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Startups
Investors including Microsoft’s climate fund back hyperlocal environmental monitoring tech developer Aclima
7:12 am PST • November 19, 2020
Mitigating the effects of climate change and pollution is a global problem, but it’s one that requires local solutions. While that seems like common sense, most communities around the world…
Enterprise
Aclima sucks in $24M to scale its air quality mapping platform
3:00 am PDT • June 26, 2018
Aclima, a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel, has closed a $24 million Series A to grow…
Venture
Better Ventures closes $21 million fund to back the next Tesla or Patagonia
7:00 am PST • January 5, 2017
Oakland-based venture capital firm Better Ventures recently closed its second fund at $21 million according to cofounder and managing director Wes Selke. The firm was originally founded as an accelerator called…