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Batteries have become VC and PE’s most electric investment opportunity

TechCrunch

What’s more, about 75% of the investments in that period happened in the last two years alone. Venture capital firms aren’t unusual in the battery world. That started to change toward the end of 2020 — several quarters in the last two years have seen more than $2 billion invested, and a couple have had more than $3 billion.

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NJEDA Establishes New Jersey Green Bank to Advance Climate Goals

American Entrepreneurship

(April 15, 2024) – Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved the creation of the New Jersey Green Bank (NJGB), which will make investments in the clean energy sector that will help advance the state’s efforts to make an equitable transition to 100 percent clean energy.

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To fix the climate, these 10 investors are betting the house on the ocean

TechCrunch

Climate change is a problem important and pressing enough that investors have begun to grasp the opportunities that arise when trying to solve it. Now, they’ve started to cast their nets wider for other, adjacent opportunities. “There are a number of opportunities for increasing the ocean’s ability to store carbon.

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MIT spinoff Via Separations scores $38M Series B to decarbonize manufacturing

TechCrunch

The round was led by NGP ETP, a firm that focuses on investments that lower carbon emissions. In addition, 2040 Foundation participated, along with existing investors The Engine, Safar Partners, Prime Impact Fund, Embark Ventures and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. Today, the company announced a $38 million Series B.

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From root to crown, Mast Reforestation is regrowing the tree economy for the 21st century

TechCrunch

And the companies serving these needs were often a century old or more, relics of the old logging industry that haven’t changed how they work in decades, for lack of either capital or interest. Unfortunately, most of these factors take place over a period of decades — making investments inherently a long-term proposition.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines.

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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

He looked at his resume, and asked just one question: “ What’s your edge? ” My friend got the job because his answer was differentiated, credible, and backed up by a history of investing success. Traditional venture investing is challenging. It seems reasonable to assume that USV’s investment strategy (i.e.,

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