Greentown Labs

APRIL 24, 2023

Over the past six months, the Greentown Go Make 2022 cohort of five climatetech startups has been working closely with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) (“MCA”) and the M-Lab Companies to accelerate partnerships to deploy and commercialize supply-chain-decarbonization solutions. MCA is a wholly owned U.S.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 24, 2022

Now a champion of diversity and inclusion, she’s empowering everyone to take climate action by offering data-driven insights into individuals’ and organizations’ energy use, alongside personalized carbon reduction recommendations. Women VCs are twice as likely to invest in female founding teams. round in 2020.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2023

Seventeen startups joined our community Q2 2023, working on innovations ranging from smart sensors for wind turbines, to energy-efficient air conditioning, to a combo of water desalination and carbon capture. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

It’s easy to see what’s motivating India’s emerging ecosystem of sustainable technology startups with a glance out the window from the office of Sangam Ventures in Gurugram, just outside of Delhi. In response, a vibrant ecosystem of sustainability-oriented startups, investors and incubators is taking shape in India today.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 15, 2020

If you’re a startup and making a difference in the world is what gets you out of bed every day, there’s a type of investor who could be ready to support your vision. Here’s what they said about how impact investing can support startups, especially during times of crisis. Can this company succeed?

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Hard truths from a decade of investing in regional food systems. Restoring these supply chain links is essential to creating viable regional food systems, yet community-based infrastructure enterprises have limited access to both startup and growth capital. million in debt to 27 organizations across 14 states. Meredith Storton.

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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.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In the agrifoodtech ecosystem, upstream technologies — those operating on the farm or in the production of food — are where the greatest climate opportunities are, and investment in these categories will be critical to improving Africa’s climate resilience. million, it’s still clearly under-invested.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 17, 2024

Enerdrape , a startup based in Vaud, Switzerland pioneering pre-fabricated geothermal panel technology, has just concluded a CHF 1.3 “The investment in enerdrape strengthens our commitment to energy transition through GeneRActions Planet. Source: Enerdrape The post Geothermal panel startup closes CHF1.3 million (approx.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Startup Phood tackles food waste at the top of the food chain. Food and Agriculture Organization. The headline was right: According to data from Phood, most foodservice organizations throw away between 35 and 65 percent of their ingredient purchases. . Jesse Klein. Thu, 10/29/2020 - 01:00.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The accelerator will advance six startups’ climatetech solutions and foster potential partnerships with Shell in carbon utilization, storage, and traceability Somerville, Mass. As part of its technology portfolio, Shell invests in net-zero-carbon and carbon-removal technologies to mitigate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 8, 2020

One of the hottest 2020 trends in raising capital is infiltrating climate-tech investing. . As of mid-September, the stock market had welcomed at least 82 initial public offerings this year by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) — organizations that collectively raised more than $31 billion. Why would a startup do this?

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We’ve also seen new nonprofit and startup support organizations invest philanthropic capital into climatetech startups, including VertueLab , Clean Energy Trust , and Prime Coalition. And if you’re an investor interested in engaging with our startups, please let us know here !

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CleanTech San Diego

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

GridWrap , SiLi-ion , TYFAST , and Looq AI , four local energy startups engaged in Cleantech San Diego’s Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN), are among the finalists in the national cleantech competition – selected for their potential to break new ground in the national and global transformation to a clean energy future.

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CleanTech San Diego

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

GridWrap , SiLi-ion , TYFAST , and Looq AI , four local energy startups engaged in Cleantech San Diego’s Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN), are among the finalists in the national cleantech competition – selected for their potential to break new ground in the national and global transformation to a clean energy future.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Most have incredibly long R&D lead times, while the systems that typically support startups cater to ones promising shorter-term payoffs. The thesis: The most successful climate-tech startups will be those with early access to economic analysis, policy resources, financing and technical support. But this isn’t just about money. "It

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 15, 2020

The second installment of our Investor Speaker Series connected three impact investors from Greentown Labs’ network to our community of entrepreneurs to discuss what impact investing offers relative to traditional investing and how startups can tap into this type of funding. Can this company succeed?

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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AFN Sustainable Protein

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This is according to a report by Better Origin , a Cambridge-based and AI-enabled insect tech startup that produces animal feed. The startup believes these chains need to be circular, where resources are re-used and upcycled. The startup presents insect technology as a solution that can repurpose as much food as possible. .

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

A new fund is channeling philanthropic dollars into early-stage clean technology investments in the hopes of catalyzing major climate-change impacts. The Prime Impact Fund closed a $50 million raise in recent weeks and has already made eight investments. billion , but other cleantech pitches didn’t land. and Catherine T.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 10, 2021

Startup A tmos Financial ensures that the money its customers deposit will only go to clean energy projects, rather than funding fossil fuel infrastructure. Atmos plans to launch its own lending program for rooftop solar this summer, vetting borrowers directly and through partner organizations. But the banking sector can too. "We

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Charged

JUNE 10, 2022

SOLiTHOR, a spin-off company from the Belgian research organization Imec, recently raised €10 million in a seed investment round led by Imec. Imec has been investing in solid-state battery tech for 10 years, and aims to enable an assembly process that is compatible with existing Li-ion battery production lines.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

PwC estimates funding for climate-tech startups reached more than $16 billion by 2019, a 3,750 percent increase from just six years earlier — a growth rate roughly three times the amount poured into artificial intelligence ventures during a similar time frame. billion tons of CO2-equivalent by 2050, Miller said.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 20, 2020

Join us Women in Cleantech & Sustainability (WCS) & CareerSpring as we explore how the cleantech investing community can take action to build diverse and equitable pipelines for hiring talent and for funding entrepreneurs across both race and gender. Director, Venture Investments at Emerson Collective. Speaker: Amy Duffuor.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 20, 2020

Join us Women in Cleantech & Sustainability (WCS) & CareerSpring as we explore how the cleantech investing community can take action to build diverse and equitable pipelines for hiring talent and for funding entrepreneurs across both race and gender. Director, Venture Investments at Emerson Collective. Speaker: Amy Duffuor.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 22, 2021

Twenty-six startups joined our community in Q2 2021, working on innovations as diverse as kinetic wave energy, soil carbon measurement, efficient wind turbine installation, and electric, uncrewed surface vehicles. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Agtech + water.

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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.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

It’s easy to understand why large corporations partner with innovative climatetech startups. More than that, in any rapidly changing space, innovation is a matter of survival – disrupt or be disrupted – and in the climatetech space, corporations understand that most of the industry’s disruptive potential comes from startups.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 12, 2020

Startups will participate in accelerator program to develop data monitoring technologies focused on protecting marine mammals. The startups will focus on innovations in marine mammal monitoring through data collection, real-time transmission, and analysis. Somerville, Mass., 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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Smart Energy International

MAY 22, 2022

UtilityAPI announced the close of Series A funding with a $10 million investment, led by Aligned Climate Capital. Historically, energy efficiency service providers spent dozens of hours compiling and organizing customer usage data in order to propose appropriate technology solutions, the company said in a press release.

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CleanTech San Diego

OCTOBER 21, 2020

SAN DIEGO, CA, October 21, 2020 – This November, the energy innovations of 17 regional cleantech entrepreneurs will be featured during a three-part Cleantech San Diego series showcasing startups in the Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN). November 12, 9:00-10:30 am. Nove mber 19, 9:00-10:30 am.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 6, 2020

Three investors whose organizations are active in the energy transition and have made major investments in Greentown Labs member companies joined the community in April to discuss venture capital, how it can offer strategic value to startups, and how entrepreneurs can seek this type of funding during the current economic downturn.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 21, 2023

Climatetech leaders from the Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and Fraunhofer USA Welcome Eight Startups to the Initiative Somerville, Mass. Climatetech leaders from the Urban Future Lab, Greentown Labs, and Fraunhofer USA Welcome Eight Startups to the Initiative Somerville, Mass. and New York City, N.Y., and New York City, N.Y.,

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

But digging into innovations being advanced by that organization — AGCO, based in Duluth, Georgia — reveals much about the potential future of technology for cultivating regenerative and precision agriculture. My focus is really to harness the energy of the entire organization. With new CEO Eric Hansotia poised to step up Jan.

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E8 Cleantech Angels

JUNE 14, 2021

Entrepreneurs can apply for investment through July 9; impact investors can accelerate climatetech progress with personal and philanthropic capital. Applications for investment to the Decarbon8-US process are due by June 21, 2021 for priority consideration and July 9, 2021 at the latest.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

Investment in commercial and industrial (C&I) solar seems to be holding up in Africa as the COVID-19 pandemic dents investor confidence across the continent, insiders have said. Arch is focusing more on off-grid and C&I investments during the pandemic, he added. Funding models determining COVID-19 solar fortunes.

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