GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In the world of venture capital, climate tech is about as hot as it gets. In the first two quarters of 2021, climate tech companies raised $16B from VCs. It's never been a better time to be a climate tech entrepreneur. Where is it coming from, and who is it going to?

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 8, 2020

David Crane is back, with a climate-tech SPAC. One of the hottest 2020 trends in raising capital is infiltrating climate-tech investing. . Heather Clancy. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 01:45. Last week, former NRG Energy CEO David Crane joined the frenzy. . After the merger, the acquired company becomes listed. .

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

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. Other "participating" investors are Viking Global Investors, Upfront Investors, Tao Capital Partners and Rock Creek Group.

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Michael Grossman

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

It's a question I hear from mission-driven companies in the climate tech sector, especially from executives born before the first web browser. We’re a science-based company,” says the typical climate tech CEO. Who are those people? It's a reasonable train of logic. It's a reasonable train of logic.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Apple creates $200 million fund for nature-based climate solutions. Nature-based solutions to climate change are having a moment, and Apple is riding the trend with a $200 million fund dedicated to related investments. . What started as a $10 million investment became the $100 million Right Now Climate Fund. Jesse Klein.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 3, 2021

After 30 years of R&D and commercial proof, hundreds of billions in institutional dollars are pouring into now-conventional tech like wind, solar and batteries. And investors who are increasingly ready to back them. Our guest co-host this week is Nneka Uzoh Kibuule , a senior vice president at Aligned Climate Capital.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Carbontech, a category of climate tech I’d love to see break through next year. Stripe’s climate initiative is a gift because it removes all barriers to positive action," wrote Substack CEO Chris Best, a beta tester, in a statement. It may be a little early to start writing about trends for 2021, but I’m going to do it anyway.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Our team is proud to unveil Sightline Climate , our new market intelligence platform for the new climate economy. More than 20 leading investors, corporates, and governments already use the platform including the US Department of Energy, BHP, and Galvanize Climate. After all, the new climate economy has grown beyond VC.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 8, 2024

For an intro to the different kinds of funding check out our Climate Capital Stack.) In this piece we’ll look at what each investor group is looking for (The Eligible), the benefits of raising money from them (The Good), the drawbacks (The Bad), and companies that have done this before (The Exemplars).  Pilot, check.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 16, 2023

San Francisco, CA (March 15, 2023) — Elemental Excelerator, a leading nonprofit climate tech investor, today announced it plans to infuse up to $43 million into climate tech startups focused on social impact. BlocPower CEO Donnel Baird stated: “Climate change is impacting ALL communities.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

What makes Al Gore hopeful: Tech innovation, science-based targets and the racial 'awakening'. Who is responsible for emissions? Climate TRACE will empower all of these actors." . Heather Clancy. Wed, 07/22/2020 - 02:00. Where did they originate? How can we be sure?

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 6, 2024

Wells Fargo, together with Elemental Excelerator, a leading nonprofit climate technology investor, and the New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation (NYCEEC), a leading nonprofit green bank, have joined forces to launch a new debt financing program, called Capital Access for Climate Innovators.

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Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

As venture capital funding falls across the startup landscape, the dollars flowing into climate tech companies dropped ~40% in the first half of 2023. Investors spent a lot of money in 2021 and 2022. If climate tech is truly a resilient trend, what’s going on with the current funding slump?

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Venture capital investment in climate tech may have dropped ~40% in the first half of this year amid the broader market slackening, but climate-focused funds have still been steadily stacking the green. amount of dry powder available for climate tech. illustrative!)

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 18, 2023

Elemental Excelerator celebrates matching 176 individuals within its internship program, most recently having placed 76 interns with 52 employers in the climate workforce for summer 2023. EDICT now has a pipeline of almost 1,400 aspiring climate professionals.

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Michael Grossman

AUGUST 22, 2023

Focus Is About The People You Serve Ask an climate tech engineer or scientist what the focus of their start up company is, and you’re likely to hear a statement beginning with the words, “we make…” That shouldn’t be surprising because scientists and engineers invent things. Me: What’s Your Focus?

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ACCEL is a unique partnership between Greentown, the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and BGS, a nonprofit dedicated to making clean energy and other climate-related fields more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. The recurring, year-long program welcomes seven startups led by underrepresented founders Somerville, Mass.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 2, 2024

Case Study : Stepwise’s Tech in Action Let’s say you buy an EV and want to charge it at home. Think of your electric panel as your home’s brain. A key nexus point that routes electricity from the grid throughout your home, the electric panel also keeps the amount of power coursing through wires at a safe level.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 6, 2021

In the great debate over crypto mining vs. climate, there are two camps. And then there are the energy wonks, who point out that, if bitcoin mining were a country, it would already be in the top 30 for total energy consumption , rivaling Ukraine. But USV has gone big on climate tech and raised a specific climate fund.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 23, 2020

Wendy is currently the Vice President at X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory of diverse investors and entrepreneurs aiming to improve lives through the development of breakthrough technologies. . Wendy is a technology innovator, entrepreneur and investor who also advocates for women working in tech and investment.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Companies ready to cross the bridge will have already traversed several valleys of death, first proving their tech works in a lab, then progressing to pilots to demonstrate their technology can work in the real world. “Deploy, deploy, deploy” starts with building the first project or factory, or the first-of-a-kind (FOAK).

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The recent landmark IPCC report highlights the urgent need for collaborative climate action in order to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. With billions of dollars already flowing into climatetech, investors have a big role to play in driving the energy transition and negating the effects of climate change. 21— join us !

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We spoke about both challenges and opportunities and how climate tech innovators, investors, and community-based organizations are creating, investing in, and supporting the solutions we need to meet growing demand in an equitable and sustainable way. Air conditioners remain energy hogs that account for 4% of global emissions.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 5, 2023

Sustainability Business Supporters, Investors, and Other Funders Will Be (Virtually) Pitching To YOU. A couple dozen folks from the entrepreneur support, investor, and banking community who prioritize sustainability and environmental solution businesses will be pitching to WCS founders, entrepreneurs, and innovators.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 11, 2022

That idea received a major boost when Farmers Business Network, a global farmer-to-farmer network and ag tech company, launched a new farm operating loan that includes a lower interest rate incentive for farmers who achieve climate and water quality benchmarks. Farmers who meet the environmental standards will receive a 0.5%

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Building climate tech projects is tough. Building a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) climate tech project is much tougher. Innovative climate tech companies often have no choice about being first. Key takeaways FOAK risk doesn’t just mean tech risk. Customer demand is king.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Arrival, Octopus Energy, ITM Power, and OVO have been named among the leading lights of the UK's most valuable tech start-ups in a fresh analysis released today by the government, which estimates the country's top 12 'impact unicorns' have together attracted £2bn in investment over the past year.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 24, 2022

Patricia Vega , CEO of Quantum New Energy , is a former petroleum engineer who overcame sexism to make a place for herself in the energy industry. Patricia Vega , CEO of Quantum New Energy , is a former petroleum engineer who overcame sexism to make a place for herself in the energy industry. government.

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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. “You have a different generation of investors who are approaching the field on its own terms and have learned from what didn’t work in the past.”

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

“What we are trying to do as a fund is define what climate change entrepreneurship needs to look like,” Karthik Chandrasekar, the founder of early stage cleantech venture capital firm Sangam, said in an interview at his office early last year. This is the second article in a series. Read part one here.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JANUARY 30, 2023

Entocycle , a UK startup that provides technologies and services for the insect farming industry, has secured $5 million in a Series A round from a pool of climate-positive institutional investors and athletes as angel investors. Who are the customers? billion by 2023.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

DAC projects are starting to catch the eyes of investors thanks to incentive bumps like the 45Q credit in the US Inflation Reduction Act (see our breakdown of IRA incentives here ). Happy Monday!    Today, we're going DAC to the future. Subscribe Now 📩 Submit deals and announcements for the newsletter at hello@ctvc.co.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Sir James Bevan argues net zero transition is set to dramatically accelerate in the wake of the COP26 Climate Summit. The boss of the Environment Agency has declared that coal and oil are "no longer safe bets" for investors, warning that banks that failed to divest from fossil fuels would be left behind by the market. Or the consumers?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The Pawprint for Business reporting dashboard: The initiative aims to inspire employees to join the fight against climate change. Standard Life Aberdeen is committed to help fight climate change and we can’t wait to get started on this project.”.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Generate Capital, the cleantech infrastructure investor, revealed Tuesday that it had raised another $1 billion in equity and debt finance. Investors include AustralianSuper, Queensland Investment Corporation, British fund Railways Pension and Swedish pension fund AP2. It’s just new to the investor base in the U.S.”

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Innovative climate solutions are entering the spotlight, but deploying those key technologies requires resources. We’ve covered the climate capital stack —from the flow of VC dollars to the challenges of accessing commercial debt. — three climate policy packages since 2021. Total funding: $1.2T

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

BlackRock and Temasek said they were seeking to raise third-party capital from investors who are committed to achieving a net zero emission economy. BlackRock and Temasek said they were seeking to raise third-party capital from investors who are committed to achieving a net zero emission economy.

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