| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.09.2024 | The Carbon Revolution: Funding Fuels the Future of Sustainable Aviation | The world is changing. The air we breathe is under siege. Carbon emissions loom like a dark cloud over our future. But a new wave of innovation is rising. Companies like Air Company and Twelve are leading the charge. They are turning carbon... |
| 20.09.2024 | AIR COMPANY: Carbon Conversion Company Secures $69 Million (Series B) | AIR COMPANY, a carbon conversion technology company, announced it has raised $69 million in Series B funding to advance its technology, promote energy security, and drive emissions reductions in hard-to-abate sectors, such as aviation. Avfu... |
| 18.09.2024 | Air Company Raises $69M in Series B Funding | Air Company, a NYC-based carbon conversion technology company, raised $69M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Avfuel, with participation from Lowercarbon Capital, IQT (In-Q-Tel), Alaska Airlines, Connecticut Innovation’s Climate Tech... |
| 13.04.2024 | Toyota Ventures invested additional $300 M to build evolutionary startups | The early-stage venture capital division of Toyota, Toyota Ventures, has revealed plans to invest an additional $300 million in startups creating innovative business models and game-changing technologies.
Toyota Ventures said in a statement... |
| 23.05.2023 | Making Synthetic Jet Fuel Near the Front Lines Is an Idea That Remains Worth Drinking To | 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron Forward Arming and Refueling Point specialists prepare to refuel ... [+] a 361st Expeditionary Attack Squadron MQ-9 Reaper on a flight line at an undisclosed location, Southwest Asia, Dec. 10, 2022.U.S. Ai... |
| 28.02.2023 | Startup inks $65M deal to help Air Force make ‘sustainable’ jet fuel on bases | Air Company, a startup that turns carbon dioxide into perfume, vodka, hand sanitizer and aviation fuel, is now on the U.S. Defense Department’s payroll, so to speak.
The JetBlue and Toyota-backed company struck an up-to $65 million deal to ... |
| 06.10.2022 | Connecticut Innovations Announces Presenting Companies for First VentureClash Climate Edition | NEW HAVEN, Conn. (PRWEB) October 06, 2022
Connecticut Innovations(CI), the state’s leading venture capital arm, today announced the companies selected to present at the VentureClash Climate Edition pitch and networking event on Thursday, Oc... |
| 03.05.2022 | Methanol Institute Welcomes Air Company as our Newest Member | Air Company's Carbon Conversion Reactor's ability to produce carbon-neutral methanol for use as a sustainable fuel is another indication of the exciting places the methanol industry is headed."”
— Gregory Dolan, CEO, Methanol Institute... |
| 20.04.2022 | Air Company Secures $30M In Series A Funding | Air Company’s Co-founders Gregory Constantine (CEO) and Dr. Stafford Sheehan (CTO)
Air Company, a NYC-based carbon technology company that creates carbon-negative alcohols and consumer products from CO2, raised $30M in Series A funding.
The... |
| 19.04.2022 | Air Company Uses State-of-the-Art Carbon Technology to Turn Air into Vodka | Ryan Epps, Tech Times 19 April 2022, 04:04 pm
Putting an engaging and impactful mission at the forefront of its business, Air Company proposes among the aptest ways in combating climate change: vodka. More specifically, vodka is made primar... |
| 19.04.2022 | Air Company Raises $30M for its Technology that Decarbonizes the Planet While Also Creating Alcohol-Based Consumer Goods | There is a suite of climate actions that we are faced with in order to reach our decarbonization goals. Most of the attention has been paid to producing cleaner forms of energy that do not have carbon footprints like solar, electric, and wi... |
| 19.04.2022 | Air Company Raises $30M Series A Round |
NEW YORK, NY, Air Company, the world's leading carbon technology company that creates carbon-negative alcohols and consumer products from CO2, has raised $30 million in Series A funding.
>> Click here for more funding data on Air C... |
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| 19.04.2022 | This company makes vodka out of thin air to save the planet | It’s a story as old as time: Pull CO2 out of the air, wave your magic chemistry stick at it and bottle it as vodka and perfume. The planet wins carbon sequestration points, and you can stumble home at the end of a night reeking of self-cong... |
| 14.12.2021 | Air Company Challenges Companies To Innovate More Carbon Negative Products With Launch Of Their New Fragrance | Air Company Air Eau de ParfumAir Company |
| 21.10.2021 | ‘World’s most sustainable spirit’: the vodka made with CO2 captured from air | Critics call the ‘carbon-negative’ drink a distraction but makers say it points a way forward to tackling the climate crisis
(The Guardian) – The disastrous consequences of the unfolding climate crisis is enough to drive some people to drin... |
| 19.10.2021 | Xpeng-backed urban air mobility company, HT Aero, raises $500M | HT Aero, an urban air mobility (UAM) company that’s an affiliate of Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Xpeng, has announced a $500 million Series A raise. The company will use the funds to acquire top-tier talent, advance R&D and “co... |
| 21.06.2021 | 3 Houston companies named to semifinals of clean energy competition | Three Houston energy startups are in the running for the $100,000 cash prize in Cleantech.org's GS Beyond Energy Innovation Challenge.
Amperon Holdings, Cemvita Factory, and Veloce Energy are among the competition's 24 semifinalists, which ... |
| 21.06.2021 | 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 startup and small business support to electric vehicles — recently making headlines in Houston innov... |
| 21.06.2021 | Houston-Dallas high-speed train still not official but now it has a builder | The high-speed train between Houston and Dallas still needs an official sign-off before it happens, but a builder has been hired for when that day comes.
Texas Central, the developers of the train, have signed a $16 billion contract with We... |
| 18.06.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a new autonomous delivery pilot, an Euro... |
| 18.06.2021 | Houston shopping center opts for buzzy new environmental project | Bees are glorious creatures, tasked with pollination and the no-big-deal duty of balancing our planet's ecosystem and keeping the circle of life moving. Oh, and the honey!
No surprise, then, that beekeeping is all the buzz. With that in min... |
| 16.06.2021 | New Houston startup development program to help launch corporate volunteer software | Brooke Waupsh wanted to change the way people volunteered and help increase access to volunteers for nonprofits. So, she launched Swoovy, a dating app that connected singles who wanted to do some good on their first dates. Now, the Austin-b... |
| 16.06.2021 | Houston researchers snag government funds for net-zero emissions projects | Rice University and the University of Houston were two of four national institutions to receive sizable grants from the Department of Energy last month to go toward the research and development of projects that will improve CO2 storage to h... |
| 16.06.2021 | Splashy European pool-sharing app dives into Houston just in time for summer | Scorching temps. Baking cars. ERCOT begging locals to set their thermostats to 78 (say what?). Why, it's almost like it's summer in Houston or something.
After a long sweat, nothing cools off like a long swim in a sparkling pool. To that en... |
| 13.05.2021 | To expand or not to expand? Houston researcher weighs in on global growth | You built your business from the ground up, patiently finding techniques and products that work, carefully crafting solid bonds with your clients. Then one day a new project, opportunity or simple request poses a question: Is it time to bra... |
| 11.05.2021 | Global accelerator announces 5 startups to its Houston cohort | Five Houston companies have been tapped to participate in a Houston-based, early-stage startup accelerator with a national presence.
The accelerator, gBETA, selected the five Houston companies out of over 85 applicants. The cohort represent... |
| 10.05.2021 | 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 — tech, health care, and more — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Emily Cisek, founder of Th... |
| 10.05.2021 | Energy giant makes Houston sole headquarters in massive move | Power player NRG Energy is laser focused on Houston. The Bayou City will be the energy giant's new sole headquarters; the company will no longer split between Houston and Princeton, New Jersey.
The move to a single headquarters simplifies b... |
| 10.05.2021 | Houston ranks among fastest growing tech hubs amid the pandemic, report finds | When Americans think of tech hubs, Silicon Valley or even Austin may initially come to mind. However, Houston appears to be making a play for tech-hub status.
Citing data from career platform LinkedIn, the Axios news website reports that Ho... |
| 07.05.2021 | Houston SaaS startup closes $12M series A funding round with support from local VC | A Houston startup with a software-as-a-service platform for the energy transition has announced it closed a funding round with participation from a local venture capital.
Molecule closed its $12 million series A, and Houston-based Mercury F... |
| 07.05.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, events not to miss this month, big winne... |
| 06.05.2021 | Houston research: Why venture capital firms might change a startup's leadership | Consider the 21st century's most storied CEOs: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos. All have one thing in common – not only did they run their companies, they founded them.
Each of these corporate leaders, in other words, had to deal with ve... |
| 05.05.2021 | Houston health tech company bounces back from COVID-19 in a big way | The pandemic hit life science innovation hard. And no one knows that better than Kevin Coker, co-founder and CEO of Proxima Clinical Research, a Houston-based contract research organization focused on supporting life science startups as the... |
| 05.05.2021 | Houston fitness tech startup launches $1M crowdfunding campaign | Calling all cardio lovers, yogis, and strength trainers alike — a Houston fitness platform is opening up investment opportunities through a new crowdfunding campaign.
Kanthaka, a Houston-based app that connects clients to personal trainers ... |
| 04.05.2021 | Report: Houston ranks among the worst cities for unnecessary medical treatments | Houston boasts of being home to the Texas Medical Center, the world's biggest medical complex. Yet Houston's medical community also holds a distinction that's hardly boast-worthy: It's the worst major metro area in Texas for unnecessary hea... |
| 04.05.2021 | Houston hospital reveals renderings of Austin outpost ahead of groundbreaking | Texas Children's Hospital is working on its first freestanding location in Austin — and the hospital system just released a first look at what the state-of-the-art building will look like.
The new Texas Children's Austin campus — to be loca... |
| 04.05.2021 | Expert shares advice for Houstonians experiencing a pandemic-sparked career change | I've had so many pivots in my professional career; moving across the country, internal promotions, leaving a corporate job to launch my own company, and repositioning myself and my brand in new markets. But I'm one of those people who enjoy... |
| 03.05.2021 | These are Houston's 4 best high schools in 2021, says recent report | t's report card time, and four Houston high schools have made the grade, earning top 100 spots in this year's prestigious U.S. News & World Report rankings of the Best U.S. High Schools. One even merited a special distinction.
Houston's... |
| 30.04.2021 | Houston med-tech companies partner on wearable device for opioid withdrawal | Houston-based Spark Biomedical has created a revolutionary wearable device that provides unprecedented levels of opioid withdrawal relief.
The device known as the Sparrow Therapy System is worn over the ear for five to seven days and sends ... |
| 30.04.2021 | Rice University student startups win $65,000 in competition | A Rice University startup competition concluded with a big win for a company started by students trying to use tech to help prevent veteran suicide.
The startup, rutd: resources united. technology driven., a secure platform that can deliver... |
| 29.04.2021 | Comcast to dole out $1M in grants to BIPOC-owned small businesses in Houston | Grants totaling $1 million are being given to 100 BIPOC-owned small businesses in the Houston area through the Comcast RISE program.
In addition, more than 150 BIPOC-owned small businesses in the region will receive technology and marketing... |
| 28.04.2021 | Houston investor goes all in on funding female founders | Carrie Colbert wasn't planning on becoming a venture capital investor — it just happened organically.
"This has been kind of a backwards process. Our fund was driven by demand," Colbert, founder and general partner of Houston-base... |
| 28.04.2021 | Houston startup selected for international carbontech accelerator | A new international accelerator focused on the commercialization of carbontech has announced its new cohort — and one Houston-based company has made the cut.
Cemvita Factory has been accepted into the Carbon to Value Initiative, a recently ... |
| 27.04.2021 | EY makes the case for people and culture amid historical oil and gas disruption | When considering the future of energy, you might see a world powered by cleaner energy sources and guided by bots and algorithms in the workplace. But digitalization and decarbonization are complex transitions. The road ahead will mix human... |
| 08.02.2021 | The Oil Industry Jumps On The Low Carbon Bandwagon | FILE - In this Thursday, April 29, 2010 file photo, a pair of coal trains idle on the tracks near ... [+] Dry Fork Station, a coal-fired power plant being built by the Basin Electric Power Cooperative near Gillette, Wyo. Teams from Canada, ... |
| 29.01.2021 | U.S. Hydrocarbon Imperialism: The Lack Of Global Vision In Biden’s Climate Policy, And What He Should Do About It | It's a global hydrocarbon industry -- driven by consumer choice. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty ... [+] Images) Corbis via Getty Images |
| 24.12.2020 | AFN’s last minute holiday gift ideas (of course they’re about food!) | In 2020, you get a pass for not thinking ahead on holiday gift-giving. If you’ve been so head-down focused on just getting to the end that you missed Hanukkah completely, and the Winter Solstice, and are now watching the clock tick down to ... |
| 27.10.2020 | From Vodka To Space Flight: Air Company Launches Sustainable Rocket Fuel To Help Us Get To Mars...And Beyond | A rendering of a potential Air Co fuel storage tanks and rocket return launch pad on MarsAIR COMPANY |
| 17.03.2020 | CO2-based vodka startup Air Co. fully redirects its tech to making hand sanitizer for donation | A NYC-based startup that developed technology that extracts carbon dioxide from the air and combines it with water to create vodka has redirected its entire production capacity toward producing hand sanitizer, every bottle of which will be ... |
| 28.02.2020 | Workplace Collaboration Tool Company Air Secures $6 Million | Workplace collaboration tool company Air announced it raised $6 million in funding to date
Workplace collaboration tool company Air announced it raised $6 million in funding to date. The funding will be used to help brands build a replaceme... |
| - | Air Company makes vodka and perfume out of captured carbon. The startup just landed a $30 million Series A. | Air Company cofounders Gregory Constantine and Dr. Stafford Sheehan. Air Company This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Air Company makes carbon-negative vodka, perfume, and hand... |
| - | Air Company | “We are a carbon utilization company working with industries to create planetary change, taking Earth's excess CO2 and converting it into carbon-negative alcohols and fuels.” |
