greenhouse gas emissions
Share your carbon-adjusted earnings per share number, you cowards
If my PR inbox is anything to go by (trust me, it is), companies, and especially stock-market listed megacorps, are scrambling to out-green each other with tales of how the planet will be taking breat
Private equity’s gatekeepers get serious about tokens
Welcome to Chain Reaction, where we unpack and explain the latest in crypto news, drama and trends, breaking things down block by block for the crypto curious. For our Thursday episode this week, we
One startup’s solution to the carbon-offsetting mess: Downgrade the ‘middle-men’ resellers
As well as the traditional carbon offset resellers and exchanges such as Climate Partner or Climate Impact X, the tech space has also produced a few, including Patch (U.S.-based, raised $26.5 million)
Flush with fresh funds, UK ‘eco laundry’ startup Oxwash spins up growth plans
Oxwash, a U.K. startup that’s spent the last few years applying high tech processes to shrink the environment cost of dry cleaning and commercial laundry, has trousered £10 million (~$12 millio
5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought
Green startups now need to refine their strategies for raising VC money during the scaling stage, especially when they begin assessing their defining values vis-a-vis their finances.
This startup hopes to get us to net zero via its platform to construct wooden buildings
One of the stunning facts that’s emerged over the last few years — especially as VCs and startups have turned their attention toward the climate crisis — is that our cities produce an en
TechCrunch+ roundup: Overinflated valuations, equity crowdfunding, SCOTUS v. climate tech
All valuations are hypothetical, so bear that in mind the next time you're reviewing an offer letter.
Pina Earth gets seed backing to grow sustainable forestry carbon credits
YC-backed climate tech startup Pina Earth has closed a $2.5 million seed round of funding a year after being founded and a few months since it presented at the accelerator’s Winter 2022 Demo Day
4 climate tech investors sound off on Supreme Court’s EPA ruling
The U.S. was delivered a setback in its efforts to mitigate climate change. Investors are dismayed but still optimistic.
Disclose your Scope 3 emissions, you cowards
Many companies are saying that they don’t take climate change seriously enough to fully understand — and disclose — their own impact on it.
Planet FWD secures $10M so consumer products industry can track carbon emissions
Companies use its emissions reductions engine during the product development phase to understand how to create products with lower carbon footprints.
A single question changed how Singularity viewed its market
One conversation with a customer changed how Wenbo Shi viewed his product and, ultimately, his company.
Singularity Energy raises $4.5 million seed round to decarbonize the grid
Singularity provides detailed information about the carbon intensity of the electricity grid at any given moment.
Announcing the early-stage startups exhibiting at TC Sessions: Climate 2022
Examining the role that technology and startups play in fighting climate change is the raison d’être for TC Sessions: Climate 2022 (featuring the Extreme Tech Challenge 2022 Global Finals), whi
Bill Gates is coming to TC Sessions: Climate
Last year, Bill Gates released “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.” It’s a surprisingly breezy read about an extremely heavy topic. The book is a manifesto of sorts, exploring existing tec
Vaayu, a carbon tracking platform for retailers, pulls in $11.5M seed round led by Atomico
The last couple of years have seen a boom in carbon calculation startups, and long may it reign. (We need all the help we can get to avoid the disaster of global warming and climate change.) Included
The answers to real estate’s climate tech questions may be all around us
For those who do care, there is no shortage of confusion on how to best tackle the looming threat of climate change. But what if an answer was lying right in front of us?
Sourceful grabs $20M to make more packaging less polluting
Sourceful, an Index Ventures-backed supply chain transparency startup, has fast-fuelled with a $20 million Series A around half a year after it announced a $12.2 million seed round. The latest raise i
14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies
To examine the market forces and psychology driving climate tech, we surveyed 14 international investors to learn about how they evaluate new opportunities.
Leko Labs gets $21M to build greener
Luxembourg-based Leko Labs, a construction startup that’s developing sustainable wood-based building materials as an alternative to steel and concrete and applying automation to construction met