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Dear Friends of Greentown Labs,

Our community of entrepreneurs is hard at work this summer, developing innovations ranging from smart sensors for wind turbines, to energy-efficient air conditioning, to a combo of water desalination and carbon capture.

Take Active Surfaces, whose solar modules are 100x lighter than traditional solar panels, without sacrificing any efficiency and with a cost floor below what’s in the market now. The startup’s working toward a future where solar could be put atop every warehouse and distribution center in the United States—which would reportedly generate enough energy to power all homes in each state’s largest city.

Or check in with EarthBond, a startup leveraging solar financing to replace businesses’ diesel- and petrol-generator use in “under-grided” areas of Nigeria. The startup’s tackling a major climate and financial problem: 86 percent of companies in Nigeria use a generator, and a 2019 International Monetary Fund report put the annual economic cost of inaccessible or unreliable electricity at $29B.

Active Surfaces and EarthBond are both part of the inaugural cohort of ACCEL, an accelerator from Greentown and Browning the Green Space that supports BIPOC-led startups. Join us at Greentown Houston on Sept. 12 for the ACCEL Showcase to hear from the six participating startups!

Looking for additional opportunities to network with our entrepreneurs? Our events calendar is jam-packed; read on for our late summer and fall lineup.

We also have two application deadlines approaching before summer wraps up:

Aug. 4: Go Make 2023 with Shell—an accelerator focused on enabling a circular, net-zero economy by advancing solutions for carbon utilization, storage, and traceability—is accepting applications from startups at TRL 2-7.
Aug. 31: Go Build 2023 with Saint-Gobain will focus on enabling circularity and decarbonizing the built environment by revolutionizing buildings, old and new. Startups at TRL 3 and above can apply here.

As always, thank you for your commitment to climate action—we hope to see you at an event soon!

Warmly,
The Greentown Labs Team

Member Milestones

What does climate action look like? Climatetech startups receiving funding, winning awards, deploying their tech around the world, and more! Read a roundup of our members’ recent milestones here and check out some highlights below:

Fervo Energy successfully demoed its geothermal well design, generating 3.5MW in a 30-day well test.
Onvector raised a $2.5M seed round for its technology, which uses plasma instead of chemicals to treat wastewater and can destroy PFAS.
Capture6, a Carbon to Value Initiative Year 3 participant, received an $8M+ grant from the California Energy Commission for advancing water recovery and carbon removal through its direct air capture technology that uses saltwater to create a solvent for carbon capture.
Pecos Wind Power began manufacturing its PW85 wind turbines. Its low-wind-speed technology looks to enable schools, businesses, and towns to generate their own energy.
Acelerex—which offers software for grid analytics, grid automation, and grid data services—is providing controls for renewable energy investor Greenbacker’s 30MW battery energy storage system.

Mark Your Calendars for These Upcoming Events

Aug. 10: Transition On Tap [Greentown Houston]
Greentown Houston’s monthly networking event is devoted to fostering conversations and connections among the climate and energy transition ecosystem, in Houston and beyond. August’s Transition On Tap will feature a tequila tasting provided by Tequila Heffe!

Aug. 23: Investor Speaker Series: Celebrating Identity in Angel Investing [Greentown Houston]
At the next edition of our next Investor Speaker Series, we’re celebrating efforts to create an equitable fundraising landscape. Representatives from several angel networks and other investing groups that prioritize and celebrate founders’ unique identities will join us for this special event to share their insights and perspectives.

Aug. 24: Bridging the Startup and Corporate Divide [Greentown Boston]
Hosted in collaboration with ADL Ventures and Azolla Ventures, this expert panel will delve into the strategies, frameworks, and agreement mechanisms that pave the way for low-risk, high-reward partnerships between climatetech startups and corporates.

Sept. 12: ACCEL Showcase [Greentown Houston]
Join the inaugural cohort of ACCEL—an accelerator from Greentown and Browning the Green Space for BIPOC-led startups—at this showcase to learn about their technologies, what they’ve accomplished in the first six months of the program, and where they’re headed next.

Sept. 12: Climatetech Career Fair [Greentown Boston]
Greentown startups are not only developing climatetech solutions—they’re building a climate workforce that is ready to harness the massive economic opportunities of the energy transition. And that climate workforce is hiring.

Sept. 21: EnergyBar: New Member Spotlight [Greentown Boston]
Join our fall EnergyBar to hear lightning pitches from some of our newest startup members and network with entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, students, and other climate champions.

Sept. 27: Go Make 2023 Kickoff Event [Greentown Boston]
We’re kicking off Go Make 2023 with Shell—a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator that aims to enable a circular, net-zero economy by advancing solutions for carbon utilization, storage, and traceability. Attendees will hear lightning pitches from the startup finalists!

Oct. 24-26: VERGE 23 [Ecosystem Event]
Join the growing VERGE ecosystem of more than 5,000 professionals for this solutions-oriented event. By attending, you’ll gain access to inspiring keynotes, engaging breakout sessions and tutorials, innovative exhibit displays, networking events, and more.

Nov. 1-2: Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit [Greentown Houston + Greentown Boston]
For our biggest event of the year, we’re inviting you, your colleagues, and all the climate champions in your life into our Houston, TX and Boston, MA incubators for a day of hands-on exploration with our 200+ startups and their climatetech solutions; keynotes and sessions featuring leaders across climatetech, finance, policy, and justice; and networking with industry trailblazers.

Take a look at our new Greentown Labs events page, where you can view events at our Boston and Houston incubators and across the climatetech ecosystem!

Greentown is Hiring!

Explore our new career center and check out these open positions:

Celebrating Disability Pride Month and Climate Action

We’re celebrating Disability Pride Month by spotlighting people and organizations working at the intersection of the disability community and climate action. Here are just a few we’d like to shout out:

SustainedAbility is a Disability-led network working with grassroots movements and organizations on Disability and climate justice. Get involved here.
Sustain Our Abilities is dedicated to conquering climate change, tackling climate-related health impacts, and expanding climate justice for people with disabilities through education, organizing, research, and advocacy. Take action with the organization here.
The Disability-Inclusive Climate Action Research Programme brings together scholars and activists from around the world to generate, co-produce, share, and translate knowledge on how efforts to combat the climate crisis can be designed and implemented in ways that respect, protect, and fulfill the rights of people with disabilities. Check out its resources.

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