Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The post DFC backs women’s health startup Kasha Global appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, February 18 — Rwanda-based Kasha Global operates an e-commerce platform to improve low-income women’s access to menstrual care products, contraceptives, pharmaceuticals and.

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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. 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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GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2020

How tree-planting startup Propagate Ventures monetizes land conservation. In May, I spoke with another intriguing agroforestry startup, Propagate Ventures , part of the fall 2018 cohort at Elemental Excelerator. Heather Clancy. Thu, 07/09/2020 - 01:30. The company, which recently raised $1.5

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 20, 2020

ImpactAlpha, April 20 – Africa’s health systems may have an advantage in the fight against COVID: experience mobilizing around outbreaks of infectious diseases. Watching the public health calamities that unfolded in China, Europe and the U.S., African leaders moved swiftly to close borders, impose curfews and implement lockdowns.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health. On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse. Oliver Camp. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 01:30. 1 killer in the country.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups to participate in its sustainability accelerator programme. Companies selected fall across the broad themes of Net Zero, Circular World, Society, Health and Food. Zelemiq – A technology company developing solutions for the growing health tracker and medical device market.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

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. The selected founding teams will each receive a non-dilutive $25k grant to support their startup’s growth.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 13, 2023

ImpactAlpha, March 13 – At the end of a nervous weekend, disaster was averted for Silicon Valley’s ecosystem of climate tech, health tech. The post Climate tech and other startups exhale after the U.S. backstops Silicon Valley Bank depositors appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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TechCrunch: Climate

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Over the last three days, 20 startups participated in the incredibly competitive Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt. These 20 companies were selected as the best of the Startup Battlefield 200 and competed for a chance to take home the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000. The […]

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Featured: The Transition With a startup accelerator, COP28 boosts climate tech in the Global South. The post The Brief: limate tech in the Global South, raising science-based climate targets, climate + health in Canada, sustainability tools for private equity appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact!

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 25, 2022

Indian insect biotech startup Loopworm has raised $3.4 Loopworm is the first Indian technology startup to farm insects for animal feed. The investment is Omnivore’s second investment under its OmniX Bio initiative, which backs early-stage agrifood life science startups. . Regional fundraising. ” What they’re saying.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 31, 2020

It's debatable whether venture capital is the best way to fund cleantech startups at scale. But the reality is that an influential incubator or fund is often the first rung on a cleantech startup's ladder to growth. The full Trailblazers list includes buzzed-about startups such as Dandelion , Leap and Heliolytics.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 8, 2023

ImpactAlpha, May 8 – Dental care is often an afterthought in global health. The post How impact incentives brought a dental care startup back to its roots in rural Ecuador appeared first on ImpactAlpha. But as anyone who’s had a toothache knows, it can.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A handful of large funding rounds boosted the total, but early-stage impact startups comprised a significant share of the smaller deals. Companies supporting India’s digital transition, particularly in health, education. The post Indian startups and social ventures attracted $1.8

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The latest iteration of the Greentown Launch corporate partnerships accelerator, the Healthy Buildings Challenge is focused on solutions that optimize for the health of people and the climate and aims to foster collaboration between Saint-Gobain and the participating startups, with support from MassCEC. Somerville, Mass.,

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

New research, growing automotive industry interest and an expanding startup ecosystem suggest that that could now finally be changing. Solutions are within reach, with a growing group of technology startups and major automakers working to advance the second-life battery segment as EV sales continue to increase.

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TechCrunch: Climate

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Last year, Amini, a Kenya-based climate tech startup using data from satellites to offer insights on crop health and track farming progress, announced pre-seed and seed rounds six months apart.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

#Greentown10 is a celebration of the startups, partners, ecosystem collaborators, and other climate champions who have worked together over Greentown’s first decade. Both startups and corporates have enormous roles to play in tackling the climate crisis, and their impact is most significant when they work together.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 30, 2020

ImpactAlpha, January 30 – After eleven years and more than 100 investments in early-stage startups, Village Capital is getting into the fund management business. Village Capital is looking to build a “family The post Village Capital kicks off fund strategy with MetLife-backed financial health fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2022

That’s why Gunnison founded Zero , a Greentown Labs startup and Healthy Buildings Challenge participant that’s built software to simplify home retrofits and deploy decarbonization solutions at scale. “I The post Meet Zero, the Startup Determined to Scale Single-family Home Electrification appeared first on Greentown Labs.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 20, 2020

The post The Brief: Impact management principles, Africa’s health startups, Ceniarth’s catalytic capital for rural lenders, Beeck Center’s impact job matching appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The International Finance Corp. Tideline is sponsoring Agents of Impact Call No. 15 this week to.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 2, 2020

This information helps public health officials stay on top of developments as they happen, rather than having to wait until they’re reflected in statistics such as hospitalizations. Biobot generally works on the opioid epidemic, but has shifted its focus to studying the spread of COVID-19 to fight the global public health crisis.

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Grist

APRIL 17, 2024

And today, a new wave of startups is entering the coffee-imitation game, motivated by the threat climate change poses to the world’s coffee supply. When Anderson first began reporting the story, “as someone who drinks coffee and is attached to coffee,” she was highly skeptical of what these startups were offering.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 1, 2021

The post Rubio Impact Ventures backs surgical care tech startup Incision appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, June 1 — Amsterdam-based Incision launched in 2014 to help surgeons and other operating room staff share surgical experiences, skills and expertise.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 28, 2022

This spring, we wrapped up the Greentown Go Healthy Buildings Challenge —a startup-corporate partnerships accelerator with Saint-Gobain and supported by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)—which advanced building technologies that promote the health of both people and the planet. .

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Hiring is tough for startups. This has led some companies to freeze hiring, but with many talented individuals currently searching for their next role, some startups are looking to seize on this moment. Hiring for the right fit at an early stage startup is key to the company’s continued success.

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TechCrunch: Climate

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Graham Hine, the co-founder and CEO of ePlant, a startup that creates sensors that monitor the health of trees. Hine talked about what got him interested in the tree space to begin with and […]

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CleanTech San Diego

JUNE 14, 2021

SCEIN is an accelerator program for clean energy startups based in San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial counties that are developing technologies to help California meet its clean energy goals. Cleantech San Diego launched the program in 2016. Share this.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 30, 2020

Innovations that “cross the chasm” stand to create a bandwagon effect and become the The post The Brief: ESG crosses the chasm (podcast), Village Capital’s financial health fund, NYC’s women-led startups, green chemistry, pension funds’ changing climate appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Take the example of two startups that have raised early-stage funding in the past month, both aimed at predicting some very hard-to-predict futures. Since then, the startup has landed customers in Europe and North America, including large-scale renewable energy developers like Enel Green Power and utilities including Finland-based Fortum.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Helsinki-based Soil Scout is among a number of tech startups trying to improve awareness and management of soil health with sensor-enabled analytics platforms.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 18, 2021

May 18, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) have selected six startups for the KAITEKI Challenge that are innovating in the areas of alternative proteins, plastics, and packaging. Somerville, Mass.,

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Better Ventures

AUGUST 20, 2020

Startups on the Forefront of the Evolution of Tele-Behavioral Health One of the biggest “new normals” to come out of the COVID pandemic is of course telemedicine. Perhaps no category is better served by telemedicine than behavioral health. Taking two hours off of work! More forms!

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Better Ventures

MARCH 4, 2020

Harnessing Ubiquitous Computing and Novel Data Science for Better Health Outcomes Image credit: Vigyanix blog. This series of events just saved the health system hundreds of thousands of dollars and may possibly have saved your life. Our health system is built to be reactive and episodic. Imagine having a heart attack.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 29, 2020

Like you, we are prioritizing the health and wellness of our loved ones, our teams, and our neighbors. This letter is open to all cleantech startups. The post An Open Letter: Startup Founders Commitment in Response to a Recent Investor Letter appeared first on Greentown Labs.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

We also know that partnering with the government can create significant opportunities for startups and act as an accelerant. On the one year birthday of the Policy Lab and the 4.543 billionth birthday of the Earth, we’re reflecting on what we’ve learned about the mutually beneficial relationship between climate tech startups and policymakers.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 31, 2020

Three investors and more than 70 Greentown Labs community members connected virtually in late March to discuss topics that are top of mind for many startups right now: how to build company resilience, manage investor relationships, and fundraise in an uncertain economy.

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