Greentown Labs

MARCH 26, 2024

Twenty-four startups joined our community in Q1 2024, working on innovations ranging from biobased building materials, to sustainable rubber, to solar-powered flight. Puro Renewables upcycles carbon-negative biowaste to reduce the amount of fossil-fuel-based resin and carbon footprint associated with typical plastic products.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Greentown alum Advent Technologies , maker of HT-PEM fuel cells that convert hydrogen and other renewable fuels to electricity, secured funding from the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program for an R&D project. EarthEn won the 2024 Deep Tech Climate Startup Challenge at CES 2024.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 24, 2024

Greentown alum Verne announced funding led by Trucks Venture Capital—with participation from existing investors, including Greentown partners United Airlines and Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund—to accelerate the development of high-density hydrogen storage for heavy-duty transportation.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 8, 2024

2024 is here, and it’s full of promise for the climatetech industry. Cell-based meat Named to Lux Research’s “Climate Tech 2024 Watch List” Tender is introducing a new generation of alternative meat products—produced in the kitchen by chefs—that have the same texture, taste, and consistency as real meat. Let us know on LinkedIn!

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Grist

MAY 22, 2024

All that infrastructure, and the hydrogen fuel station, were grant-funded decades ago by the global loss-and-damage fund. IMAGE CREDITS Vision & Spotlight: Grist This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Five creative visions for the future, from Looking Forward’s readers on May 22, 2024.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

🧱 Carbon Upcycling Technologies , a Calgary, Canada-based company mineralizing CO2 into industrial byproducts, raised $26M in Series A funding from BDC Capital, Climate Investment, Strategic Investors, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, CRH Ventures, Cemez Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures, and other investors. SPF 1,000?

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

🍎 Koa , a Zürich, Switzerland-based upcycled cocoa fruit products developer, raised $15M in Series B funding from Mirova, Zebra Impact, Mirabaud, and others. 27 countries signed the UAE Hydrogen Declaration of Intent endorsing a global hydrogen certification standard.  Asana for climate delegates, anyone?

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