Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The recurring, year-long program welcomes seven startups led by underrepresented founders Somerville, Mass. The recurring, year-long program welcomes seven startups led by underrepresented founders Somerville, Mass. The selected founding teams will each receive a non-dilutive $25k grant to support their startup’s growth.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2024

University of Edinburgh start-up firm EVA Biosystems has developed a plastic that is described as being able to sense when it’s in the ocean and break itself down without creating microplastics. Unlike chemical degradation, which can create harmful microplastics, E.V.A’s

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2024

’) profiles industry data on the topic, with specific sections on plastic bags, straws, bottles, and microplastics. It was published by plastic pollution prevention startup CleanHub. On the surface, it’s estimated that there are a 358 trillion microplastic particles. Where does it come from?

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The seven ACCEL Year 2 participating startups are working on everything from yeast-centered water treatment, to vertical-axis offshore wind turbines, to algae- and cellulose-based fashion beads. In addition to conducting this pilot, next priorities for the startup include locking down industrial pilot projects. “We

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

We also know that partnering with the government can create significant opportunities for startups and act as an accelerant. On the one year birthday of the Policy Lab and the 4.543 billionth birthday of the Earth, we’re reflecting on what we’ve learned about the mutually beneficial relationship between climate tech startups and policymakers.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

British clean tech startup claims its filtration technology can prevent 97 per cent of microfibres from entering into washing machine waste water

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

British clean tech startup claims its filtration technology can prevent 97 per cent of microfibres from entering into washing machine waste water

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GreenTech Gazette

APRIL 1, 2025

And because these materials are biodegradable, they dont leave behind microplastics or toxic residues. Policies that incentivize sustainable design, funding for green tech startups, and consumer demand for eco-friendly products can all help accelerate the adoption of biodegradable luminescent polymers.

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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. When we move with our speed and size and scale, we really can effect change.”

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Clean Energy Trust

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Here’s why Clean Energy Trust is excited to invest in Varuna Tech , a Chicago-based startup providing distribution system monitoring for water utilities. especially for a startup?—?can Tap water: a marvel and a mystery Municipal water systems are incredible. Think about it. can be an endless path to nowhere.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Enter Bruvi, a startup aimed at solving these dilemmas. Related: Startup creates compostable, single-serve coffee bags for your busy mornings Bruvi is also an innovative product meant to cater to all types of caffeine-lovers. The machine brews filter coffee, matcha lattes, espresso, Americanos, iced coffee, infused coffee and tea.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 22, 2024

Startups developing advanced nuclear facilities can run more prevalent U238 or Thorium as fuel.   10 low-carbon cement startups formed the Decarbonized Cement and Concrete Alliance (DC2) , including Sublime System, Brimstone, and Carbon Built. Detecting microplastics in wastewater.  of natural uranium deposits.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 14, 2022

Speed, Scale, Startups, and Schools of Sustainability. From monitoring wastewater and removing microplastics to recovering e-waste and greening the clean technology supply chain, this group of highly skilled entrepreneurs are transforming how we make and use the products, goods, and materials that are all around us. Climate Resilience.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

The startup space is buoyant with cash and targeting a blend of retail, direct-to-consumer and food service channels, playing with ingredients such as kelp, koji and mung beans. If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Digital innovations such as Tidal’s that provide better insights into fish farming operations — alongside new recirculating aquaculture system designs and purification advances, such as the “nanobubbles” generators designed by startup Moleaer — are contributing to rising levels of speculative activity. Among the emerging U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

And when plastic does break down, the material disintegrates into tiny microparticles called microplastics. These microplastics accumulate within food chains, harming wildlife and humans. Award-winning designers developed a method that extracts agar from seaweed and algae.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 14, 2023

While climate tech startups take ~9 years to exit , exiting doesn’t mean a hardware business is out of the woods. 💧 Matter , an Ahmedabad, India-based microplastic recycling platform, raised $10M from S2G Ventures, Builders Vision, and SOUNDWaves. in Series B funding from Samsung Venture Investment and Lam Capital.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 19, 2019

We recently took that input from community members in Hawaii and California and devised a list of 39 different startup ideas that we’d like to fund for our next cohort. On some of the beaches in Hawaii’s Big Island, as much as 15% of the “sand” is actually grains of microplastic.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 1, 2019

Today, there are over 40 startups developing animal products without animals. Problems with overfishing, toxins and microplastics showing up in our seafood, as well as market volatility, certainly contribute to an interest in this area. . Investors are paying attention. 3 – The regulatory fight has already begun.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 19, 2024

Despite falling funding, new nuclear entrants abound – with 39% of all fusion startups founded since 2020.  Last week, AI was used to discover new battery materials and this week, AI helped detect microplastics in wastewater. But in 2023, nuclear shrunk to $640m and 8% of energy’s total.    Yes (46%).

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