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Rondo Energy funding shows a new way across the climate startup ‘valley of death’

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Outside of AI, few startups have drawn venture investments like climate tech. And like AI, companies in the sector need large infusions of cash, sometimes well beyond what a typical venture investor might offer, to reach a size where they’ll be able to make a mark. A new deal involving Rondo Energy, which makes thermal energy […]

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Walmart heir Lukas Walton’s Builders Vision puts S2G on a path to independence

Climate /

S2G Ventures is graduating today, so to speak. The climate tech investment firm has been living under Builders Vision, an umbrella organization for Walmart heir Lukas Walton’s philanthropic and investment activities, for the past three years. Walton was S2G’s sole limited partner. Now, the organization is bringing others on board. Walton started S2G in 2014

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The ‘valley of death’ for climate lies between early-stage funding and scaling up

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Jonathan Strimling faced a dilemma. His company had spent nine years working on chemical processes that could turn old cardboard boxes into high-quality building insulation. The good news was the team had finally cracked it: CleanFiber’s technology pumped out insulation — really good insulation. It had fewer contaminants and produced less dust than other cellulose

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