Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2023

Our 200+ startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Check out their latest accomplishments below.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

These firms tend to be smaller startups with fast growth. Their differences can be summarized across three considerations: Range of energy measures : While most firms aspire to provide a broad range of energy conservation measures, some focus on a specific type, which can include LED retrofits or HVAC upgrades.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The company’s software allows anything that stores energy in some form—think hot water heaters, electric vehicle chargers, and HVAC systems—to pull energy from the grid at an optimal time, then provide energy to the customer when it’s needed. Located in Somerville, Mass.,

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 25, 2021

Bank Foundation Cleantech Inclusion Award, at Co_Invest Cleantech 2019 It’s no question that cleantech, greentech, climate tech, whatever you want to call it, has become a hotbed of innovation over the past few years. Many cleantech startups have strong organizational alignment on environmental impact.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 18, 2021

In Greentown Labs’ earliest days , when a ragtag group of startups had banded together to split the costs of rent and resources, the entrepreneurs faced a roadblock: they really, really needed Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS software to design and build their climate technologies, and this critical tool was outside of their financial reach.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Even in the old normal, the healthy $100m investment disclosed this week by agtech startup Pivot Bio - which hopes to disrupt the $65bn global market for synthetic nitrogen fertilizer - would be impressive. Ambition, innovation and passion. What drives climate tech entrepreneurs?

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 29, 2024

74 startups. That’s Greentown Boston’s 2024 Climatetech Summit by the numbers, but the event was about the people: the startup founders with their groundbreaking solutions, and the ecosystem players who can help them succeed at scale. They create opportunities for innovators to engineer the future.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The spotlight This summer, we’ve covered a number of innovative solutions that cities around the world are implementing at a community level to combat deadly heat — things like tree equity, shade structures, and reflective pavement. How will it change the HVAC units and window ACs we’ve grown to rely on?

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 5, 2023

AI-powered systems can automatically adjust energy-consuming devices, such as lighting and HVAC systems, to minimize wastage. Overcoming resistance to change and fostering a culture of innovation and agility are crucial. Introducing new technologies and ways of working often necessitates a cultural transformation.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 2, 2024

This becomes a major problem for the energy transition, as bringing electric stoves, HVAC systems, vehicle chargers, and more into a home can demand costly electrical panel upgrades. Stepwise , a Greentown Labs startup, is changing this dynamic by optimizing electric panels to tap into their full capacity. Stepwise raised a $1.4M

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

The workers - three of them trainees in a climate-focused workforce development program run by the Brooklyn, NY-based startup - have come to the site to perform a practice energy audit. To date, BlocPower and its contractor partners - which include Augmented Construction , Urban Energy , VRF Solutions , Super Cool HVAC and Ch!

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 16, 2019

His company has built a technology platform to manage the open, transparent and secure exchange of energy data, and this week the California-based based startup announced a pilot project with Silicon Valley Clean Energy to test it out. Devin Hampton, CEO of UtilityAPI, wants to make this vision a reality.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 3, 2023

The startup’s focusing on the commercial HVAC market, offering an add-on to existing systems that pays for itself in about three years through energy consumption savings. Helix Earth Technologies’ multipurpose tech is attracting significant attention.

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Clean Energy Trust

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Clean Energy Trust , a nonprofit that supports early-stage cleantech startups and entrepreneurs, announced changes to its Board of Directors today. The reorganization aims to strengthen Clean Energy Trust during a critical moment in the race against climate change, when the imperative for clean technology innovation is intensifying.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

That accolade belongs to Ecobee, a small Canadian startup that launched the Ecobee Smart in 2008 , three years before Nest came along. Ecobee also has an innovative indoor camera, the $99 SmartCamera with Voice Control (Alexa), and its smart security system leverages Ecobee’s Smart Sensors for Doors & Windows. Ex-Apple engineers!

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Weaker residential construction activity cooled the HVAC sector, and heat pump sales bore the brunt at a 16% decline compared to 2022.  Zero emission vehicles (ZEV) led the charge, as YoY sales volume increased 52% to 1.4M vehicles, but price decreases tamped down overall investment growth to 30%.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Active Energy Systems (AES) is a technology startup at the technological forefront of thermal energy storage within the HVAC sector. Design and Prototyping Engineer | Active Energy Systems | Knoxville, TN. Company Summary: . The company is now scaling to build commercial systems.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Artveoli Wins First Startup Pitch Competition for Women-Led Cleantech and Sustainability Companies in the United States. The women leading these startups are tackling some of the big challenges the green economy faces in the coming years.”. Artveoli Inc.’s

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Artveoli Wins First Startup Pitch Competition for Women-Led Cleantech and Sustainability Companies in the United States. The women leading these startups are tackling some of the big challenges the green economy faces in the coming years.”. Artveoli Inc.’s

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 12, 2023

But the costs, implementation timelines, and space requirements have relegated this type of HVAC system to very large and fancy properties (think military bases, presidential libraries, and museums). Could you talk briefly about the innovations your team is working on that make the technology more feasible?

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 7, 2023

seed round , a pilot project with New Belgium, and a manufacturing partnership with HVAC giant Danfoss. That's why people are turning to them for building HVAC replacements, because of the cost benefits. AtmosZero is focused on replacing the gas boilers that create the steam to power industry. gigatonnes of emissions per year.

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Charged

JANUARY 6, 2020

Pickup kings Ford and GM, disruptor Tesla and startups Workhorse, Havelaar and Bollinger all have pickups in the pipeline. Ford also plans to partner with the startup to build a new EV. I guess you could say we move out of that truly creative and innovative phase through the development and validation phases.

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Andrew Winston

MAY 30, 2018

But big companies and startups alike are exploring how blockchain could change everything from contracts, corporate compliance, and auditing to digital identity and voting, supply chain tracking, and even building a smart, carbon-free electric grid. Or how to build a zero-carbon grid and tackle climate change.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Home to over 8 million people , New York stands as the largest city in the United States making the megalopolis an excellent test hub and incubator for new, innovative green solutions. Green Innovation Grant Program. Click here to find out more about the Green Innovation Grant Program and to check eligibility for your business.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 27, 2021

Leverage the skills of our unique and exceptional cross-functional staff to create innovative solutions to physical engineering challenges. Refrigeration domain expertise OR direct HVAC/refrigeration field experience is a major plus, and/or a willingness to learn very quickly is required. We’re a startup. Customer focused.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

Ingersoll Rand, owner of the big HVAC brands like Trane (and a client of mine), pledged to reduce customer carbon footprint by 1 gigaton. Innovations might help reduce emissions in the heaviest, most energy-intensive industries. Ikea added another €200 million to its investments in being carbon neutral by 2030.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JUNE 15, 2021

An enthusiastic self-starter who can work with minimal supervision and generates innovative solutions to tough problems. Passionate about technology innovation, product development, company-building, environmental impact, energy, and/or climate tech. Basic understanding of the refrigeration cycle and/or common HVAC/R systems.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 9, 2021

And that will be even more true tomorrow, because while the challenges are daunting the opportunities for innovation are immense. For Cohort 10, we’re looking for 15-20 startups from anywhere in the world focused on addressing key challenges in energy, mobility, agriculture, water, or the circular economy.

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Better Ventures

MARCH 3, 2025

Were investing in the transformation to build what we call the Better Economyone where scientific and technological innovation enables both business success and societal flourishing. Our focus is on B2B businesses leveraging AI, software, and scientific innovation to drive scalable change.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To help residents access and own the social, environmental, financial and health benefits that come with greening their buildings, BlocPower provides software that allows cities to design electrification programs where they’re most needed, and offers innovative financing strategies to keep home energy upgrades affordable for building owners.

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Climate Tech VC

APRIL 7, 2025

🏠 Heat pumps + HVAC Compressors and control units from Japan, Korea, EU now face 24–32% duties.   🧭 Some climate innovation will move elsewhere. Backed by the European Innovation Fund and a 10-year contract through the EU’s Innovation Fund Auction, the project is expected to be operational by 2028.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

🥩 FreezeM , a Tel Aviv, Israel-based insect farming technology platform, raised $14m in Series A funding from European Innovation Council. 🏠 Arch , a San Francisco, CA-based HVAC installation software platform, raised $6m in Seed funding from Coatue, Floodgate, Gigascale Capital, MCJ Collective, and ReGen Ventures.

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 16, 2020

28 clean energy startups were selected to receive $150,000 each for their concepts.

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