Next Big Thing In Energy Storage: Hotshots Pick Hot Bricks
Hot bricks are calling, and investors are responding to the allure of low cost, long duration energy storage.
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Climate Tech Venture Capital: Where It’s At And How To Get It — An Interview…
According to McKinsey & Co, climate tech as an industry has been growing at a phenomenal 30+% year over year even during the most recent economic turbulence of the last few years. As we swelter under the latest round of heat waves, and global awareness of climate change has (finally) … [continued]
Venture Capital Investor National Grid Partners Speaks About Cleantech Investing
Silicon Valley has been the main high tech and venture capital hub in the US for decades. The Valley is typically viewed as San Jose, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Menlo Park, and Palo Alto. Typically, venture capital firms have invested in software, Internet and computer hardware startups: Google, … [continued]
Decarbonizing Industrial Heat Faces Cognitive, Capex, Opex, & Disruptive Technology Challenges
There is insufficient attention paid to industrial heat decarbonization due to discontinuous technologies, contextual problems, and current economics.
Interview With Cleantech Investor Zack Bogue Of DCVC
Benjamin Schulz: Zack, you’ve been investing in cleantech a long time, and if you look back, what change have you seen between then and now? Zack Bogue: I became interested in the space around 2007 — that was during the first cleantech wave when a number of cleantech companies weren’t … [continued]
EV Companies Raise $10+ Billion In 2019, & Fortune 500 Companies Are Now Jumping In
Companies like Tencent, Baidu, Amazon, Samsung, Google, IKEA, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Renault-Nissan, and many more are investing heavily in the field of electric mobility, according to The Global e-Mobility Funding Report for Q2 2019.
It seems like all Forbes 500 companies have awoken and now want to tap into an industry that is projected to have a value of over $500 billion in 2025.
The LA Auto Show Unveils Its Speaker List, & Guess Who We’re Interviewing
The Los Angeles Auto Show just released the list of its speakers and programs a week before the event. The good news is that we will not only be there to cover the auto show’s pre-public media days but also interviewed one of its speakers this week in Santa Clara, California. Here’s our LA Auto Show Sneak Peak.
The 5th Annual Women In Cleantech & Sustainability Adds Pitch Competition
Women in Cleantech & Sustainability is bringing the first pitch competition focused on female-led cleantech and sustainability startups in the United States to Google’s Sunnyvale campus next month to pitch venture capitalists and investors.
Residential & Commercial Battery Storage Projects Raised $625 Million In Q3’2016
Smart grid, battery storage, and energy efficiency companies raised $102 million in venture capital funding during the third quarter of 2016, according to new figures from Mercom Capital, while residential and commercial battery storage projects raised $625 million in project funds.
Corporate Funding For Solar Reaches $3 Billion In Q3’2016
Despite an overall drop in clean energy investment in the third quarter, Mercom has revealed total corporate funding for the solar sector grew in the third quarter to $3 billion. Mercom Capital Group published its quarterly report on funding and merger & acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector for … [continued]
