GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million. While overall startup funding is down this quarter because of the economic disruption brought on by COVID-19, entrepreneurs focused on solving climate-related problems have been bucking the trend. Heather Clancy. Tue, 05/26/2020 - 06:01.

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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 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. The startup is based in Waterloo, ON, Canada.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 15, 2021

Chicago-based tech startup Hazel Technologies supplies packaging inserts. The post Hazel Technologies raises $70 million for packaging that curbs food spoilage appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, April 15 – Curbing food waste in the U.S. is a $14 billion annual opportunity.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Seventeen startups joined our community in the final months of 2022, working on innovations as diverse as a smart nanocoating to keep products fresh, an autonomous waste-sorting system, and drinking water drawn from air’s humidity. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 12, 2022

Our Incubator Partnerships Program engages corporates in industries from energy to consumer packaged goods and invites them into dialogue with our community of 200 climatetech startups through private pitch events, topic roundtables, industry deep dives and more. Startups stumble through corporate structures. Enter Greentown Go.

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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. converts organic waste into high-performance, insulating, greaseproof, and biodegradable packaging materials. and Houston, Texas, Oct. and Houston, Texas, Oct.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 16, 2021

FreeWater provides beverages in eco-friendly, BPA-free packaging paid for by the ads printed directly onto the bottles.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sixteen startups joined our community Q4 2023, working on innovations as diverse as low-emission steel production, hydrogen electrolyzers, and lightweight, flexible solar panels. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! The startup was previously a Greentown Go Energize 2022 participant.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

” Gelatex Technologies from Estonia has won the Green Alley Award 2019 – an annual prize recognising startups in the circular economy, which has been running since 2014. Differently coloured trustmarks indicate whether products and/or packaging are free of plastics and microplastics or are made of recyclates.

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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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altenergymag

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Startup Alley is sponsored by Mercom Capital Group, a global communications and research firm focused on cleantech. The winner also received a $10,000 marketing and communications package.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

Eighteen startups joined our community in the first months of 2023, working on innovations as diverse as an ammonia-based energy system, sneakers made from food waste, and nano-filters that reduce energy consumption in chemical separations. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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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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Greentown Labs

JUNE 16, 2023

Greentown Go Move 2022 brought BASF and Magna together with five climatetech startups to advance solutions that decarbonize the automotive industry’s life-cycle impact. A group of experienced startup mentors and industry experts, including from BASF and Magna, provided valuable guidance to the cohort’s founding teams.

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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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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 6, 2020

On Thursday, the San Francisco-based startup agreed to be acquired by Hanwha Q Cells, to serve as the solar module giant’s entrée into North American commercial and industrial solar-storage markets. In 2016, Seattle-based startup 1Energy was acquired by Doosan. Hanwha Q Cells’ purchase price was not disclosed.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2022

The solution set is relatively clear: Target the production, design and disposal of plastics and packaging; invest in infrastructure and recycling technologies; establish and harmonize policy; center communities and climate. It will take a portfolio approach and an all-of-the-above solution set.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The accelerator program, which specializes in advancing startup-corporate partnerships with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) and the M-Lab Companies, welcomes five startups working on emissions-reducing innovations for industrial supply-chain applications. Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas, Oct. Somerville, Mass.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 16, 2020

San Francisco-based startup Leap has raised $8.2 “That’s something that is not fun to do with equity,” but as a startup with no track record, it was necessary in Leap’s early days, he said.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The program, which is designed to support underrepresented founders, welcomes six startups Somerville, Mass., The program, which is designed to support underrepresented founders, welcomes six startups Somerville, Mass., The selected founding teams will each receive a non-dilutive $25k grant to support their startup’s growth.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Corporate partnership accelerator program seeks innovations from startups in alternative proteins, waste plastics recycling, and prevention of food loss and waste. This challenge will prioritize innovations that enable circularity across proteins, plastics, and packaging value chains. SOMERVILLE, Mass.,

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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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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The six-month old green cleaning product startup raised the seed funds in a round led by Henkel Ventures, the investment arm of the German consumer products conglomerate. To cut down on packaging and transport, the firm The post ‘Circular economy’ startup Truman’s raises $5 million from Germany’s Henkel.

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

India-based startup Calamus recently unveiled the Calamus One Ultrabike, an electric bicycle that they claim is “the world’s safest and most advanced” of its kind. Integrated with elements typically only seen on motor vehicles, the innovative e-bicycle combines safety features and high-end tech into a sleek and beautifully designed package.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Over the years, Zola has evolved from a small, scrappy startup that offered very basic energy packages into a hardware company that installs sleek, scalable power systems that rival the grid in performance. Since its founding in 2012, the company has served over a million people with clean power in five countries.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

The group says it wants to help high growth climate tech startups to connect, grow and scale. We know that startups need more than just a space, which is why we’re also supporting businesses through our climate tech accelerator programmes from the Cambridge Eagle Lab.

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Charged

APRIL 6, 2022

The Volvo VNR Electric models ordered by WattEV are based on its six-battery package option. The company’s first public truck charging depots will be located in Bakersfield, San Bernardino, and near the Port of Long Beach, and will feature 250 kW CCS chargers. They have an energy storage capacity of 565 kWh and a range of up to 275 miles.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Shaun Meehan was burned out. Meehan had lost confidence that Charm could deliver on a large scale. Meissner left the company.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 16, 2021

A new philanthropic marketing startup based out of Austin, Texas is providing companies with a way to advertise while doing good. FreeWater provides beverages in eco-friendly, BPA-free packaging paid for by the ads printed directly onto the bottles. Beverages are packaged in aluminum bottles or paper cartons.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Two food startups explain how their decarbonisation approaches differ from those of big businesses. Cultivating a net zero emissions goal is core to the business models and missions of food startups Aleph Farms and Iron Ox. What led these lean startups to bind themselves to net zero targets? Aleph Farms launched in 2017.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2023

These LDPE grades are used to produce essential products such as beverage cartons, medical bottles and food packaging seals. INEOS is also investing €4 billion building a new ethane cracker, due to startup in 2026 that will have CO2 emissions of less than 50% of any existing European cracker.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 19, 2022

And the good news is that nearly 85% of dollar investment in upstream African agrifoodtech went to climate-focused startups, according to the 2022 Africa AgriFoodtech Investment Report. BIV also invested in another South African startup – De Novo Dairy , a producer of animal-free dairy through precision fermentation.

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 25, 2021

At Clean Energy Trust , we have seen some truly impressive startups grow into successful businesses and are proud to have invested in some of the most promising ones. Are they motivated by an above-market salary or benefits package? Many cleantech startups have strong organizational alignment on environmental impact.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2022

The partnerships-focused accelerator is accepting applications from startups with emissions-reducing supply chain innovations . From production to packaging and distribution, each stage of the supply chain needs robust climatetech innovation. Somerville, Mass. MCA is a wholly-owned U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Willson's San Diego-based startup NeoVolta emerged when a friend in the solar industry asked for his thoughts on the existing field of home energy storage systems. Willson designed his enclosure to encapsulate the inverter and automatic transfer switch, so the only external item needed is a critical load panel that comes with the package.

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