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Elemental Excelerator to Fund 15 Climate Companies in 12th Cohort

Elemental Excelerator

into climate solutions and will spearhead the development of 15 transformative technologies crucial for heating and cooling our homes, reimagining critical resource extraction, advancing carbon removal and transforming our food system. With this latest cohort, Elemental is infusing another $12.5M The why: Palm oil is responsible for 1.4%

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Green City Solutions fights air pollution with IoT, biotech and moss

Green Tech Challenge

In 2016, World Energy Outlook made a study on air pollution as the fourth-largest threat to human health – but also to our environment. They seek to solve it with a combination of Internet of Things (IoT) and plants, providing clean and cool air to hot urban cities. The CityTree in action at the main station in Berlin.

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The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for?

Grist

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. Because biotechnology alone can’t restore the American chestnut to the numbers that its supporters are envisioning, Powell anticipates relying on citizen scientists. It’s just cool to be part of it.”

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? Green linings & lessons from breakthroughs #159

Climate Tech VC

Geologic hydrogen raises $91M and heating and cooling efficiency draws in $67M. 💧 cimico , a Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain-based biotechnological wastewater treatment platform, raised $8M in Series A funding from Moira Capital Partners. A major public health concern as the geographic reach of malaria spreads.