The Understory Newsletter

Share this post
#107 | Climate tech innovation hype curve
understory.substack.com

#107 | Climate tech innovation hype curve

Understory newsletter on climate and sustainability tech

Understory
May 16
1
Share this post
#107 | Climate tech innovation hype curve
understory.substack.com

Hello community! The Understory team will be at the Circularity 22 conference in Atlanta this week. Give a shout if you will be there - we would love to meet you in person!

You have one more week to register for our next ‘Startups Driving Sustainability’ Showcase which is happening on May 24th. We have a great lineup of speakers:

  • Partsimony - creating sustainable and resilient supply chains

  • Agolo - summarizing ESG content at scale

  • TrueToForm - driving sustainable fashion by improving fit in the apparel design process

  • Greenpixie - bringing transparency to digital carbon emissions

    TICKETS HERE

📚 Worth Reading

Looking for benchmarks on climate tech startups and technology opportunity areas? Silicon Valley Bank published a comprehensive look at The Future of Climate Tech. In addition to breaking down recent fundraising stats, the report showcases revenue growth, valuation, and cash runway of various sectors.

Source: Silicon Valley Bank - The Future of Climate Tech

The Innovation Hype Curve highlights areas for potential investment that have runway remaining before reaching plateau: alternative packaging, carbon markets, climate fintech, biofuels, and more. Understory will continue to showcase technologies in these areas to accelerate adoption and scale.

Source: Silicon Valley Bank - The Future of Climate Tech

🚀 Funding and Congrats!

Good Startup, a Singapore-based VC firm, raised $34 million to invest in alternative protein companies.

Carbon Clean, a carbon capture firm, raised a $150 million Series C round led by Chevron.

Wind turbine monitoring company SkySpecs raised a $80 million Series D round.

Sencrop, which helps farmers with precision agriculture, raised a $18 million Series B round.

Aqualung Carbon Capture raised a $10 million equity round.

💡 Startup Spotlight

OzoneBio - a biotech company with dead cell fermentation (‘zombie cell’) technology which converts toxic waste into high value materials.

👀 Quick Hits

JLL launched a new non-profit foundation focused on mitigating climate change. It will invest in startups dedicated to environmental sustainability working with Good Machine.

AXA and Unilever launched a new €1 billion regenerative agriculture fund to be managed by Tikehau Capital.

IKEA will start selling home solar panels this fall.

Indonesia and Papua New Guinea are restricting private carbon credit sales in order to audit projects and potentially keep the credits for their own targets instead of providing them to private markets.

Can cat litter solve climate change? Researchers have found a solution that grabs methane from passing air.

🎧 Podcast

Justin Whitehead: investing in a greener future
Rich Mokuolu: sustainable and resilient supply chains
Christian Mundy of Greencom: rewarding green behavior

The Understory Podcast is also available on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and Google Podcasts.

⚙️ Jobs

Find and share your open positions on the Understory Slack channel.

🆕 Project Manager in Sustainability at infogr8

🆕 Operations Coordinator at Re:Company

🆕 Multiple Roles at Virtual Peaker

🆕 Scientist Roles at Project Drawdown

🆕 Chief of Staff at New Age Meats

🆕 Director of Operations at Returnity

🆕 Engineering roles at Sunairio

🆕 Multiple roles at Pani Energy

🆕 Senior Mechanical Engineer at Charge Robotics

🆕 Product Owner at Return Rabbit

🆕 Product Manager, Low-Carbon Aviation at Google Climate Research

🆕 Director, Investor Relations at Closed Loop Partners

Environmental Program Officer- Thriving Communities at Patagonia

Intern at Newlab

GEM Project Manager at Greenlink Analytics

Business Development, Marketplace Partnerships at Cloverly

Sr. Product Sustainability Strategist at Intel

Circular Economy Specialist at Rubicon

Multiple Roles at Air Protein

Social Media Engagement Intern at Wallet Max

Multiple Roles at Gradient Comfort

ESG/Sustainability Product Lead at Hartford Funds

🗓 Events

May 17-19: Circularity 22 Conference

May 24: Understory’s Startups Driving Sustainability - May Showcase

June 22: Understory’s Startups Driving Sustainability - June Showcase

Do you have any events to share? Post them in our Understory Slack community.

📧 Stay in Touch!

You don’t have to wait for our weekly newsletter for all the latest content. Join us on Slack or follow along on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter to see real-time updates.

Share this post
#107 | Climate tech innovation hype curve
understory.substack.com
Comments

Create your profile

0 subscriptions will be displayed on your profile (edit)

Skip for now

Only paid subscribers can comment on this post

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in

Check your email

For your security, we need to re-authenticate you.

Click the link we sent to , or click here to sign in.

TopNew

No posts

Ready for more?

© 2022 Understory (TM)
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Publish on Substack Get the app
Substack is the home for great writing