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Climate-Tech Investment
Coverage from Spherical Insights, BUSINESS 2.0 NEWS, and others
Climate-tech investment spans venture funding, growth capital, debt, infrastructure finance, corporate commitments, and public-market prospects for technologies that reduce emissions or modernize energy systems.
Coverage includes batteries and charging networks, grid and transmission infrastructure, renewable power, carbon removal, low-carbon materials, geothermal, nuclear, fusion, and long-duration storage. It also examines why some sectors attract capital while others face adoption barriers, long development timelines, supply-chain constraints, or policy uncertainty. Examples include financing for second-life batteries, lower-carbon cement, geothermal projects, carbon-removal certification, and energy systems serving rising data-center demand.
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French cleantech companies raised €1.4 billion in the first half of 2026, with energy projects receiving the largest share of funding in France.
9/27/2026 • Markets & Industry & Innovation • General
Enterprises assess ten climate tech trends for 2026 worldwide.
1/19/2026 • Markets & Industry & Innovation • General
Breakthrough Energy Ventures announced its sixth Fellows cohort in the 2020s, backing climate technology startups across sectors; no location was specified.
9/22/2026 • Markets & Industry & Innovation • General
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A climate-capital tracker recorded $30 billion across 183 disclosed climate-related transactions in July 2026, with Asia leading investment at $16.9 billion.
9/28/2026 • Economy, Business & Innovation • General
Frontier, Isometric, Terawatt Infrastructure, Ore Energy, and geothermal and metals startups secured climate tech funding for carbon removal verification, grid and charging buildout, and decarbonization manufacturing.
6/26/2026 • Markets & Industry & Innovation • General
At the 2026 ClimateCAP MBA Summit, MIT Sloan-affiliated events featured startups developing solar, small nuclear reactors, geothermal drilling, and Environmental Attribute Certificate verification.
5/28/2026 • Markets & Industry & Innovation • General
Europe climate-tech investors fund early stages but miss Series B scale-up capital, prompting startups to seek finance abroad despite public and fund-of-funds initiatives.
7/7/2026 • Economy, Business & Innovation • General
Climate tech startups including small modular reactor and battery companies use renewed SPAC structures in the 2020s as SEC reforms target transparency and PIPE financing reduces funding uncertainty.
6/18/2026 • Economy, Business & Innovation • General
Climate Drift reported about 55 billion dollars across 207 climate investment deals in April 2026, led by Asia-Pacific and concentrated in energy and industrial decarbonization.
6/1/2026 • Economy, Business & Innovation • General
In May, a climate finance briefing tracked 122 investments totaling about $41B, led by energy and industrial deals tied to AI-driven power demand.
7/6/2026 • Economy, Business & Innovation • General
Climate-tech investors and founders discussed venture funding shifts driven by data-center electricity demand during New York Climate Week in New York City.
9/24/2026 • Markets & Industry & Innovation • General
Ahead of Climate Week in New York City, five environment-focused fund managers overseeing about $7.5 billion favored US solar engineering, wildfire mitigation, storage, and European utilities amid rising power demand.
9/21/2026 • Economy, Business & Innovation • General
Space-based solar power and orbital data center projects attract major investment as SpaceX and startups seek capabilities that could later support terrestrial energy and climate optimization.
5/27/2026 • Markets & Industry & Innovation • General
Panthalassa, Nyobolt, Skeleton Technologies, Terra CO2, Moment Energy, and Magrathea received funding from investors from 2024 through 2025 to scale climate-relevant energy and materials infrastructure in the U.S., Canada, India, Germany, and Estonia.
5/8/2026 • Markets & Industry & Innovation • General