She grew up a gearhead — now her startup has raised $4.3M to cut CO2 from trucking
The irony was not lost on her. Growing up the daughter of a family obsessed with car racing, Danielle Walsh had become — in her late 20s — the head of …
Climate tech
Unity co-founder David Helgason’s next act: Gaming the climate crisis
Some retired CEOs go to space. Others move to Hawaii. But Unity co-founder David Helgason chose a different path after 12 years at the helm of the game engine company, …
Paris-based VC firm Blisce launches climate tech fund with a target of $160M
Blisce has become the latest VC firm to launch a fund dedicated to climate tech, for which it plans to raise as much as €150 million (about $162 million). The …
Alora Baby aims to push baby gear away from the ‘landfill economy’
Fast consumption and waste generation run rampant in all industries, but it’s particularly true around baby equipment. Tiny humans get big fast, and parents might be nervous to buy used …
Proxima Fusion raises $21M to build on its ‘stellarator’ approach to nuclear fusion
Venture capitalists’ appetite for fusion startups has been up and down in the last few years. For instance, the Fusion Industry Association found that while nuclear fusion companies had attracted …
Varaha helps Indian farmers reduce climate-harming practices like burning crop residue and flooding rice fields
Varaha has attacted investor interest as an end-to-end developer for carbon credits that it generates by working with thousands of smallholder farmers yielding crops on a total land of over …
As more than $1 trillion flows into climate tech, incentive-tracking apps find firm footing
Websites, apps and startups are rushing to track government incentives for climate tech Spend some time with people in the climate tech world and you’ll soon learn that a lot …
Investments in Chinese climate-tech firms expected to grow ‘significantly’ amid pivot to low-carbon economy: Deloitte
Investments into Chinese climate technology companies is expected to grow “significantly” as the world’s largest greenhouse-gas emitter pivots towards a low-carbon economy to drive the next phase of growth, according …
TC+ Roundup: Know your goals before taking the plunge
“The lure of entrepreneurship is undeniable,” writes resident pitch expert Haje Jan Kamps. But starting a company is also a hard road, and the decision to go for it shouldn’t …
When Will We Finally Put Our Money Where Our Food Grows?
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Extreme weather has left China’s corn-producing north suffering from a drought-inducing heatwave while the central region of Henan drowns in field-ruining floods. …