Articles about climate tech – Page 6 of 6

COP26 updates: Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy, Gates Foundation and Amazon tout climate efforts

Day two of the United Nations COP26 climate talks brought news of recently forged partnerships and new funding commitments from… Read More

Amazon’s $2B climate fund director on the role of innovation in reversing tech giant’s rising emissions

Amazon launched its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund in June 2020 and has already invested hundreds of millions of dollars… Read More

Here are the latest recipients of Amazon’s $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund

In September 2019, Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos announced the company’s ambitious Climate Pledge, setting a goal of achieving net-zero carbon… Read More

Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy pledges $276M to match UK funding for climate innovations

Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst has pledged an investment of $276 million in climate innovation in the United Kingdom, matching… Read More

Alaska Airlines launches investment arm to support goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040

Alaska Airlines on Monday announced the launch of Alaska Star Ventures to invest in new aviation technologies as part of… Read More

Tackling the climate crisis: 3 optimistic takeaways from climate tech experts at the GeekWire Summit

The climate crisis is a big, scary challenge. But people are working hard to deploy technologies and policies to pull… Read More

Is the tide turning on renewable marine power? Entrepreneurs test wave-powered energy systems

When people ask Brian Polagye how difficult is it to extract energy from the ocean, he offers an anecdote. The… Read More

Salesforce chief Marc Benioff and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke invest in reforestation startup DroneSeed

New funding: As wildfires continue to burn in the Western U.S., reforestation startup DroneSeed on Wednesday announced a $36 million… Read More

Climate investor Dawn Lippert on raising a $60M fund and what’s stoking demand for climate tech

A nonprofit organization with Pacific Northwest ties has spun out its first venture capital fund totaling $60 million for investing… Read More

Tracking clean energy performance: Omnidian lands $33M to help companies manage solar assets

New funding: Seattle-based Omnidian announced a $33 million investment round today, bringing the climate tech company’s total funding to $53.4… Read More

How a national lab stokes the startup pipeline with ready-to-go innovations for commercializing

Entrepreneurs with a yen for creating a business but who come up short on an innovation are welcome to take… Read More

Climate tech heats up in the Pacific Northwest as startups raise more than $1B since 2020

The Canadian company that has set the country’s record for going from launch to unicorn status in the shortest amount… Read More

Bill Gates backs Cipher, a new online climate news source produced by his Breakthrough Energy

Bill Gates is backing a new online climate news publication called Cipher that is slated to start publishing on Sept.… Read More

Can we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? Venture capitalists sound off on saving the Earth

Eager investors keep coming. It’s the Amazon employee who has seen the company’s stock price rise steadily; the former venture… Read More