climate change
As the AI boom gobbles up power, Phaidra is helping companies manage datacenter power more efficiently
Electricity demand is booming on account of AI. In a May 2024 report, Goldman Sachs predicted that data centers will use 8% of the U.S.’s total power supply by 2030, up from…
Finally, something that makes climate change relatable.
World leaders finally recognized that fossil fuel use needs to end if we’re to prevent catastrophic climate change, a welcome admission that’s been far too long in coming.
Veteran life sciences firm RA Capital spins up ‘planetary health’ team to ride climate tech wave
Partners at RA Capital realized that if they didn’t try to address climate change and its health effects, their life science investments wouldn’t be as impactful.
We must focus on disruption and innovation in industry sectors with the greatest capacity to make progress on decarbonization.
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom talk about the seemingly endless slate of rainy Saturdays here on the east…
Some 76% of the top 500 VC-backed U.K. startups have done nothing to either measure or offset their carbon emissions, according to new research shared exclusively with TechCrunch. In total,…
Over time, funders will find investing in diverse innovators as a pragmatic solution to address the climate crisis.
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. It’s sometimes hard to remember that, as a startup founder, you have influence over aspects…
JPMorgan Chase doesn’t have the best reputation in the climate sector. But there’s some evidence to suggest the bank is turning a corner.
Five to ten years ago, you would have struggled to find anyone, anywhere connecting the words ‘sustainability’ and ‘space.’
German startup Airmo is taking aim at climate change, with plans to launch a 12-satellite constellation to monitor greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the planet. To fuel its ambitions, the…
Marvel retiree Robert Downey Jr. has a new show: “Downey’s Dream Cars.” It follows the millionaire as he seeks to reconcile two of his hobbies, classic car collecting and climate…
Next year we might expect anywhere between 30 and 35 new climate tech companies to emerge.
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Real estate is facing a climate crisis, but there might be a way through
It’s not an easy problem to solve, but there might be huge potential here.
The E3 Low Carbon Economy Fund for Africa (E3LCEF), a fund by early-stage VC E3 Capital (formerly Energy Access Ventures), and emerging markets-focused investment bank Lion’s Head Global Partners, has…
Whether you believe in ESG or subscribe to the “woke capitalism” viewpoint, it simply can’t be ignored.
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Deal Dive: VC interest in wildfire tech grows as the world burns around us
As wildfires continue to become a larger threat, the group of entrepreneurs looking to create tech solutions grows with it.
Data is becoming as precious as water in precision agriculture, and Hydrosat aims to help provide both with a new set of Earth observation satellites. The company has raised a…
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VC Office Hours: 5 questions for National Grid Partners’ Lisa Lambert
Environmental and social concerns should be top of mind right now for any smart investor, says National Grid Partners founder Lisa Lambert.
We spoke to 13 of the top robotics VCs to discuss where the category is and what the future looks like.
Cows are a significant source of methane emissions, primarily due to their unique digestive system. Milk and beef cows are ruminants, which means they have a specialized stomach chamber (called…
Finnish startup Carbonaide has just raised €1.8 million in seed funding to knock down concrete’s carbon emissions, but not the construction industry.
The World Economic Forum says that so-called “Scope 3 emissions,” — or CO2 in supply chains — can make up as much as 90% of a company’s carbon footprint, and…
These days climate investing is hot — if you will pardon the awful pun — but the days of just raising a fund and calling it “climate focused” are well…
Fintech startup Future offers a debit card that incentivizes climate-friendly purchasing behavior, and today it’s introducing a way to let people sell their own carbon credits.
Risilience, a SaaS-based analytics platform that helps companies assess their climate risk and plan their transition toward net-zero carbon emissions, has raised $26 million in a Series B round of funding.…
I can’t get it out of my head: A honkingly big Caterpillar sign that read, “JOIN US AS WE BUILD A BETTER WORLD.” The digital recruitment billboard at CES 2023…
Climate tech is more relevant than ever in 2022, so we rounded up our hottest TechCrunch+ climate coverage over the past year.
