The Latest from Jonathan Shieber
A Supreme Court ruling affirming Canada’s carbon tax opens the door for a startup explosion
Last week the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that the national government’s plan to tax carbon emissions was legal in a decision that could have significant implications for the nation’s cli
To improve accountability, Norrsken VC ties partner compensation to its portfolio’s sustainable successes
With the close of its latest investment fund, Norrsken VC is is taking an unprecedented step in tying the compensation of its partners to the positive changes the firm’s portfolio companies have
With an ARR topping $250 million, LA’s vertical SAAS superstar ServiceTitan is now worth $8.3 billion
Who knew building a vertical software as a service toolkit focused on home heating and cooling could be worth $8.3 billion? That’s how much Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan, a startup founded just
Bluu Biosciences raises cash to become Europe’s first purveyor of lab-grown salmon, trout and carp
A startup from Europe is joining the race to become the first big provider of lab-grown fish. Bluu Biosciences has raised €7 million in a round of financing from investors including Manta Ray Ventur
Big banks rush to back Greenwood, Killer Mike’s Atlanta-based digital bank for underrepresented customers
Before even taking its first deposit, Greenwood, the digital banking service targeting Black and Latino individuals and business owners, has raised $40 million — only a few months after its lau
Spinning out from the cryptocurrency hardware developer Bitfury, LiquidStack pitches a data center cooling tech
Data centers and bitcoin mining operations are becoming huge energy hogs, and the explosive growth of both risks undoing a lot of the progress that’s been made to reduce global greenhouse gas em
While other startups develop alt-proteins for meat replacement, Nourish Ingredients focuses on fat
Plant-based meat replacements have commanded a huge amount of investor and consumer attention in the decade or more since new entrants like Beyond Meat first burst onto the scene. These companies have
Brazil’s iFood outlines sustainability initiatives aiming to reduce its carbon footprint
The Brazilian-based pan-Latin American food delivery startup iFood has announced a series of initiatives designed to reduce the company’s environmental impact as consumers push companies to focu
Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital
The partners at MaC Venture Capital, the Los Angeles-based investment firm that has just closed on $103 million for its inaugural fund, have spent the bulk of their careers breaking barriers. Formed w
LA’s socially conscious bank challenger, Aspiration, launches a carbon offset credit card
Aspiration, the financial services business for socially conscious consumers, is back with another environmentally friendly offering for its customers — this time, it’s a credit card. The
This Y Combinator startup is taking lab-grown meat upscale with elk, lamb and Wagyu beef cell lines
Last week a select group of 20 employees and guests gathered at an event space on the San Francisco Bay, and, while looking out at the Bay Bridge, dined on a selection of choice elk sausages, Wagyu me
Eat Just (the alt-protein company formerly known as Hampton Creek) has raised another $200 million
Eat Just, the purveyor of eggless eggs and mayonnaise and the first government-approved vendor of lab-grown chicken, has raised $200 million in a new round of funding, the company said. The funding wa
Arcadia steps in to Texas’ startup energy market with the acquisition of Real Simple Energy
On the third greatest television show of all time (sorry Rolling Stone), one of Texas’ most famous fictional football players once said, “When all the scared rats are leaving a sinking mar
Planting seed investments on tech’s frontiers nets KdT Ventures $50 million for its latest fund
Like other venture investors over the past year, Cain McClary, co-founder of the investment firm KdT Ventures, recently made the jump to Austin. But unlike the rest of them, he was coming from Black M
Bill Gates wants Western countries to eat ‘synthetic meat’; Meatable has raised $47 million to make it
In a recent interview discussing Bill Gates’ recent book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster“, the Microsoft and Breakthrough Energy founder (and the world’s third wealthiest man)
Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days
Abodu, one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians in an effort to help address the state’s housing shortage, has instituted a new “Quicksh
New markets emerge for carbon accounting businesses as cities like LA push proposals
Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for it
Brazilian startup Tractian gets the Y Combinator seal of approval for its equipment monitoring tech
Igor Marinelli and Gabriel Lameirinhas were raised around manufacturing plants. Marinelli’s father worked for International Paper in a plant outside of São Paulo, while Lameirinhas’ fathe
Nordetect’s system to monitor soil and water for indoor agriculture raises seed funding
As indoor farming expands, a number of new companies are cropping up to provide better data and monitoring tools for the businesses aimed at improving efficiencies and quality of indoor crops. One o
Co-founded by a leader of SpaceX’s missions operations, Epsilon3 wants to be the OS for space launches
Laura Crabtree spent a good chunk of her childhood watching rocket launches on television, and her entire professional career launching rockets, first at Northrup Grumman and then at SpaceX. Now, the