Sector Focus: Biologicals and Precision Agriculture Present Biggest Opportunities in Ag Tech
Despite the clean tech VC slowdown, Agriculture Tech investing is booming. What’s driving this trend?
Is crowdfunding a massive new wave? According to two prolific clean tech VC investors, that answer is yes. We’ve highlighted five campaigns that are blowing through their funding...
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed regulation that, starting in 2020, would require fossil fuel power plants to cut carbon dioxide emissions by...
The Clean Tech Investor Elite Are Choosing in Favor of AgTech Market
Portland Oregon-based startup HoneyComb was the top choice for investors from Khosla Ventures, Claremont Creek, Chrysalix and other VCs for its drone-powered agricultural surveying...
Carbon is a dirty word, meaning finding ways for the coal and oil industry to clean it up offers a big pay day. So big, and maybe not so far off, that VCs like Chrysalix are joining...
New AgTech Venture Capital Fund Forms, Signals Emerging Trend
The AgTech Innovation Fund is sparking interest from food industry corporate LPs, and its fund managers see big opportunities in biopesticides, fertilizers, and the recycling of agriculture...
After raising $16 million in venture capital funding since launching, rooftop solar-data startup Geostellar successfully raised another $1 million. But, this time it was from the crowd....
New York is poised to see a leap in clean tech developments with its investments in solar, new policies for distributed energy, and the installation of flow battery backup power in...
Fossil fuel interests are pushing state lawmakers to repeal power plant regulations and other clean energy measures, but advocates for renewable energy are using their rising political...
The pooling of small projects and more data is attracting a new set of clean tech investors, which may lead to project financing in other niche subsectors.