Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Multilayer plastics—think bubble wrap, meat packaging, and other pre-sealed food packaging—are difficult to recycle, which means they end up in landfills or incinerators. Greentown Labs is the largest cleantech incubator in North America, operating a 100,000 sq. Located in Somerville, Mass.,

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Greentown Labs

MAY 18, 2021

May 18, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) have selected six startups for the KAITEKI Challenge that are innovating in the areas of alternative proteins, plastics, and packaging. Somerville, Mass.,

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Corporate partnership accelerator program seeks innovations from startups in alternative proteins, waste plastics recycling, and prevention of food loss and waste. This challenge will prioritize innovations that enable circularity across proteins, plastics, and packaging value chains. SOMERVILLE, Mass.,

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The startup is building SkyH2O stations, where up to 200,000 liters of water will be produced daily via on-site AWG. Like at today’s gas stations, ancillary services will also be offered—from EV-charging to sustainably packaged food and coffee. The 20-person startup is currently raising a $20M Series A.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Five months after Houston’s climatetech ecosystem gathered to celebrate the Grand Opening of Greentown Houston, it reconvened for a deep dive into empowering the technologies of tomorrow that are being developed right at the incubator. The panel was presented by Climatetech Summit Builder Enel.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The accelerator program, which specializes in advancing startup-corporate partnerships with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) and the M-Lab Companies, welcomes five startups working on emissions-reducing innovations for industrial supply-chain applications. Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas, Oct. Somerville, Mass.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

How can startups and corporations work together to power the transition to a more circular economy? . That’s the question that kicked off the Circularity Challenge, a six-month Greentown Launch program designed to accelerate partnerships between startups and corporates to bring innovative technologies to market. At the Feb.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 9, 2020

New startup Amply wants to resolve these complexities so fleet operators don't have to. Cleantech Incubator. He also formed a non-exclusive partnership with electric bus manufacturer BYD, to package charging-as-a-service alongside that company's bus sales. Shao quickly raised $3.8 Growth trajectory.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

ACCEL is an accelerator from Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space (BGS) that’s dedicated to bolstering BIPOC-led startups as they develop critical climatetech solutions by offering access to funding, networking connections, resources, and opportunities that structural inequities put out of reach.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While still some way away from consumer acceptance across the board, some startups are using insects — known to be much more efficient than cattle and other mammals at converting feed into protein — into food products. These insect food startups have an emphasis on sporting consumers with insect bars and snacks that are high in protein.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While still some way away from consumer acceptance across the board, some startups are using insects — known to be much more efficient than cattle and other mammals at converting feed into protein — into food products. These insect food startups have an emphasis on sporting consumers with insect bars and snacks that are high in protein.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

When she realized microbes could create carbon-negative materials for applications across vegan leather, insulation, packaging, and more, González co-founded SpadXTech with mechanical engineer Connor Crawford in 2020. ACCEL gives participating startups a stipend, but all the benefit we’re getting from the program is so much more than that.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 10, 2020

SOMERVILLE, Mass. , LONDON and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands , March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Greentown Labs , the largest cleantech startup incubator in North America , today announced Unilever as its newest Terawatt-level Partner—the highest level of engagement with the startup community. The 100,000 sq.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 10, 2020

SOMERVILLE, Mass. , LONDON and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands , March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Greentown Labs , the largest cleantech startup incubator in North America , today announced Unilever as its newest Terawatt-level Partner—the highest level of engagement with the startup community. The 100,000 sq.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The internet-connected machines mix flavorings into water on-demand, making them the perfect replacement for a fridge stocked with seltzer and bottled water—which saves not only packaging but the fuel needed to deliver beverages. Greentown Labs is home to more than 90 startups and has supported more than 210 since its inception.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 31, 2020

Circular economy startups compete at Circularity 2020, taking on shoes to shelf-life Holly Secon Mon, 08/31/2020 – 01:00 A circular economy is urgently required for the shift to a more sustainable planet. This GreenBiz tradition began in 2012 at its VERGE events, offering a venue where startups make a 2.5-minute

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 5, 2024

Over the past year, Greentown is proud to have welcomed 10 new corporate partners, all of which are committed to engaging deeply with our climatetech startups. Large, established private sector players—corporates—have a critical role to play in climatetech innovation. Let us introduce you to our newest partners!

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

🔑 Climate tech startups hit key milestones - including but not limited to - Fervo’s FOAK enhanced geothermal project operational in Nevada, Brimstone’s third-party approval of its carbon-negative cement, and Heirloom’s first commercial DAC plant. for it’s Climate Infrastructure Fund.  

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Schneider Electric has been an excellent, deeply engaged partner to our startup community. More than 115 startups applied to the program, and we recently announced the four program participants. . When you package all of this, we are able to have the legitimate ambition, science-based, to be carbon neutral by 2030.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Types: Design & Materials, Next-Gen Packaging, Business Model Innovation. Anderson Foundation, to support nature-inspired entrepreneurs as they take their biomimicry startups to market, deploying the circular, regenerative solutions we need right now. Join 1,000+ thought leaders and practitioners to accelerate the circular economy.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

  The EU also announced a “ Wind Power Package ” to speed up project permitting, improve auction design, and index auction prices and tariffs to better absorb increasing costs.  📦 Fibmold Packaging , a Mumbai, India-based eco-friendly, molded fiber packaging developer, raised $10M from Accel and Omnivore.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

He got his start in a 90s software startup that was not ultimately related to sustainability, but it’s clear from his ambitious business ventures that human sustainability has been his primary concern since at least his college years. Eco Friendly Distribution, Shipping and Packaging. Finance and Startup Development.

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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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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Startup Amogy converts ammonia to hydrogen onboard fuel cell-powered vehicles. The state aid package marks the first time the EU has allowed individual state aid to match IRA subsidies. Most startups fail, including these 5 cleantech startups that didn’t make it to 2024.  and its juicy IRA incentives).

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Charged

MARCH 18, 2025

Startup ChargerHelp will take on that responsibility, and commit to keeping your EV chargers up and runningfor a price. The LA Cleantech Incubator bought a license to that curriculum, started to train people, and I was trying to get folks placed. Was the business model robust enough to support a more comprehensive O&M package?

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Source: Elemental Excelerator   Grants are an important slice of the climate capital stack , allowing startups to directly access federal support for climate tech solutions, unlike mechanisms like tax credits that help shift the market. Pop-up What’s the weather?

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Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

As venture capital funding falls across the startup landscape, the dollars flowing into climate tech companies dropped ~40% in the first half of 2023. As the new cohort of startups founded in the early days of the climate tech boom begins to reach maturation, expect more growth (in growth) to come to market over the next few years.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 17, 2025

Deals of the Week (3/10-3/16) Late-Stage / Growth 🧪 Scimplify , a Bengaluru, India-based specialty chemicals manufacturer, raised $40m in Series B funding from Accel, Bertelsmann India Investments, 3one4 Capital, Omnivore, and Universal Materials Incubator Co (UMI). 

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

  This week, we’re diving into the new Brookfield Asset Management investment in e-fuels startup Infinium, a deal that’s showing how e-SAF projects are taking off. Happy Monday!  Subscribe Now 📩 Submit deals and announcements for the newsletter at hello@ctvc.co.

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