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Our climate news coverage consists of the latest startups and investments in solar energy, greentech, renewables, food tech, alternative proteins, as well as circular economy and carbon capture efforts. We also cover research into climate change and how technology can be used to track and mitigate severe weather and climate-related disasters.

Kode’s platform allows customers to control HVAC and lighting, monitor energy use, track carbon emissions and keep an eye on water consumption.

Kode Labs makes a bid to become the Salesforce of commercial building automation

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Deal Dive: Not all climate startups are focused on carbon

Windfall Bio sells methane-eating microbes to companies to help them reduce their carbon footprint in the short-term.

9:00 am PDT • April 13, 2024
Deal Dive: Not all climate startups are focused on carbon

The startup has raised $28 million to help fund a nationwide expansion of its cardboard-based cellulose building insulation.

CleanFiber wants to turn millions of tons of cardboard boxes into insulation

The New York City-based startup has been working on a product that retrofits existing street lampposts to enable EV charging.

Voltpost wants to bring curbside EV charging to a lamppost near you

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

Given flagging sales of the company’s existing product line, a mass-market electric vehicle would be a welcome shot in the arm.

Tesla risks losing its lead without an inexpensive EV

The EPA awarded $20 billion in grants to kickstart loans and equity investing in climate technologies across the country.

New U.S. ‘green bank’ aims to steer over $160B in capital into climate tech

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.

Ford delays new EVs once more, showing why legacy automakers need to adopt a startup mentality

DCVC’s target for its first climate-focused fund, DCVC Climate Select, has been all over the place and highlights the roller-coaster venture fundraising conditions of the last few years and how…

DCVC wanted to raise $500M for its first climate fund, but the market had other plans

Discover the forefront of hard tech innovation in an exclusive session sponsored by HAX at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024. Led by SOSV general partner Duncan Turner and HAX chief science…

HAX at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024: Empowering hard tech founders

The battery startup has raised $78 million to bring its alternative to lithium-ion cells to everything from scooters to steel mills.

Alsym wants to ‘light up homes for a billion people’ with its new battery

For years, the solar energy sector has grappled with interseasonal energy storage. The ability to harness the surplus solar energy of summer months for use during the winter has remained…

Photoncycle targets low-cost energy storage with a clever hydrogen solution

The modern world is dependent on a vast network for extracting, processing, transporting and ultimately consuming hydrocarbons like crude oil and natural gas. But these resources come with a cost:…

Terraform Industries converts electricity and air into synthetic natural gas for the first time

Finally, something that makes climate change relatable.

MIT tool shows climate change could cost Texans a month and a half of outdoor time by 2080

Its long-term goal is to make more efficient semiconductors with a lower carbon footprint, while supporting what its CEO refers to as “the electrification of society,” starting with transportation.

French deep tech spinout Diamfab crystallizes hopes for diamond semiconductors to support green transition

Climate tech VC Satgana has reached a final close of its first fund, which aims to back up to 30 early-stage startups in Africa and Europe. The VC firm reached…

Climate tech VC Satgana closes first fund that targets early-stage startups in Africa, Europe

The size of the new fund suggests that it is bullish that it can convince LPs to open their wallets based its impact-focused approach.

New Summit is raising a new $100 million fund to back climate tech and underrepresented fund managers

Harvesting methane from organic waste and using it to produce electricity or heat is nothing new, but the startup isn’t building another anaerobic digester.

Wase zaps microbes to squeeze more biogas from wastewater sludge

The startup emerged from stealth with a goal of extending the range of EVs while also eliminating fossil fuels from home heating.

Evari turns to rocket science to solve problems with heat pumps

Ionobell, a seed stage startup, claims its silicon material will be cheaper than the established competition.

Ionobell is turning to recycled silicon to boost EV range

The startup is attempting to solve hydrogen’s supply problem by focusing not on novel materials, but on manufacturing.

Evoloh bets hydrogen won’t happen without better manufacturing

Here’s the harsh truth behind personal care products: You’re mostly buying water and plastic. The main ingredient in a bottle of shampoo or shower gel is water, which is then…

900.care sells waterless personal care products and lets you add tap water at home

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

Globally, a third of the food produced is lost or wasted, and in Kenya, that figure stands between 20% and 40%. For Kenya, unlike the developed world, food loss, not…

Farm to Feed is cutting food loss and creating data platform to improve farming outcomes

The carbon accounting startup targets SMBs to help them assess the carbon footprint of their operations and products.

Greenly lands $52M to help smaller companies track CO2 emissions

The startup is betting its proprietary liquid and partnerships with enhanced geothermal energy companies will solve some of direct air capture’s problems.

AirMyne taps geothermal energy to scale direct air carbon capture

The new firm follows the startup studio model, hoping to tap into a likely wave of climate-related investments.

Casper’s co-founder is helping launch an incubator for climate tech startups

The number of startups in India’s electric two-wheeler market has surged to over 150 from 54 in 2021, driven by government incentives to promote clean vehicles and cut oil imports,…

India’s electric two-wheeler startups surge to over 150 as government revs up EV push

Coreshell, a battery materials startup, revealed a breakthrough this week that could lower the cost of lithium-ion batteries while reducing reliance on China.

This battery startup says it’s found a way to make cheap LFP batteries without sacrificing range

Investors bet the startup’s algorithms, which feed on satellite data, will fill a significant gap in the methane market.

Orbio Earth finds methane leaks that could cost oil companies billions this year