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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2024

Greentown Labs

Twenty-four startups joined our community in Q1 2024, working on innovations ranging from biobased building materials, to sustainable rubber, to solar-powered flight. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! The startup is participating in Go Build 2023.

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5 circular economy startups we've got our eyes on

GreenBiz

5 circular economy startups we've got our eyes on. This week, we announced five startups pitching June 17 at Accelerate at Circularity 21. Accelerate is a fast pitch competition featuring startups across the circular economy value chain. Climate tech startups, and investments into them, are growing. Sherrie Totoki.

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How Stripe’s ‘negative emissions’ team picked its first four carbon removal projects

GreenBiz

How Stripe’s ‘negative emissions’ team picked its first four carbon removal projects. Among the many notes to myself about potential follow-up stories lies my scribbled reminder to check in on online payment tech company Stripe’s pledge last year to put at least $1 million annually toward carbon removal activities.

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SpadXTech Aims to Disrupt Vegan Leather Market with Plastic-free, Carbon-negative Material

Greentown Labs

When she realized microbes could create carbon-negative materials for applications across vegan leather, insulation, packaging, and more, González co-founded SpadXTech with mechanical engineer Connor Crawford in 2020. The pair got married this summer. Samples of AirPods cases made using SpadXTech’s materials.

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Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space Announce Second Cohort for ACCEL, an Accelerator for BIPOC-led Climatetech Startups

Greentown Labs

The recurring, year-long program welcomes seven startups led by underrepresented founders Somerville, Mass. The recurring, year-long program welcomes seven startups led by underrepresented founders Somerville, Mass. These early-stage startups are working on innovations from vertical-axis wind turbines to carbon-negative concrete.

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Carbonaide secures €1.8 million to ramp up production of carbon-negative concrete

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 29 – A raft of startups are developing lower-carbon construction materials for buildings, which are responsible for 40% of global carbon. million to ramp up production of carbon-negative concrete appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The post Carbonaide secures €1.8

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Greentown Go Build 2023 with Saint-Gobain Announces Startup Cohort

Greentown Labs

The accelerator will advance six startups’ climatetech solutions and foster potential development, investment, and commercial partnerships with Saint-Gobain Somerville, Mass. manufactures and distributes biobased building materials, including a low-embodied-carbon insulation. and Houston, Texas, Jan. and Houston, Texas, Jan.

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