climate tech

Farmers have got to do something about pests. But nobody really likes the idea of using more chemical pesticides. Thomas Laurent’s company, Micropep, thinks the answer might already be in…

Micropep taps tiny proteins to make pesticides safer

According to a recent Dealroom report on the Spanish tech ecosystem, the combined enterprise value of Spanish startups surpassed €100 billion in 2023. In the latest confirmation of this upward trend, Madrid-based…

Spain’s exposure to climate change helps Madrid-based VC Seaya close €300M climate tech fund

U.K. startup Climate X has raised $18M to help financial services providers assess the impact of climate change on their physical assets.

Climate X’s founders mortgaged their house to stay afloat — now they’ve raised an $18M Series A
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Binit is bringing AI to trash

Early attempts at making dedicated hardware to house artificial intelligence smarts have been criticized as, well, a bit rubbish. But here’s an AI gadget-in-the-making that’s all about rubbish, literally: Finnish…

Binit is bringing AI to trash

In an interview at his home near Reykjavík, the entrepreneur-turned-VC shared thoughts on his ventures and the journey that led him from Unity to climate tech, a homecoming of sorts.

Unity co-founder David Helgason’s next act: Gaming the climate crisis

For this episode of Equity, we spoke to two Aussie VCs: Dan Krasnostein of Square Peg and Gabrielle Munzer of Main Sequence.

How Australian startups can crack the US market

The European venture capital firm raised its fourth fund as fund as climate tech “comes of age.”

ETF Partners raises €285M for climate startups that will be effective quickly — not 20 years down the road

Wind is the largest source of renewable energy in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, but wind farms come with an environmental cost as wind turbines can…

Spoor uses AI to save birds from wind turbines

Trawa simplifies energy purchasing and management for SMEs by leveraging an AI-powered platform and downstream data from customers. 

Berlin-based trawa raises €10M to use AI to make buying renewable energy easier for SMEs

Paris-based Blisce has become the latest VC firm to launch a fund dedicated to climate tech. It plans to raise as much as €150M (about $162M).

Paris-based VC firm Blisce launches climate tech fund with a target of $160M

Alora Baby is not just aiming to manufacture baby cribs in an environmentally friendly way but is attempting to overhaul the whole lifecycle of a product

Alora Baby aims to push baby gear away from the ‘landfill economy’

Lipids are fatty, waxy or oily compounds that typically come in the form of fats and oils. As a result, they are heavily used in the production of beauty products,…

After a $20M Series A funding, Germany’s Insempra plans eco-friendly lipid production

If you’re an electricity nerd, chances are you’ve already spent quite a few hours looking at Electricity Maps and its mesmerizing export flow animations. This open source data visualization project…

Electricity Maps calculates the carbon intensity of electricity consumption to optimize usage at scale

Kubik, a plastic upcycling startup, has raised a $1.9 million seed extension, months after announcing initial equity investment. The startup’s latest investment is from African Renaissance Partners, an East African…

Ethiopian plastic upcycling startup Kubik gets fresh funding, plans to license out its tech

While Geodesic.Life’s deck impresses with its aesthetic design, featuring a tasteful color palette, appealing illustrations and a concise text, it does have some crucial shortcomings.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Geodesic.Life’s $500K pre-seed deck

Climate nonprofit Prime Coalition is hoping to bridge the valley with a new program, Trellis Climate.

Trellis Climate aims to bridge the ‘commercial valley of death’ for climate tech

Founded by Louis Tremblay, FLO is looking to build robust EV charging infrastructure that will create a reliable web for drivers to get to where…

FLO is improving EV charging infrastructure

Bay Bridge Ventures’ fundraising efforts come at a time when venture investors appear to be increasingly bullish on climate tech.

Bay Bridge Ventures is raising $200M for a new climate fund, filings show

Munich-based Proxima has raised €20 million ($21.7M) in a seed round to begin building its first generation of fusion power plants.

Proxima Fusion raises $21M to build on its ‘stellarator’ approach to nuclear fusion

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How Ember is building an all-electric intercity bus network in the UK

A Scottish company building one of the U.K.’s first all-electric intercity bus networks has raised $14 million (£11 million) in a Series A round as it looks to expand across the entire country. Building any bus network from scratch — electric or otherwise — isn’t something anyone can conjure up…

How Ember is building an all-electric intercity bus network in the UK

After three years of efforts, World Fund has finally closed a €300 million first fund, €50 million short of its target in 2021, but still a considerable number given a…

World Fund closes first €300M climate tech fund, seeking to follow on and back hardware

Poseidona is a Barcelona-based developer of sustainable food technology. It takes invasive seaweed and algal side-streams to make proteins. In this case, it’s a soy protein alternative.

Poseidona is removing invasive algae from oceans and turning it into food

Showee’s shower is designed for people with disabilities, both physical and intellectual. But Showee has another selling point: Water savings.

Showee, a smart shower startup, shines a light on accessibility

The Nest co-founders’ latest startup quickly incorporated customer feedback, arriving at not just new hardware but a tweaked business model, too.

Mill’s updated bin will turn your food waste into chicken feed before breakfast

The company draws heavily on drilling techniques pioneered by the oil and gas industry and has a deal with Google to provide carbon-free power.

Geothermal startup Fervo Energy is tapping fresh $221M round, filing reveals

In the face of South Africa’s worsening energy crisis, marked by increasingly severe power shortages, implementing daily electricity rationing has become imperative to avert the risk of a nationwide grid…

Hohm Energy to scale adoption of rooftop solar across South Africa, backed by $8M seed

Varaha has attracted investor interest as an end-to-end developer for carbon credits that it generates by working with thousands of smallholder farmers yielding crops on a total land of over…

Varaha helps Indian farmers reduce climate-harming practices like burning crop residue and flooding rice fields

Clairity is one of the latest entrants into the direct air capture market, where companies compete to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at the lowest cost.

Carbon capture startup takes ‘good enough’ approach to slash costs

The startup is relying on automation to speed design and quoting of residential heat pump installations.

Arch has a plan to help HVAC contractors install more heat pumps

The vastness of the ocean allows polluters to evade detection in all but the most egregious violations. SkyTruth aims to change that with Cerulean, an orbital monitoring platform for coastal…

Cerulean empowers ocean pollution watchdogs with orbital observation