IT総合 At COP28, the world finally acknowledged the obvious
World leaders finally recognized that fossil fuel use needs to end if we're to prevent catastrophic climate change, a we...
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IT総合 IT総合 Geothermal startup Quaise is raising $25M as it gears up for drilling
The new priced round comes as the company gears up for drilling test boreholes next year using its gyrotron-powered rig....
IT総合 Three breakthroughs that earned Fourth Power its $19M Series A
A new type of thermal battery could store intermittent wind and solar energy. It forms the basis of a new company, Fourt...
IT総合 Sila inks supply deal with Panasonic for its breakthrough battery material
The supply agreement marks a significant milestone for the 13-year-old lithium-ion battery company, which has raised ove...
IT総合 Battery swapping is great for EV fleets, but can it work for consumers?
Battery swapping could usher in freedom for a wide range of people, allowing them to participate in the EV transition in...
IT総合 Why Congruent turned down over $300M from LPs for its third climate tech fund
Investors thought the firm's initial target of $200 million was far too modest, and instead offered $600 million, a thre...
IT総合 Veteran life sciences firm RA Capital spins up ‘planetary health’ team to ride climate tech wave
Partners at RA Capital realized that if they didn't try to address climate change and its health effects, their life sci...
IT総合 Up Catalyst draws €4M seed round to make battery graphite from carbon dioxide
Up Catalyst can tweak the basic process to also manufacture carbon nanotubes for paint or reinforced concrete, as well a...
IT総合 GM and Toyota are shaping up to be the biggest losers in the EV transition
Legacy automakers have scaled back or set overly modest electric vehicle production targets. They may come to regret tha...
IT総合 Why these investors think saving the trees isn’t just for protesters anymore
A fresh crop of startups has emerged to combat deforestation and climate change, and a handful investors have embraced t...
IT総合 OpenAI’s crisis will sow the seeds of the next generation of AI startups
OpenAI’s meltdown is likely to become the latest installment in what’s becoming a Silicon Valley tradition. It's hard to...
IT総合 Climate tech’s biggest hits and misses in 2023
For the broader economy, this was the year of the recession that never arrived. But for climate tech, it was a year of b...
IT総合 Why supersize convenience stores might be key to unlocking EV fast charging
We got a glimpse of Buc-ee’s possible future on Thursday when Mercedes announced that it would build around 30 fast-char...
IT総合 Another room-temperature superconductor bites the dust
Other researchers had discovered numerous problems with the scientific paper describing the material. Now, the scientifi...
IT総合 Congruent starts raising fresh $250M early-stage climate tech fund
High interest rates may be stifling some investments in climate tech today, but the new fund suggests that LPs see a lig...
IT総合 Coperniq raises $4M seed round to bring SaaS to solar installers
The startup’s solution takes over where project proposal software leaves off, from the first site visit until the solar ...
IT総合 The circular economy promises to remake retail. Why is it so hard to trust?
Even if sustainability isn’t a key differentiator, brand-owned resale sites can help capture some of the value that woul...
IT総合 AirLoom has a plan to halve the cost of wind power
The Wyoming-based startup thinks the traditional three-bladed turbine is played out and has a new design to bring wind e...
IT総合 US automakers need to make up their minds already
Ford and GM are hedging their bets on EVs. In times of transition, that can be a terrible way to run a business.
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IT総合 Byterat nabs $4M seed round to collect and analyze data for battery labs
Like many entrepreneurs, Byterat's founders realized that the challenges they had faced themselves in the lab were a bus...
IT総合 Inlyte Energy reels in $8M seed round to revive a 50-year-old battery technology
With some tweaks, the company believes it can make cells while still maintaining the chemistry’s longevity and energy de...
IT総合 Harvest Thermal taps $4M seed round to make heat pumps cheaper to run
The team came up with a system that integrated a heat pump and a hot water storage tank with a pod that turns the system...
IT総合 It’s too late for nuclear to save the climate
Even with the new designs, nuclear power probably won’t be enough to make a difference because its biggest hurdles aren’...
IT総合 Federal hydrogen hub program could give fuel a boost — or the boot
The federal government's approach to hydrogen is strikingly similar to the way it promoted biofuels a decade ago. That's...
IT総合 Overstory snags $14M Series A to use AI to help utilities cut their wildfire risk
Utilities have long known about the hazards posed by trees growing close to power lines, but the successive disasters ha...
IT総合 Where’s the innovation in induction kitchens?
Induction cooking has the potential to liberate us to rethink the kitchen, but new designs have been slow to arrive.
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IT総合 Toyota’s EV strategy hinges on a partnership with a petrochemical company
Toyota’s EV progress remains nascent. And a recent announcement about a manufacturing partner suggests that the company ...
IT総合 Bedrock Energy thinks the solution to decarbonizing skyscrapers is 1,500 feet underground
Big buildings almost always have big carbon footprints, and getting the carbon out of heating and cooling is especially ...
IT総合 Breathe Battery Technologies bets that software will eat batteries too
The startup has developed software for lithium-ion batteries to endow them with either faster charging speeds or greater...
IT総合 At One Ventures’ $375M new fund shows climate tech is still hot
The 3-year-old venture capital firm raised more money than it expected for its second fund, suggesting that limited part...