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Fifth Wall leads round with participation from Prelude Ventures, SJF Ventures, and EDP Ventures to support the commercial scale-up of the groundbreaking Terafab construction system

In an interview with ET Prime, Rajan Anandan, managing director of Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital) talks about a range of issues, including the VC funds focus on climate tech in India, how science-based companies will emerge out of the country, and the recent episodes of governance failure in some startups.

The International Climate Finance Accelerator continues its momentum on meaningful climate action. The ICFA announced its seventh cohort of innovative fund managers, who seek to combat climate change through mitigation and adaptation investments.

Meet the next generation of young leaders creating new ways of sustainable living with their innovative solutions.

At its broadest definition, climate-tech funding is way down, yet there are bright spots for early stage companies and certain sub-sectors.

Last year, when venture capital's fiery streak cooled, climate tech held strong with tens of billions in deals despite geopolitical instability, hiked-up interest rates and crypto chaos. First things first, climate tech deals and total funding dollars indeed slipped by more than a third in the first quarter of 2023, as TechCrunch laid out earlier this year. The chill persisted in the second quarter — altogether, funding dropped 40% in the first half of 2023, per the deal-watchers a...

General Catalyst CEO Hemant Taneja was burned by the first climate tech investment boom, but he is doubling down for Climate Tech 2.0.

The market for climate change solutions and sustainable development is witnessing robust growth, presenting immense potential for addressing pressing...

U.S. pesticide usage reached more than 1.1 billion pounds annually by 2012. Aigen believes its Element robots can help.

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Funding for climatetech startups this year is off to its worst start since 2020, but the situation is more complicated — and perhaps less dire — than that fact may suggest.