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Scaled Agile, Inc. Donates to Rocky Mountain Institute and Maui Strong Fund as Part of Pledge 1% Commitment

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Monday, September 11, 2023

BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scaled Agile, Inc., provider of SAFe®, announced donations to the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Maui Strong Fund. The contributions are part of Scaled Agile's commitment to the Pledge 1% movement and Do All the Good You Can campaign.

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  • $100,000 gift to Rocky Mountain Institute supports acceleration of clean energy technology; $50,000 gift to the Maui Strong Fund supports wildfire relief efforts
    BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scaled Agile, Inc., provider of SAFe®, announced donations to the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Maui Strong Fund.
  • The contributions are part of Scaled Agile's commitment to the Pledge 1% movement and Do All the Good You Can campaign.
  • Scaled Agile's $100,000 donation to the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) will support RMI's Third Derivative initiative, built to accelerate the rate of climate innovation.
  • It's important to remember that the recovery effort will take years, so we encourage broad support of the Maui Strong Fund, even in small amounts.

 On the Edge of What’s Next: Cleantech Leaders Announce Partnership in Momentum X Venture Studio

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Skyview Ventures –based in Greenwich, Connecticut–and Build Momentum –headquartered in Sacramento, California–have joined forces to fund and launch Momentum X , a venture studio that expands upon their corporate legacies of deploying financial solutions that drive innovation.

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  • Skyview Ventures –based in Greenwich, Connecticut–and Build Momentum –headquartered in Sacramento, California–have joined forces to fund and launch Momentum X , a venture studio that expands upon their corporate legacies of deploying financial solutions that drive innovation.
  • “Momentum X builds scalable platforms at the intersection of clean technology and financial technology,” said Momentum X founder and CEO Shawn Garvey, a serial entrepreneur and cleantech innovator who has helped design more than $10 billion in clean technology initiatives.
  • Momentum X announced that it will be launching its next startup in Fall 2023.
  • Interested individuals are encouraged to start the conversation by completing the Momentum X Builder Interest Form, here .

Climate tech startup DexMat announces $3 million seed round led by Shell Ventures, welcomes new CEO

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

HOUSTON, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- DexMat, a climate tech startup that grew out of materials science breakthroughs at Rice University, today announced the close of its seed round, totaling nearly $3 million in funding. Shell Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Shell committed to accelerating the energy and mobility transformation, led the investment round, joined by Overture Ventures, Climate Avengers, another global energy company, and several individuals. DexMat's flagship product is GalvornTM, a family of high-performance carbon materials that have the potential to displace steel, aluminum, copper, carbon fibers, Kevlar, and other CO2-intensive materials. Galvorn products can eventually displace up to 3 gigatons of hard-to-abate industrial CO2 emissions from the global economy annually, according to a life cycle analysis (LCA) conducted with Shell.

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  • HOUSTON, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- DexMat, a climate tech startup that grew out of materials science breakthroughs at Rice University, today announced the close of its seed round, totaling nearly $3 million in funding.
  • Shell Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Shell committed to accelerating the energy and mobility transformation, led the investment round, joined by Overture Ventures, Climate Avengers, another global energy company, and several individuals.
  • In tandem with its seed round, DexMat also welcomes Bryan Guido Hassin — previously a member of DexMat's board of directors — as its new CEO.
  • "Before joining DexMat, as CEO of Third Derivative, I was introduced to easily over 2,000 innovative new concepts and technologies.

Accelerating Energy Efficiency Adoption, Deep-tech Startup KrossLinker Develops a Cost-effective Aerogel Insulation

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

KrossLinker's first aerogel product, Cryar® Aerogel Board, targets the cold-chain industry, where a positive market growth trend is expected.

Key Points: 
  • KrossLinker's first aerogel product, Cryar® Aerogel Board, targets the cold-chain industry, where a positive market growth trend is expected.
  • A 2020 report indicated that packaging costs account for around 30% of the total spending of pharmaceutical cold chain companies.
  • KrossLinker has collaborated with several specialty packaging, logistic companies, and hospitals to commercialize and accelerate the adoption of Cryar® aerogel shippers.
  • With faster production and low energy consumption of the novel drying technology, our aerogel is made at half the production and capital expenditure of traditional aerogel without compromising its performance.

D3 Launches First Cohort of Innovative Carbon Dioxide Removal Startups

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

OAKLAND, Calif., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global climate technology accelerator Third Derivative (D3) today launched a focused cohort of five promising startups working on durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions. 

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  • Third Derivative (D3) launches a cohort of five startups to accelerate the effectiveness scaling of solutions to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
  • OAKLAND, Calif., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global climate technology accelerator Third Derivative (D3) today launched a focused cohort of five promising startups working on durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions.
  • Third Derivative launches a cohort of five startups to accelerate scaling of carbon dioxide removal solutions.
  • CDR is the removal of carbon dioxide from the air or oceans, as opposed to capturing emissions directly from power plants or industrial sources, known as point-source carbon capture.

Third Derivative and the Grantham Trust Launch First Gigaton Captured to Accelerate Carbon Capture Innovations

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

But the primary challenge with durable carbon removal solutions like DAC is that these approaches are still new and far too expensive to scale--which First Gigaton Captured is committed to addressing.

Key Points: 
  • The launch of First Gigaton Captured will support the rapid deployment of viable carbon removal solutions to full commercial adoption with a dedicated Carbon Capture Cohort of startups admitted to D3's program in 2022.
  • Launching First Gigaton Captured with Third Derivative will push forward climate technology and commercialize carbon capture fasterit's the kind of initiative that is absolutely needed," says Jeremy Grantham.
  • Launching a deeply-resourced D3 Carbon Capture Cohort in 2022, supporting the market's most-promising carbon capture startups with deployable and high impact solutions.
  • D3 is hopeful that this initiative will accelerate the speed of carbon capture innovation and deployment, supporting the path to gigaton-scale capture by 2050.

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, National Grid Partners and a Subsidiary of NextEra Energy Invest in TS Conductor to Meet the Growing Demand for Greener Electricity Grids

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

We are thrilled to have Breakthrough Energy Ventures, National Grid Partners and a subsidiary of NextEra Energy investing in TS Conductor.

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  • We are thrilled to have Breakthrough Energy Ventures, National Grid Partners and a subsidiary of NextEra Energy investing in TS Conductor.
  • TS achieves that through a combination of energy efficiency and faster and cheaper renewable integration, said Dr. Jason Huang, CEO at TS Conductor Corp.
  • TS Conductor will be a major enabler of increasing electricity demand and increasing penetration of renewables in a critical time.
  • National Grid Partners (NGP) is the venture investment and innovation arm of National Grid plc., one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world.

AT&T Sets Goal to Help Businesses Reduce a Gigaton of Global Emissions by 2035

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

AT&T* has set an industry-leading target to help businesses collectively reduce a gigaton of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 1 billion metric tons by 2035, an effort which will contribute to a better, more sustainable world.

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  • AT&T* has set an industry-leading target to help businesses collectively reduce a gigaton of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 1 billion metric tons by 2035, an effort which will contribute to a better, more sustainable world.
  • This collaborative builds on AT&T's standing commitment to aggressively reduce our own emissions, while enabling the transition to a net-zero economy.
  • AT&T has identified a critical need to help businesses drive emissions reduction to scale.
  • Gigaton is a new goal, spanning emissions reductions from 2018 to 2035, that continues our efforts in this space.