Cleantech & Sustainability New Fundings, Deals, and Fund Activity
Department of Energy’s ARPA-E Program Opens up $125M; Silver Spring Networks Plans to Acquire Startup Detectent; Stem Raises $27M Series B; Energy Efficiency Company Lime Energy...
Department of Energy’s ARPA-E Program Opens up $125M; Silver Spring Networks Plans to Acquire Startup Detectent; Stem Raises $27M Series B; Energy Efficiency Company Lime Energy...
Paul O'Callaghan, CEO of research firm BlueTech Research, discusses water sustainability and adoption by large corporations as well as emerging players and new disruptive water technologies....
CEO of global clean energy project developer UGE, Nick Blitterswyk, outlines key distributed generation trends, his firm’s latest projects, and offers a prediction for distributed...
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is trying to make his state the next to adopt a cap-and-trade program similar to California’s. Approximately 85 percent of Washington’s carbon emissions...
Last week New York banned fracking statewide, a move which environmental activists say will encourage more states to do the same, reports National Geographic. Already, anti-fracking...
Capital Dynamics has raised over $1 billion for its clean energy strategy since 2010 and targets investments in biomass, landfill gas, small hydropower, solar, wind, gas-fired power...
Scientists at the University of Guelph have tested a new method to create biofuel in the form of pellets from wet farm waste through pressure cooking. Their research shows that biofuels...
Hampton Creek Closes $90M Series C; Phonic Raises $44.5M Series D; Rebellion Photonics Receives $4.25M from ARPA-E; FarmLogs Raises $10 million Series B; Virgin Unite and MaRS Launch...
Corporate-backed funds, incubators and partnerships are driving a big increase in investment towards AgTech startups that boost food production, reduce waste, and make farms smarter.
Farmers need tech solutions to save water and their crops in an era of drought, and solutions were on display during a recent AgTech startup pitch event.