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Apple is investing additional $200 million in carbon removal fund
Nickie Louise Posted On April 11, 2023


Apple today made a major announcement regarding the expansion of its Restore Fund, which was created two years ago with the aim of promoting the development of high-quality, nature-based carbon removal projects. Apple said on Tuesday it is investing up […]


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Two Boxes launches with $4.5 in seed funding to solve the e-commerce returns problem in a sustainable way
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2023


Although the average e-commerce return rate varies depending on the industry, product type, and other factors. However, according to a study by the National Retail Federation (NRF), the average e-commerce return rate is 16%. Over the years, E-commerce returns have […]


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Swedish sustainable battery startup Northvolt in talks to raise over $5 billion in funding
Nickie Louise Posted On March 27, 2023


In late 2019, we wrote Northvolt after the maker of electric vehicle batteries received a €5.8 million investment from EIT InnoEnergy to support its goal of using 50% recycled materials in all its new battery cells by 2030. Fast forward […]


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Windfall Bio raises $9 million to use methane-eating microbes to combat climate change
Nickie Louise Posted On March 22, 2023


We all have some kind of obsession. For serial entrepreneur and biochemist Josh Silverman, his obsession is methane, a greenhouse gas that is more powerful than carbon dioxide. Methane is produced by a variety of natural and anthropogenic sources, including […]


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Berlin-based tech startup The Climate Choice raises $2M in funding to decarbonize industrial supply chains
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2023


Climate change is one of the biggest threats of our time. According to some estimates, losses due to weather-related events have increased nearly ten-fold over the last four decades, from a ten-year global average of $12 billion in 1980 to […]


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Clean energy startup ClearFlame raises $30M in funding to make heavy-duty diesel engines run on renewable fuels
Daniel Levi Posted On March 9, 2023


Unknown to many, the transportation sector is the largest domestic contributor to climate change. According to the US Department of Transportation (DOT), the U.S. transportation sector is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than any other sector of our economy. […]


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Banyan Infrastructure lands $25M in Series B funding to unlock capital for renewable infrastructure projects
Nickie Louise Posted On March 7, 2023


Despite the Inflation Reduction Act unlocking $369 billion in clean energy funding, investing in complex sustainable infrastructure projects has been hindered by manual and inefficient processes. That’s why one Silicon Valley startup is on a mission to address the critical […]


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Smart meter startup Gridium raises $14M in funding to help real estate firms in their decarbonization efforts
Daniel Levi Posted On February 23, 2023


Climate change is one of the biggest threats of our times. According to some estimates, losses due to weather-related events have increased nearly ten-fold over the last four decades, from a ten-year global average of $12 billion in 1980 to […]


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Controversial geoengineering startup Make Sunsets releases balloons containing sulfur dioxide on U.S. soil after it was banned in Mexico
Nickie Louise Posted On February 23, 2023


Late last year, we wrote about Make Sunsets, a  solar geoengineering startup that’s mimicking volcanic eruption to cool Earth. In December, the controversial startup released sulfur particles into the atmosphere in an attempt to stop climate change. The solar geoengineering […]


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UK-based SAE Renewables becomes the world’s first energy company to produce 50-gigawatt hours of electricity from tidal power
Nickie Louise Posted On February 21, 2023


Tidal energy or tidal power is a form of renewable energy power produced by the surge of ocean waters during the rise and fall of tides due to alternating sea levels. It was first used in Europe more than 1000 […]


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South Africa-based Sasol launches venture fund with €50M in initial funding to invest in sustainable startups
Nickie Louise Posted On February 21, 2023


Climate change is one of the biggest threats and defining issues of our times. According to multiple estimates, losses due to weather-related events have increased nearly ten-fold over the last four decades, from a ten-year global average of $12 billion […]


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Baltimore-based tech startup Apkudo raises $37.5M to help companies manage connected devices across supply chains and reduce e-waste
Nickie Louise Posted On February 15, 2023


In just over a decade since the launch of the first iPhone, smartphones and other connected devices have quickly become part of our everyday lives. But while billions of people are sending over 8.7 billion texts to each other globally […]


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Climate startup The Degrees Initiative raises around $1M from Facebook co-founder Moskovitz, others to fund research into cooling the Earth with sunlight reflection
Nickie Louise Posted On February 8, 2023


Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our times. According to estimates, losses due to weather-related events have increased nearly ten-fold over the last four decades, from a ten-year global average of $12 billion in 1980 to $119 […]


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Climate Analytics startup Risilience bags $26M to help global businesses transition to the low-carbon economy
Nickie Louise Posted On February 1, 2023


Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our times. According to various estimates, losses due to weather-related events have increased nearly ten-fold over the last four decades, from a ten-year global average of $12 billion in 1980 to […]


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50 recently-funded startups to watch in 2023
Daniel Levi Posted On January 30, 2023


With the ongoing economic downturn and fear of a recession, tech startups have been hit hard as investors pulled back from new venture deals and reduce their investment in startups with exposure to recession. Further expounding on the funding problem, […]


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Renaissance Fusion raises $16.4M to develop nuclear fusion technology and generate unlimited carbon-free energy
Daniel Levi Posted On January 26, 2023


The global energy demand is projected to grow 47% by 2050. Currently, fossil fuels still remain the largest energy source but the world-proven oil reserves will only last another 47 years. At the same time, researchers have also predicted that over […]


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Siemens AG Chairman calls for one billion people to stop eating meat to combat climate change at WEF event in Davos
Daniel Levi Posted On January 20, 2023


Climate change has always existed over the course of human history. Whether it is anthropogenic climate change, which is caused by the impact of human activities on the planet, or by nature (caused by the natural climate cycles), the fact is […]


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Top tech startup news for today Wednesday, January 18, 2023: Amazon, EarthOptics, Import.io, and Microsoft
Nickie Louise Posted On January 18, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Amazon is set to begin a fresh round of layoffs affecting more than 18,000 people Retail giant Amazon on Wednesday will begin a new […]


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Nest co-founder launches Mill, a sustainable kitchen bin that turns food scraps into chicken feed to combat food waste
Nickie Louise Posted On January 17, 2023


At a time when most homeowners didn’t think of automating their home thermostats to save on high energy costs, Matt Rogers left his high-paying job at Apple to start smart home thermostat startup Nest Labs in 2010 to enable users to control their […]


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Nexus Circular raises $150M in equity funding in a push for plastic recycling solution
Daniel Levi Posted On January 4, 2023


Nexus Circular, an Atlanta-based waste management and energy production company, has raised $150 million in equity funding led by Cox Enterprises. The latest financing will enable Nexus to build additional capacity to serve its expanding customer base and meet the outsized […]


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