| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.06.2024 | Shedding Light on the Future of Biomanufacturing: Prolific Machines' Revolutionary Approach to Cellular Control | Prolific Machines, a dynamic startup based in California, is making waves in the world of biomanufacturing with their cutting-edge use of light-sensitive proteins to manipulate cellular functions. The recent announcement of their successful... |
| 06.06.2024 | Optogenetics startup Prolific Machines raises $55m series B1, uses light to ‘control virtually any cell function in any cell type’ | Prolific Machines—a California-based startup harnessing light-sensitive proteins to control cells used in biomanufacturing—has raised $55 million in a series B1 round led the Ki Tua Fund, the corporate venture arm of New Zealand dairy co-op... |
| 06.06.2024 | Prolific Machines Raises $55M to Offer “Never Before Possible Biosolutions” Including Cultivated Meat Whole Cuts | Emeryville-based Prolific Machines, a US company pioneering the use of light as a tool to grow and control cells in biomanufacturing, has announced it has closed a $55 million Series B1 funding round.
The new capital will help Prolific Mach... |
| 05.06.2024 | Bill Gates Announces New Memoir, 'Source Code: My Beginnings,' Covering His Early Life and Founding of Microsoft | By Inno Flores
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Bill Gates is set to release a memoir next year, offering insights into his early life a... |
| 30.05.2024 | LANZAJET NAMED TO TIME100 MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPANIES | CHICAGO, May 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, was today named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list. The fourth-annual list highlights companies makin... |
| 16.05.2024 | SCG Cleanergy & Rondo Energy to Deploy World's First Heat Battery to Power Cement Production | Southeast Asia's first heat battery – the world's first commercial heat battery at a cement plant – opens the path to simple, low-cost industrial decarbonization.
ALAMEDA, Calif. and BANGKOK, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rondo Energy, and S... |
| 09.05.2024 | Exclusive: DOE unveils FESI foundation's board members | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The Department of Energy has selected 13 board members from across the investment community and industry for its newly formed foundation.
Why it matters: The DOE's foundation could help provide altern... |
| 23.04.2024 | LANZAJET ANNOUNCES INVESTMENT FROM MICROSOFT'S CLIMATE INNOVATION FUND, SUPPORTING CONTINUED COMPANY GROWTH | Microsoft's Latest Investment Supports Scaling and Global Deployment of LanzaJet's Technology for the Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Renewable Diesel
CHICAGO, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels... |
| 15.04.2024 | Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy launches climate tech accelerator in Singapore | Breakthrough Energy (BE), the climate-focused organisation founded by Bill Gates, is launching a programme in Singapore to help develop early-stage climate technologies in the region. |
| 15.04.2024 | Breakthrough Energy, Temasek and Enterprise Singapore jointly establish "Breakthrough Energy Fellows - Southeast Asia", a multi-year effort to accelerate the development of early-stage clima... | Singapore-based programme to support Southeast Asia innovators and drive the commercialisation of deep-tech climate technologies
SINGAPORE, April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Breakthrough Energy (BE), the climate organisation founded by Bill Ga... |
| 11.04.2024 | Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. New investment in three domestic and international VC funds specializing in decarbonization, the only initiative by a Japanese real estate developer | Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
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| 04.04.2024 | Q&A: Biomaterials startups are ‘not necessarily configured for venture capital,’ says GANNI co-founder | Deep tech and high fashion rarely appear in the same sentence — a point Nicolaj Reffstrup hopes to have a hand in changing.
Reffstrup is best known as the co-founder of quirky-meets-über-cool fashion label GANNI, which he founded with his w... |
| 21.03.2024 | Biological progress or bathtub brews? The state of US crop biologicals in 2024 | Bathtub brew. Snake oil. Bugs in a jug. For years, companies developing biologicals — a form of crop protection derived from naturally occurring substances like microbes, peptides, and plants — have labored under the shadow of these labels,... |
| 17.03.2024 | Furno Revolutionizes Cement Production with $6.5M Seed Funding | Furno, a Mountain View startup, secures $6.5M in seed funding to decarbonize the cement industry. Their innovative combustion technology reduces emissions and costs, making sustainable cement production accessible and scalable. Led by Gurin... |
| 13.03.2024 | Furno Secures $6.5 Million Seed Funding to Cement a Carbon Neutral Future | Furno’s unique combustion method achieves over 80% thermal efficiency in cement manufacturing, shrinking production footprint dramatically
Reduces 70% of fuel emissions from cement production, cutting energy costs in half
Combined with mate... |
| 08.03.2024 | Meet the founder: NitroVolt cofounder talks sustainability and farmer self sufficiency through green ammonia | Half the world’s food production relies on ammonia, yet the process for making it accounts for 2% of the world’s energy use and spits out around 450 million metric tons of CO2 annually — more than almost any other chemical reaction out ther... |
| 16.01.2024 | Contrails — the lines behind airplanes — are warming the planet. Could an easy AI solution be on the horizon? | Artificial intelligence could be used to prevent planes from creating planet-warming condensation trails, or contrails, according to a new study. Exactly how much impact contrails have on global warming is still being studied, but one recen... |
| 27.11.2023 | In 1st trial of its kind in the U.S., Irish startup spreads concrete dust on Illinois farm field to remove CO2 from the air | Adriana Pérez | Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Over the course of millions of years, the earth regularly removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a natural process called weathering, when exposure to the elements wears down surface rocks a... |
| 16.11.2023 | BBVA se suma a la iniciativa ‘Cleantech for Iberia’ para impulsar tecnologías limpias en España y Portugal | 16/11/2023
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BBVA SE SUMA A LA INICIATIVA ‘CLEANTECH FOR IBERIA’ PARA IMPULSAR TECNOLOGÍAS LIMPIAS EN ESPAÑA Y PORTUGAL
BBVA se ha incorporado a la iniciativa ‘Cleantech for Iberia’ para acelerar el desarrollo de las tecnolo... |
| 25.10.2023 | Developer delivers 120-square-foot life science innovation hub to The Woodlands | A new innovation hub mega campus has opened in The Woodlands.
The Alexandria Center for Advanced Technologies at The Woodlands comes courtesy of California-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. The campus is home to the first purpose-b... |
| 17.10.2023 | $5M grant expands entrepreneurship opportunities at UH | A $5 million gift from the Wayne Duddlesten Foundation will establish expanded opportunities for entrepreneurship at the University of Houston, according to an announcement from the college earlier this month.
Known as the Wayne B. Duddlest... |
| 10.10.2023 | Houston Innovation Awards names longtime Rice leader as 2023 Trailblazer | In less than a month, all of Houston's innovation community's movers and shakers will gather to celebrate the Houston Innovation Awards, and the night's first honoree has officially been named.
Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alli... |
| 09.10.2023 | Houston AI SaaS startup secures $5.5M seed funding from Austin VC | A Houston startup that's using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to disrupt the retail automotive industry has raised seed funding.
Konect.ai announced a $5.5 million seed investment from Austin-based Silverton Partner... |
| 05.10.2023 | Houston startup raises nearly $2M to expand logistics SaaS platform | A Houston company that's providing innovative unified scheduling software for the logistics industries has raised additional seed funding.
Houston-based Velostics Inc. raised $1.95 million, the company announced this week. The additional se... |
| 04.10.2023 | Cancer-fighting startup partners with Houston cell therapy accelerator | When it came time to name their cell therapy startup, Houston life science innovators simply had to look to their calendar.
“I would argue that March is the best month in Houston,” Sarah Hein tells InnovationMap. “We started talking about p... |
| 04.10.2023 | Energy tech startup secures $20M series B, plans to expand platform | A Houston startup has raised $20 million in its latest round of funding in order to accelerate its energy analytics and grid decarbonization technology.
Amperon Holdings Inc. announced today that it closed its series B round at $20 million.... |
| 28.09.2023 | Houston expert encourages energy industry to bridge its generational divides | What’s the biggest obstacle between us and net-zero? Is it policy? Technology? Financing? All of these are important, yes, but none of them is what is really holding us back from our energy transition goals.
The biggest obstacle is a lack o... |
| 26.09.2023 | Growing Houston tech nonprofit expands access to textbooks for college students | If everyone that attended a college or university were polled, they’d all likely agree that one of the worst parts of the experience was the rising costs of textbooks.
In an effort to combat the hefty price tag of assigned texts, OpenStax, ... |
| 25.09.2023 | Houston-based, cancer-fighting organization breaks ground on new collaborative building | Houston is where medical researchers and clinicians come together. And it’s getting easier for that to happen thanks to an innovative new facility from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
On September 20, the world-class inst... |
| 21.09.2023 | Inflation: Why Houston employers should prioritize employee financial well-being | Inflation impacts everyone, including individuals, the workforce and business leaders. As the cost of living continues to rise, employees face diminishing purchasing power, shrinking retirement savings and higher stress levels.
In PwC’s 202... |
| 19.09.2023 | Houston heart health startup secures $8M in funding, announces new partnerships | With fresh funding, a Houston-based health tech platform that's less than a year old has grown its United States footprint.
CardioOne, which has created a cardiology care delivery enablement platform that serves independent cardiologists, h... |
| 13.09.2023 | Founders, investors sound off on Houston's VC scene, energy innovation potential, and more | Last week, nearly 1,000 people convened in Houston to discuss venture capital activity, startups, and decarbonization, and the Houston factor among it all.
On September 7, Venture Houston hosted several keynote addresses and panels througho... |
| 12.09.2023 | Houston edtech startup taps into AI to improve classroom engagement | Not many adages stand the test of time quite like this one: to be the best, learn from the best.
Sage advice, which is why Houston-based Sibme, the learning engagement platform designed by teachers, is introducing an all-new artificial inte... |
| 11.09.2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health care to energy tech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Michelle Stansbury, vi... |
| 05.09.2023 | Houston expert: Cultivate transparency when recruiting flexible workplace positions | How the workplace operates, especially flexible work arrangements, captivate job seekers, prompting many job listings to spotlight remote or hybrid work options. Interestingly, a significant portion of hybrid and remote workers say they wou... |
| 30.08.2023 | 13 initiatives receive grant funding from new EV-focused, Houston-led program | Evolve Houston awarded its inaugural microgrants this week to 13 groups, neighborhoods and an individual working to make electric vehicles accessible to all Houstonians.
Launched in 2022, Evolve's eMobility Microgrant Initiative supports co... |
| 29.08.2023 | Report: Rice University again ranks among the top schools in nation | Rice University has earned yet another accolade worth hooting about.
Niche, an education review and ranking website, has named Rice the ninth best college in the U.S., down from No. 6 last year. The Houston university receives an A+ in nine... |
| 03.08.2023 | Bill Gates-backed startup aims to fight wildfires, drawing on expertise of ex-Amazon drone leader and aviation execs | Data Blanket drones are deployed over a controlled fire. Using AI, the devices don’t require a pilot for navigation or to manage battery life. (Data Blanket Photo)
Data Blanket is a new startup out of the Seattle area developing small fleet... |
| 27.07.2023 | Paris-based Dioxycle raises $17 million to turn CO2 emissions into sustainable chemicals | French start-up Dioxycle has developed a technology which can produce sustainable ethylene from recycled carbon emissions at equal or lower costs to fossil equivalents. It says it can turn CO2 into everyday items such as sustainable clothin... |
| 21.06.2023 | With $10T on the line, 6 fusion investors explain why they’re all in | Fusion power could be considered the quintessential venture capital bet: It’s expensive and risky, but the potential rewards are enormous. The world paid $10 trillion for energy last year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA),... |
| 09.06.2023 | People moves: Ag CEO leads Bill Gates-backed rice venture, new CEO for Oatley, chef Marcus Samuelsson joins Aleph Farms | To keep us all up to speed on the latest people moves in agrifood, AFN publishes a monthly column of the industry’s biggest leadership changes.
Are you in a new role or company? Know someone who has left? Drop me a line to share the details... |
| 05.05.2023 | Tech.eu Summit 2023 Gathers Europe’s Top Tech Founders, VCs, and Officials | Tech.eu calls Europe’s tech startup ecosystem representatives to its Tech.eu Summit 2023 The one-day event is once again tightly packed with an expansive list of top speakers: from founders and VCs to high-ranking officials and policymakers... |
| 17.02.2023 | Breakthrough Energy Ventures founder Bill Gates was in attendance to see UK cleantech players getting organised | These days cleantech alliances exist right across Europe, with energy and climate seemingly never far from the top of agendas. A pan-European alliance, Cleantech for Europe, is spearheading the EU's path to net zero while regional efforts i... |
| 10.02.2023 | Bill Gates says he isn't a hypocrite for using a private jet | Bill Gates was asked whether his private jet makes him a "hypocrite" while funding climate innovation.
Gates disagreed, saying he pays for carbon offsets and his jet helps further his climate fundraising.
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| 28.01.2023 | WA’s Rumin8 gains backing from Bill Gates and Andrew + Nicola Forrest VCs | Western Australian climate tech startup Rumin8 has secured US$12 million (A$16.9 million) in seed funding from Bill Gates-founded US$2B Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) with participation from Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s agri-food busines... |
| 26.01.2023 | The week in agrifoodtech: Drive-thru grocery Addie’s bags $10m, Bill Gates invests $12m into methane reduction | The US state of Massachusetts got its first drive-thru grocery store with the launch of Adie’s, which also raised $10 million. In agtech, Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures pumped $12 million into methane-reduction tech and AgFunder l... |
| 22.12.2022 | The week in agrifoodtech: BigBasket bags $200m, Kodama’s forestry funding, more restaurant tech layoffs | Amid a slew of smaller funding announcements, India-based eGrocer BigBasket secured a $200 million mega-round this week. In agtech, deals from Grow Indigo and others were all about insect farming, forestry and capturing more carbon. Foodtec... |
| 15.12.2022 | The week in agrifoodtech: NotCo scores $70m, HealthKart’s mega-round, new funding for Winter Farm | Another week, another funding round for Chilean foodtech startup NotCo. But it wasn’t the only company to land funding during this downturn. Nutrition platform HealthKart secured a mega-round, while indoor farming and restaurant tech both s... |
| 05.12.2022 | American Energy Society selects Amy Harder as Energy Writer of the Year 2022 | American Energy Society
Amy Harder, Executive Editor for Cipher
Amy Harder - Energy Writer of the Year 2022
The premier literary award for the energy sector.
Choosing the winner of the premier literary award for energy is always difficult..... |
| 22.11.2022 | Toulouse-based I-ROX takes €12 million for pulsed power that matches a nuclear reactor's output in a millionth of a second | Toulouse-based startup I-ROX has raised €12 million in funds for its R&D programme aimed at delivering electricity for mining from pulsed power energy sources, capable of matching a nuclear reactor's output "in a millionth of a sec... |
| 04.11.2022 | Brief: Another blow for indoor farm robotics as Iron Ox lays off nearly half its staff | Indoor farm robotics startup Iron Ox cut 50 jobs this week, which amounts to nearly half of its staff. The layoffs are part of the company’s move to refocus on its core areas of technology and engineering. Iron Ox operates indoor farms that... |
| 27.10.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Trigo’s $100m, Dutch gov’t backs cultivated meat, Bill Gates wants to decarbonize rice | This week, foodtech startup Trigo landed funds for its automated checkout system that lets shoppers purchase goods without waiting for a cashier. The Dutch government is allocating new funds to cultivated meat initiatives, and Bill Gates an... |
| 24.10.2022 | Bill Gates throws support behind new European cleantech scale-up coalition | With the goal of helping Europe become climate-neutral, energy-autonomous, and industrially competitive, eight European cleantech companies have joined hands to form a new cleantech scale-up coalition.
Supported by Breakthrough Energy found... |
| 24.10.2022 | LanzaJet Gets Funding from Breakthrough Energy's Catalyst Program for Its Alcohol to Fuel Project | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 24 October 2022, 08:10 pm
LanzaJet is getting a massive boost from Breakthrough Energy, specifically under its first Catalyst project, which supports its latest venture towards creating clean energy jet fuels from... |
| 21.10.2022 | A Bill Gates fund invested $50 million in a startup that's building a massive refinery to turn alcohol into jet fuel | Bill Gates founded Breakthrough Energy in 2015 to boost innovation in clean energy. Kevin Dietsch / Staff / Getty Images
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A Bill Gates fund invested $50 million in a startup making sustainable aviation fuel from ethanol.
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| 21.10.2022 | Decarbonizing the EU’s road and construction sectors through green public procurement: the case of France and Germany | Government spending on public works, goods and services accounts for about 14% of the EU’s GDP. Consequently, the EU and its Member States can help accelerate the development and adoption of low-carbon technologies through GPP.
Funded by Br... |
| 02.10.2022 | The biological theory that explains why investors are bullish on fusion | For decades, the answer to when fusion power would arrive was like the punchline to an oft-repeated joke — it was always 10 or 20 years away. Now, it might actually be on the cusp of commercialization.
No, really.
If that refrain sounds all... |
| 14.09.2022 | Brief: Prolific Machines raises $42m from Breakthrough, Mayfield to slash cultivated meat costs | US-based biotech startup Prolific Machines has emerged from stealth mode with $42 million shared between “massively oversubscribed” seed and Series A rounds. It plans to drive down the cost of cultivated meat manufacturing via biotech and m... |
| 01.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Planted’s $72m for whole-cut ‘chicken,’ genomics startup Pattern snags $35m | Swiss alt-protein startup Planted raised Series B funding to expand its line of whole-cut plant-based chicken items. Agtech and genomics startup Pattern also announced Series B funding, while carbon-neutral milk company closed a Series A ro... |
| 31.08.2022 | Фонд Билла Гейтса инвестировал в производителя молока Neutral, который заботится об экологии | Фонд Билла Гейтса Breakthrough Energy инвестировал в стартап Neutral. Компания занимается устойчивым производством молока и помогает фермерам сократить выбросы парниковых газов. В Neutral уже вкладывались Марк Кьюбан, ряд баскетболистов и д... |
| 31.08.2022 | Neutral Foods moves into next phase of growth with $12 million raised in first Series A funding close | Neutral milk “We are confident in this investment because of the team's deep expertise in reducing GHG emissions in food production and supply chain and building a large retail business,” said Anjani Bansal, Global Brain
PORTLAND, Ore. (PRW... |
| 30.08.2022 | Breakthrough Energy Ventures backs Blue World Technologies by joining its €37 million series-B | Breakthrough Energy Ventures backs Blue World Technologies by joining its €37 million series-B
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With high-efficient methanol fuel cells, Blue World Technologies paves the way for making renewab... |
| 05.08.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Vertical farmer Spread raises $30m, McWin launches $500m restaurant fund | Kyoto-based Spread set a record for foodtech funding in Japan this week with a Series A raise for its vertical farming operation. Investment firm McWin has launched a fund for restaurants, while Source Global bagged a late-stage round for i... |
| 04.08.2022 | Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy backs Terabase’s robot-built solar farms | Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a climate-focused VC firm linked to some of Earth’s wealthiest individuals, has joined a $44 million bet on solar startup Terabase Energy.
Terabase aims to rapidly build new solar farms “at the terawatt scale,”... |
| 04.08.2022 | Terabase Solar Farm Gets Backing from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy—Robot-Built Sustainability | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 04 August 2022, 09:08 pm
Terabase is a rising solar farm company that gained significant support from one of the tops known clean energy fund investing companies from Bill Gates, Breakthrough Energy Venture. The s... |
| 01.07.2022 | Spain-based H2SITE raises €12.5M to scale its on-site hydrogen-producing devices | Spain-based H2SITE, a company that produces onsite and renewable hydrogen (H2) for small and medium companies, announced on Thursday that it has raised €12.5M in a Series A round of funding.
The round was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures... |
| 01.07.2022 | H2site cierra una ronda de €12,5M liderada por Breakthrough EV. Participan Equinor, ENGIE, Tecnalia, GCRPV, y Seed Capital Bizkaia | 01/07/2022
Nota de prensa
H2SITE CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €12,5 MILLONES LIDERADA POR BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY VENTURES. PARTICIPAN EQUINOR VENTURES, ENGIE NEW VENTURES, GRCPV Y SEED CAPITAL BIZKAIA.
H2SITE, startup pionera deep-tech para la produ... |
| 30.06.2022 | Neutral Foods, America’s First Carbon Neutral Food Company, Doubles National Retail Presence by Adding Sprouts, Target to Retail Distribution Line Up | “We continue to execute on our growth playbook to get more Neutral products into the households of those who really want to improve their own personal carbon footprints,” Marcus Lovell Smith, CEO, Neutral Foods.
PORTLAND, Ore. (PRWEB) June ... |
| 16.06.2022 | 3 climate tech VCs share how they find, vet and support carbon-slashing startups | Few sectors have boomed in the past few years like climate tech has. But despite the burgeoning urgency driving interest and investments, the ongoing market downturn is threatening to dim the prospects of many bright startups.
But are clima... |
| 14.06.2022 | A decade after the bubble burst, 5 climate tech investors explain why they’re all in | Climate tech has been one of the biggest successes of the last few years. By 2025, investors are expected to sink $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion annually into a wide range of startups that promise to upend everything from travel and commuting... |
| 16.05.2022 | “Trailblazing” Net Zero Transatlantic Flight Taking off in 2023 in Global First | The world’s first net zero transatlantic flight will be delivered in 2023 after an announcement by transport secretary Grant Shapps.
In a global first, the pioneering flight, which will be powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel, is expec... |
| 05.05.2022 | Pachama nets $55m Series B to bring accountability to forest carbon markets | San Francisco-based Pachama has raised $55 million in Series B funding for its tech-focused carbon credit platform the company says can bring more integrity and accountability to forest carbon markets and reporting.
Future Positive led the ... |
| 27.03.2022 | Iron Ox raises $53 Million from Bill Gates & Breakthrough Energy Ventures for robotic farms | - |
| 08.02.2022 | Rondo tackles industrial heat to drop global CO2 emissions by 1% in the next decade | In climate circles we spend a lot of time talking about manufacturing and power generation in the effort of cutting CO2 emissions. It’s pretty rare that I get a whiff of a company that has a clear path toward cutting global carbon emissions... |
| 07.02.2022 | Carbon Capture Startup Verdox Raises $80 Million from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy and Others | Carbon capture and removal startup Verdox announced that it has raised $80 million in committed capital from investors including Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Prelude Ventures, and Lowercarbon Capital. The investment will be use... |
| 23.11.2021 | BREAKING: ADM, Kraft & Dr Oetker back bovine-free mozzarella maker New Culture in $25m round | US alt-dairy startup New Culture has raised $25 million in Series A funding to bring its bovine-free mozzarella product to market.
Founded in 2018 by CEO Matt Gibson and chief scientific officer Inja Radman, New Culture is using precision f... |
| 23.11.2021 | ADM, Kraft & Dr Oetker back bovine-free mozzarella maker New Culture in $25m round | US alt-dairy startup New Culture has raised $25 million in Series A funding to bring its bovine-free mozzarella product to market.
Founded in 2018 by CEO Matt Gibson and chief scientific officer Inja Radman, New Culture is using precision f... |
| 15.11.2021 | Form Energy, the buzzy battery tech company, offers more of a window into its work | Form Energy, a company that says it’s developing a rechargeable battery that can store electricity for days at a fraction of the current cost, has been accused of being overly secretive, even as it has lined up more than $360 million in fun... |
| 11.11.2021 | How does venture capital advance eco-innovation: Lessons from sustainability VCs | Company:
For the last fifty years, venture capital has had a pivotal role in discovering, bringing to market, and scaling transformative technology innovations in all economic sectors, from healthcare to transportation. As modern societies ... |
| 15.10.2021 | The National Academy of Medicine’s climate crisis effort must turn words into action | With little fanfare and even less notice, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) recently launched its Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector.
During a kick-off event, speakers made clear that the time for action is no... |
| 05.10.2021 | GFI Founder Bruce Friedrich: Why Cultivated Meat is Now the Preferred Term For Cell-Based Meat | GFI Founder and CEO Bruce Friedrich explores the increased sector alignment around the preferred category name for meat produced through cellular agriculture.
Consumer and industry preferences
In September 2019, UPSIDE Foods and The Good Fo... |
| 22.09.2021 | Indoor ag startup Iron Ox closes $53m round led by Breakthrough Energy | US-based indoor ag startup Iron Ox has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round led by climate-focused investor Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
Other investors included Crosslink Capital, R7 Partners, Pathbreaker Ventures, i/o Ventures,... |
| 22.09.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Cargill, Heineken & Nestlé unveil regenerative ag programs | In the past seven days, a trio of major agrifood corporates doubled-down on sustainability by announcing new regenerative ag schemes.
Meanwhile, Ford and Walmart said they are partnering on autonomous food delivery tech; and Indigo made the... |
| 22.09.2021 | Leading Ag-Tech Startup Iron Ox Closes $53 Million Investment Round Led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures | Iron Ox announced today that it has closed a $53 million “Series C” funding round, led by new investor Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/... |
| 20.09.2021 | BlackRock : Foundation Grants $100 Million to Breakthrough Energy's Catalyst Program for Investments Focused on Clean Energy Technologies | NEW YORK - September 20, 2021 -The BlackRock Foundation today announced a $100 million grant to Breakthrough Energy's Catalyst Program ('Catalyst') to help accelerate the development of the climate solutions necessary to achieve net-zero em... |
| 20.09.2021 | Miyoko’s Creamery CEO on $52m funding, federal court victory & vegan cheese fails | “Vegan cheese has been the laughing stock of the food industry because it has been crap,” Miyoko Schinner tells AFN. “It’s fake food for the most part and we need to turn that around. We need to make real cheese out of real food ingredients... |
| 13.09.2021 | Formo nets $50m for animal-free cheese fermented from microbes | German alt-dairy startup Formo has raised $50 million in Series A funding, it announced in a company statement today.
The Series A round was led by Sweden’s EQT Ventures, with Elevat3 Capital, Lionheart Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, and Ha... |
| 02.09.2021 | Stockeld Dreamery raises $20m Series A funding to expand plant-based cheese lineup | Swedish startup Stockeld Dreamery has raised €16.5 million ($19.5 million) in Series A funding to advance its alternative cheese business.
Food- and ag-focused VC Astanor Ventures and early-stage investor Northzone led the round, which also... |
| 26.08.2021 | AgFunder raises $21m for New Carnivore alt-protein fund from ADM, Alexandria & others | Disclosure: AgFunder is AFN’s parent company.
Agrifoodtech VC AgFunder has announced the final close of New Carnivore, its alternative protein fund, on $21 million.
The fund was oversubscribed, surpassing its hard cap.
ADM Ventures, the VC ... |
| 02.08.2021 | Cleantech innovations: How are SEE countries deploying green hydrogen | Bulgaria, Greece, Romania ~
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Decarbonising the economy is a core task in meeting the EU climate goals and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. As countries make plans to lower dependency on fossil fuels, particularly in the energy s... |
| 22.07.2021 | Plant-based cheesemaker Nobell Foods nets $75m from a16z, AgFunder & Breakthrough Energy | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company AgFunder is an investor in Nobell Foods.
Alt-protein startup Nobell Foods has raised $75 million in a Series B round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) – the climate-focused investment group founded b... |
| 19.07.2021 | Pivot Bio scores $430m in DCVC, Temasek-led Series D round | Pivot Bio has raised $430 million in funding after seeing its revenue increase threefold since the start of this year, it announced today.
The Berkeley, California-based ag inputs startup is also releasing its latest nitrogen-fixation produ... |
| 19.07.2021 | BREAKING: Pivot Bio scores $430m in DCVC, Temasek-led Series D round | Pivot Bio has raised $430 million in funding after seeing its revenue increase threefold since the start of this year, it announced today.
The Berkeley, California-based ag inputs startup is also releasing its latest nitrogen-fixation produ... |
| 09.07.2021 | MVP joins forces with the Cleantech for Europe initiative | Europe has seen tremendous growth in VC investment over the past years. According to the State of European Tech 2019 report, capital invested in Europe had more than doubled in five years to EUR 32 billion. Although this is magnificent news... |
| 29.06.2021 | AP Ventures invests into ZeroAvia to advance the future of hydrogen-electric solutions for the aviation sector | ZeroAvia, a pioneer of hydrogen-electric aviation solutions, has secured an additional $13 million for its 50+ seat engine development program from AP Ventures, a significant investor in breakthrough technologies across the hydrogen value c... |
| 16.06.2021 | Motif FoodWorks raises $226m to tackle plant-based’s challenges with texture & taste | Alt-protein company Motif FoodWorks has raised $226 million in Series B funding. The round was jointly led by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board — through its Teachers’ Innovation Platform — and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.
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| 04.06.2021 | EU’s cleantech ecosystem gets an unexpected partner: Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy | Bucharest, Romania ~
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Update: As of January 11 2021, Breakthrough Energy’s Catalyst program has launched a Request for Proposals (RFP). Climate technology projects based in the EU can now apply for financing. Projects will also be c... |
| 01.06.2021 | The ‘How’ Of Carbon Reporting In The U.S. | Keep an eye on comparability, business sense, verifiability, net zero pledges, reliance on offsets, cost to the company and whether the stock market fully appreciates such costs, risk factor discussion, stress test of a pseudo carbon cost, ... |
| 12.05.2021 | Ginkgo Bioworks to go public at $15bn valuation as agrifood SPAC frenzy continues | US synthetic biology startup Ginkgo Bioworks has announced its plan to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal that values it at $15 billion.
The Boston-based biotech is set to combine with Nasdaq-li... |
| 12.05.2021 | Ginkgo Bioworks to go public at $15bn valuation as ag SPAC frenzy continues | US synthetic biology startup Ginkgo Bioworks has announced its plan to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal that values it at $15 billion.
The Boston-based biotech is set to combine with Nasdaq-li... |
