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Breakthrough Energy Fellows announces 3rd Cohort to accelerate Climate-tech Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

With the goal of getting the world to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, Breakthrough Energy’s fellows program seeks to help innovators accelerate their clean technology. The post Breakthrough Energy Fellows announces 3rd Cohort to accelerate Climate-tech Innovation appeared first on American Entrepreneurship Today®.

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Korean VC Sopoong closes $8M fund for startups focused on environmental impact

TechCrunch

Two years ago, South Korea unveiled a plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Nine of the 16 portfolio companies are participating in Sopoong’s first accelerator program, which launched in June and runs for six months. Getting there will be another story.

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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

TechCrunch

Its one-year+ accelerator program is specifically focused on startups that are trying to come up with innovative ways to use and share data to tackle climate change, rather than being more broadly open to climate startups of all stripes (i.e. While the data-for-climate accelerator started in the U.K.,