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All cars suffer when the mercury drops, but electric vehicles suffer more than most as heaters draw more power and batteries charge more slowly as the liquid electrolyte inside thickens.…
ETF Partners raises €285M for climate startups that will be effective quickly — not 20 years down the road
The European venture capital firm raised its fourth fund as fund as climate tech “comes of age.”
Forget EVs: Why Bedrock Materials is targeting gas-powered cars for its first sodium-ion batteries
Bedrock Materials is developing a new type of sodium-ion battery, which promises to be dramatically cheaper than lithium-ion.
The heat pump startup unveiled its first products and revealed details about performance, pricing and availability.
Charging has long been the Achilles’ heel of electric vehicles. One startup thinks it has a better way for apartment dwelling EV drivers to charge overnight.
SAP’s chief sustainability officer isn’t interested in getting your company to do the right thing
SAP Chief Sustainability Officer Sophia Mendelsohn wants to incentivize companies to be green because it’s profitable, not just because it’s right.
Here’s what one insider said happened in the days leading up to the layoffs.
Usually, when something starts to rot, it gets pitched in the trash. But Joanne Rodriguez wants to turn the concept of rot on its head by growing fungus on trash…
Plenty of founders have a difficult decision to make early in their journey: where to set up shop. For deep tech founders, the decision is complicated by the fact that…
Companies focused on reducing CO2 emissions raised big sums, second only to Q3 2023.
Walmart heir Lukas Walton, worth $28 billion, is bringing on new limited partners to expand S2G’s investment reach.
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The ‘valley of death’ for climate lies between early-stage funding and scaling up
It’s easier for climate companies to get enough funding to get started. It’s much harder once they need money to scale.
Joselyn Lai appeared on TechCrunch’s Found to discuss her company and its hopes of driving down the cost of a proven technology to address the…
The startup, founded by an Arcadia alumnus, seeks to become a common data collection and sharing platform for renewable power sources like wind, solar, and batteries.
The stealthy new startup hopes a fully integrated approach, from direct air capture to electrolysis and methane generation, will let it drive prices down for so-called e-fuels.
Building owners are often in the dark about their carbon pollution — a new algorithm could shed light on it
NZero developed a new algorithm that helps building owners estimate their carbon pollution down to the hour.
The startup is developing a technology it claims is as fast and energy efficient as 3D printing at a cost that can compete with sand casting.
Climate nonprofit Prime Coalition is hoping to bridge the valley with a new program, Trellis Climate.
The startup is decarbonizing heavy industry using aluminum as a fuel, an approach inspired by a future mission to Europa.
Bay Bridge Ventures’ fundraising efforts come at a time when venture investors appear to be increasingly bullish on climate tech.
SOSV’s new fund makes it one of the largest pools of deep tech venture capital to be raised in recent years.
Quilt promises its heat pump will be a sleeker design that can be installed in more places around a room than competitors’ offerings.
Kode’s platform allows customers to control HVAC and lighting, monitor energy use, track carbon emissions and keep an eye on water consumption.
The startup has raised $28 million to help fund a nationwide expansion of its cardboard-based cellulose building insulation.
The New York City-based startup has been working on a product that retrofits existing street lampposts to enable EV charging.
Given flagging sales of the company’s existing product line, a mass-market electric vehicle would be a welcome shot in the arm.
The EPA awarded $20 billion in grants to kickstart loans and equity investing in climate technologies across the country.
Ford delays new EVs once more, showing why legacy automakers need to adopt a startup mentality
Ford is unusual in that it performs best when thinking like a startup, something it appears to have taken to heart recently, EV delays notwithstanding.
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The 18 most interesting startups from YC’s Demo Day show we’re in an AI bubble
From AI-generated music and grant applications to neat new fintech applications and even some healthtech work, there was something for everyone.
The battery startup has raised $78 million to bring its alternative to lithium-ion cells to everything from scooters to steel mills.