Global investors have already closed more climate-technology related funds in 2021 than the previous five years combined, according to PitchBook data. But the latest scientific report from the U.N. has raised fears…
Amazon Launches $2bn CleanTech Fund
Amazon has launched a $2 billion venture capital fund aimed at supporting companies working to combat climate change. The Climate Pledge Fund’s foundation follows an open letter sent by thousands of Amazon…
Edete CEO and Co-Founder Ran: “Our Tech is a Leading Plan-B for Global Agriculture”
Bees perform around 80% of all pollination worldwide, and support around $20 billion of crop production in the United States alone. Their numbers are in rapid decline. For over a decade bees…
TIER Mobility’s Bröskamp: “We want to be the new normal – every mobility company should aim for climate neutrality”
Björn Bröskamp is team lead, sustainability at TIER, a Berlin-based mobility startup whose scooters are now available across 11 European countries. In this op-ed he tells the story of how TIER became…
Insect FoodTech Startups are Creating a Buzz – And For Good Reason
The world is facing a crisis on two fronts. Unless you refute over 97% of publishing scientists, you’ll agree that man-made climate change is an urgent problem. Moreover, almost 800 million people…
Four FoodTech Startups Changing the Way we Eat
Climate change and population growth is already putting a huge strain on the global food industry. And with vegetarianism, veganism and other ethic- and eco-based diets on the rise, it has never…
From Laser Fighters to Wildfires: How Drone Startup Edgybees Found a Life-Saving Niche
When Menashe Haskin launched augmented reality drone firm Edgybees in 2017, with two others, he aimed to turn the sky into a technicolor racetrack. DronePrix AR gave users the chance to duck…
Eco-Automaker Riversimple Launches U.K. Hydrogen Car Trial
Welsh eco-friendly carmaker Riversimple has launched a trial of its hydrogen-powered Rasa model in its home country. The firm, which is currently crowdfunding to match a $2.2 million EU grant, will trial…