2023 investment was down 30% compared to 2022, marking the first annual investment and deal count declines in climate tech since 2020. There was a notable peak in Q3 at $12.5bn, boosted by mega rounds ...

If you’re bullish on the energy transition, you’re bullish on mining. With every new battery pack and wind plant, it’s becoming more apparent that the energy transition is a metals transition. Over a ...

DOE org chart (simplified by CTVC for illustrative purposes) With the DOE expanding downstream of R&D, the department’s funding and support is designed to traverse climate tech’s multiple Valleys of ...

What goes down must come back up? After the slowdown in climate tech investment for most of 2023, new data points to a potential proximate rev up: We’ve now seen a spike in climate-focused fund ...

🌎 Get ready with me: Government grants edition 💅💵 A founder’s guide to winning non-dilutive funding with Elemental Excelerator Insights, Founders ...

Building climate tech projects is tough. Building a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) climate tech project is much tougher. From securing financing to forging a partnership with a developer, the inherent ...

Climate tech exits have been steadily moving up and to the right along with funding and dry powder. The total number of IPOs, SPACs, and M&A transactions increased by ~70% YoY in 2021, then again in ...

Taxes may make your eyes glaze over, but the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) promise of a whole pot of gold at the end of the green rainbow is reason enough not to sleep on tax credits. Of the much ...

The Five P's of FOAK preparation (source: Sightline Climate) This is Part II in our FOAK playbook series. In Part III we’ll be looking at the FOAK financing roadmap and the different routes for ...