?

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Curry’s offers refurbished tech

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

Unlike many other refurbished tech retailers, Currys says it can offer shoppers product support both online and in-store, meaning customers have extra peace of mind when buying pre-owned. Until now, customers have only been able to buy second-hand tech which has been graded as being in ‘excellent’ condition.

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Barclays launches climate tech hub in Cambridge

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

Barclays has relaunched its Cambridge Eagle Lab with an apparently new focus on becoming a centre of excellence for climate tech start-ups. The group says it wants to help high growth climate tech startups to connect, grow and scale. To find out more, visit [link] Notes [1] Net Zero Roadmap: A Global Pathway to Keep the 1.5°C

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