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

TechCrunch

Rather, it’s more likely that VC and PE have sensed that the world is changing, and they’re adjusting their strategies accordingly. in 2035 and France in 2040. “Too much money” might explain the size of some of these bets, but it doesn’t explain their existence. Countries across Europe began announcing bans in the late 2010s.

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NJEDA Establishes New Jersey Green Bank to Advance Climate Goals

American Entrepreneurship

The Murphy Administration has taken significant steps to meet the ongoing challenges of climate change and has set several clean energy targets, including 100 percent clean electricity by 2035,11 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2040, and 50 percent economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030.

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Nearly $4M in Grants to Support Offshore Wind Workforce Training Approved by NJEDA Board

American Entrepreneurship

This is another step towards achieving 11GW of offshore wind by 2040 while creating a better future for the next generation.” With these grants, we are helping ensure equal opportunities for these sustainable careers are available to all workers in our state,” said New Jersey Department of Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. Travis Connors, Building Ventures At Building Ventures, we see enormous opportunities developing for the use of robotics in construction over the next 20 years. I’m excited to watch this space evolve.

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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

It seems reasonable to assume that USV’s investment strategy (i.e., Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” He points out that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have virtually identical strategies. – Thoughtful fund management. – Incubating companies.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

The financial opportunity of doing so is massive: an estimated $3-10 trillion in EBITDA will be up for grabs. Electrifying these vehicles is a big carbon opportunity: while buses and trucks only represent 10% of the vehicles on the road, they generate 30 percent of the sector’s global greenhouse gas emissions.

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EVs to power Kenya’s bus rapid transit system

TechCrunch

The BRT was proposed by the NAMATA in a 2019 report as a strategy for easing traffic congestion in Nairobi, where over three million commuters spend an average of 57 minutes everyday on short journeys. Opportunity for EV startups in Kenya.