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- EcoCart raises $3 million for a Honey-like browser extension to offset shoppers’ carbon emissions Mon, 12 Apr 21, 9:30pmEcoCart, a company pitching consumers on ways to offset their carbon emissions for free at select merchants (with a browser extension!) has raised $3 million in financing from Base10 Partners...
- Ocean Solutions Accelerator doubles down on blue economy with new track for later-stage companies Sat, 10 Apr 21, 8:44amThe planet-loving folks at the Sustainable Ocean Alliance started an accelerator a couple years back focusing on very early stage companies, but this year they’re expanding the program to accept those who have already...
- Shell invests in LanzaJet to speed up deliveries of its synthetic aviation fuel Tue, 6 Apr 21, 9:19pmThe energy giant Shell has joined a slew of strategic investors — including All Nippon Airways, Suncor Energy, Mitsui and British Airways — in funding LanzaJet, the company commercializing a process to convert...
- A Supreme Court ruling affirming Canada’s carbon tax opens the door for a startup explosion Mon, 29 Mar 21, 1:37pmLast week the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that the national government’s plan to tax carbon emissions was legal in a decision that could have significant implications for the nation’s climate-focused startup...
- Norrsken Foundation is closing on an oversubscribed impact venture fund at €125 million Wed, 17 Mar 21, 6:30pmAbout four years ago, social impact organization Norrsken Foundation launched a small program investing around €30 million in capital it had received from its wealthy patron, Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth...
- Farmland could be the next big asset class modernized by marketplace startups Wed, 17 Mar 21, 1:00amA growing number of companies are revolutionizing the way farm and forestland is acquired, developed and commercialized across the United States.
- Regenerative agriculture is the next great ally in fight against climate change Fri, 12 Mar 21, 7:09amBacked by innovations in science, big data, financing and farmer networking, investing in regenerative agriculture promises to slash farming’s carbon footprint while rewarding farmers for their stewardship.
- SoftBank, Demeter and Coparion invest $3M into Plan A’s B2B carbon monitoring and ESG platform Tue, 9 Mar 21, 9:34pmPlan A, a Berlin-based automated SaaS B2B startup, has raised $3 million for its platform that lets companies measure, monitor, reduce and report their environmental footprint, thus improving their ESG ratings...
- Two European companies are mapping a future service for direct air capture to sequestration of CO2 Wed, 10 Mar 21, 12:30amThe Swiss-based, venture capital-backed, direct air capture technology developer Climeworks is partnering with a joint venture between the government of Norway and massive European energy companies to map the pathway for...
- Swiss maker of meat alternatives Planted will expand and diversify with $18M Series A Mon, 8 Mar 21, 10:01pmPlanted, a startup pursuing a unique method of creating a vegetarian chicken alternative, has raised an $18M (CHF 17M) Series A to expand its product offerings and international footprint...
- From the ashes of nearly a billion dollars, Ample resurrects Better Place’s battery swapping business model Thu, 4 Mar 21, 4:30amA little over 13 years ago, Shai Agassi, a promising software executive who was in line to succeed the chief executive at SAP, then one of the world’s mightiest software companies, left the company he’d devoted...
- Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups Tue, 2 Mar 21, 9:49am“You’re seeing a lot of large companies … are now investing significant amounts into really trying to understand their emissions profile and prioritize emission reductions in a data-driven way."
- The carbon offset API developer Patch confirms a $4.5 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz Thu, 25 Feb 21, 1:01amPatch, the carbon offset API developer, has raised $4.5 million in financing to build out its business selling customers a way to calculate their carbon footprint and identify and finance offset projects that capture the...
- Noya Labs turns cooling towers into direct air capture devices for CO2 emissions Thu, 25 Feb 21, 1:30amNot every company’s founders find themselves on a first-name basis with the local bomb squad, but then again not every company is Noya Labs, which wants to turn the roughly 2 million cooling towers at industrial sites...