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Dear Friends of Greentown Labs, Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit earlier this month! We were thrilled to see hundreds gather in each of our incubators—and many more online—to celebrate climatetech entrepreneurship, explore collaborative solutions for commercialization, and make crucial connections across the ecosystem.  In Boston, we dove into the Inflation Reduction Act, equity in Massachusetts’ climate action, and advice from investor-startup pairs, while in Houston, we zeroed in on the city’s role in the energy transition—from the ability to rapidly commercialize climate solutions, to the effectiveness of startup-corporate collaborations, to the region’s potential to be a global hydrogen hub. Both events featured startup showcases with our incredible members, lightning pitches, investor networking sessions, and more. Couldn’t make it, or want to revisit a panel? Check out recaps of the Houston and Boston events here and here, complete with session recordings and photo galleries. And a special shoutout to our event sponsors—Capgemini, Enel, Chevron, and Somernova—who helped make the summit possible! As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you want to engage with or support our community. Thank you for your commitment to climate action!  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: Electra raised an $85M round to electrify and decarbonize ironmaking and steelmaking. Cemvita Factory launched a program with Arizona Lithium for environmentally friendly lithium extraction. Enviro Power deployed its high-efficiency SmartWatt Boiler at Wesleyan University, converting heat that would otherwise be lost in traditional boilers into useful electricity. Dandelion Energy raised a $70M Series B-1 round to install geothermal heating and cooling solutions. Fervo Energy announced a 20 MW power purchase agreement to provide 24/7, carbon-free geothermal power to a group of nine California-based community choice aggregators. AeroShield Materials, a manufacturer of super-insulating materials to decarbonize the built environment, closed a $4M seed round. CeraPhi Energy signed a strategic exclusivity agreement with Greenglove Boreholes to deploy its tech in the UK and Ireland. ICYMI: New Program Announcements This fall, we were excited to announce two highly collaborative new programs: one to support BIPOC founders and one to foster Texas’s student-driven entrepreneurship ecosystem. Advancing Climatetech and Clean Energy Leaders (ACCEL), an accelerator from Greentown and Browning the Green Space, is seeking applications from climatetech startups with founding and executive teams that are primarily made up of BIPOC leaders. This recurring, year-long program combines startup acceleration with a curated curriculum, incubation at Greentown, and extensive mentorship from our networks of industry experts.  Here are ways to get involved: If you’re a startup: apply by Dec. 23 If you’re interested in funding or supporting the program: get in touch If you’re eager to learn more: sign up for ACCEL updates The Texas Entrepreneurship Exchange for Energy (TEX-E)—a collaboration among Greentown, MIT’s Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship, and universities across Texas—will train and empower the next generation of entrepreneurs to lead the energy transition and to share in the massive economic opportunity it entails, implementing lessons learned from building a successful university entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Greater Boston area. How to get involved: If you’re a student or university representative: sign up for the TEX-E newsletter If you’re excited to support TEX-E or learn more: reach out here Mark Your Calendar December 1: Carbon to Value Initiative Year 2 Final Showcase [New York] Join the Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Greentown, Fraunhofer USA, Year 2 Cohort Champion Fluor, and NYSERDA this December to hear from the eight exciting Year 2 cohort startups shaping the future of the carbontech industry as they each present their unique solutions, the progress they’ve made over the six months of the Carbon to Value Initiative, and where they are headed next. Celebrating Indigenous Climate Champions Happy Native American Heritage Month! We’re taking this opportunity to honor and amplify Indigenous leaders and organizations that are taking bold climate action. Here are some to check out: Chéri Smith is the founder and CEO of the Indigenous Energy Initiative, which works with Native communities to implement renewable energy, develop energy sovereignty, and create jobs. Follow the initiative on Twitter. Henry Red Cloud is the executive director of Red Cloud Renewable, a Native-led nonprofit bringing renewables to tribal communities through solar training, sustainable buildings workshops, and more. Follow Red Cloud Renewable on Facebook. Robert Blake founded Solar Bear to create jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities in Native communities, alongside the nonprofit Native Sun Community Power Development. Learn more about him in Canary Media. The Indigenous Innovation Initiative empowers First Nation, Inuit, and Metis innovators and communities to identify and solve challenges, transform lives, and drive inclusive growth through innovation. Follow the initiative on Twitter. Greentown is Hiring! The Greentown team is growing! We are hiring the following roles: Accounting Manager (Boston, MA) Facility Manager (Houston, TX) Front Desk Coordinator (Houston, TX)

View this email in your browser Dear Friends of Greentown Houston, It was a busy few months leading up to our annual Climatetech Summit on Nov. 2, and we couldn’t be happier with the outcome—thank you to all who attended and participated! Over 300 attendees convened at our Houston incubator (with a few hundred more tuning in virtually!) to discuss, learn, and build connections to power the energy transition. From startup pitches by members including Sustonable and Kanin Energy, to panels starring Houston innovators from the Renewable Energy Alliance (REAL) Houston, the HX Venture Fund, United Airlines, and more, the day’s exploration of climatetech commercialization was a major success, and we’re already eager to bring together climate stakeholders for next year. Special thank you to our summit sponsors Capgemini, Chevron, Enel, and Somernova for making such a feat possible! Read more about this year’s summit here. After a morning of pitches, panels, and discussions, members attending the Climatetech Summit had the opportunity to showcase their work and network with climate stakeholders in our lab space. The Climatetech Summit isn’t all we’ve been working on to advance climatetech this fall, though: late last month, we were thrilled to announce the launch of the Texas Entrepreneurship Exchange for Energy (TEX-E)! A collaboration with MIT’s Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship and several Texas universities (Rice University, Texas A&M University, Prairie View A&M University, University of Houston, and the University of Texas at Austin), TEX-E will provide students access to Greentown’s mentorship, events, and resources in order to empower them to become the next generation of climatetech leaders. We’re excited to see the amazing connections this program forges and to explore welcoming additional universities into the network! Read more about what the program entails here. We are also thrilled to announce that our roster of accelerator programs is growing with the launch of the Advancing Climatetech and Clean Energy Leaders (ACCEL) Program, a collaboration with Boston-based organization Browning the Green Space (BGS)! ACCEL is a year-long accelerator program for climatetech entrepreneurs who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of color (BIPOC) that aims to provide underrepresented climate innovators with resources that often are not accessible due to structural inequities.  Climatetech has historically not been a diverse field, and we saw an opportunity to address it and promote racial equity in a partnership with BGS, an organization with a stellar track record of advancing DEI in the clean energy space. We can’t wait to partner with BGS and work with some all-star climatetech entrepreneurs in this program—be sure to apply by Dec. 23, share the opportunity with your network, and sign up for updates. Warmly, The Greentown Houston Team Our Head of Houston Incubator and VP of Innovation Juliana Garaizar kicked off the Climatetech Summit with a welcome to the Greentown Houston facility. Meet Our Newest Members Carboniferous is using anoxic marine basins as a tool for carbon sequestration, thereby preventing damage to ecosystems and taking advantage of natural resources as an effective carbon-storage solution. CZAR-Power is developing an all-in-one charging system to increase resiliency and energy efficiency while reducing costs.   SUPERGirls SHINE Foundation is an organization dedicated to empowering underprivileged girls by providing resources to help them succeed in STEM.   WasteWizer aims to make the waste industry more efficient by providing waste-system managers with insights on how to improve sustainability, economic efficiency, and customer satisfaction.   Do you run or know of a startup that’s interested in joining our community? Learn about what Greentown membership includes here and get in touch! Member Milestones Veloce Energy was named a Most Fundable Company by the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. Loretta Williams Gurnell of SUPERGirls SHINE Foundation, Kara Branch of Black Girls Do Engineer, and Cemvita Factory were named as winners at the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards Galas in the DEI Champion, Mentor of the Year, and Green Impact Business categories, respectively. Criterion Energy Partners announced the formation of its Industry Advisory Group. CeraPhi Energy signed an agreement with a drilling specialist to help them scale their production of geothermal energy. Cemvita Factory sealed a partnership with Arizona Lithium to use their facility for pilot testing of their environmentally friendly mining process. Following validation by Sandia National Laboratories and Texas Tech University, Aeromine Technologies has been piloting its rooftop mini wind turbines with various companies, including Greentown partner BASF. Fervo Energy announced a 20 MW power purchase agreement to provide 24/7, carbon-free geothermal power to a group of nine California-based community choice aggregators. Keep Up with the Innovation Ecosystem May 2 - 3, 2023: NREL’s Industry Growth Forum: Attention, cleantech startups: the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) is hosting the 2023 Industry Growth Forum (IGF) in Denver, CO next spring! The IGF aligns promising, preselected startups with venture capitalists looking for their next great investment. Learn more about the event here, and apply by Dec. 5 here using promo code APPLY10 for a 10 percent discount! Special thank you to InnovationMap for being a media partner for Climatetech Summit 2022; to stay up-to-date with what’s happening in the Houston innovation ecosystem, be sure to subscribe here! Join the Greentown Team Greentown is growing! We are hiring for these positions at our Houston incubator: Facility Manager Front Desk Coordinator Thank You to Our Founding + Grand Opening Partners  Copyright © 2022 Greentown Labs, All rights reserved. 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Dear Friends of Greentown Labs, Fourteen startups joined our community in the third quarter of 2022, working on innovations as diverse as a carbontech solution for aluminum manufacturing, an AI platform for tracking scope 1 and scope 3 vehicle emissions, and a waste-biomass-turned-biochar replacement for cement. Read our Q3 new member roundup here! These startups join a community of more than 200 members working to decarbonize the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors and build resilient communities. Curious what these members are up to? Check out Ebb Carbon, which not only restores oceans’ carbon capture capabilities, but actually speeds up the process to happen in a fraction of the time, and Elemental Recycling, which recycles all plastics and tires to create high-purity graphene, graphite, and hydrogen in a process that’s CO2 equivalent neutral. This fall is chock-full of opportunities to meet these startups and other Greentown members, from Greentown Go program kickoffs and final showcases to our biggest event of the year, Climatetech Summit! Read more below, or check out our events calendar to see the fall lineup. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you want to get involved with or support our community. Thank you for your commitment to climate action! 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: SparkCharge raised a $7M Series A and will expand its EV charging delivery to 12 new California cities.  NBD Nano, a Greentown alum with expertise in advanced materials and surface properties, was acquired by Henkel. CalWave concluded a successful wave energy pilot with zero intervention and 99 percent uptime.  Syzygy Plasmonics announced plans to test a fully electric clean hydrogen chemical reactor in partnership with LOTTE Chemical, LOTTE Fine Chemical, and Greentown partner Sumitomo Corporation of Americas. Criterion Energy Partners obtained a 10,000-acre lease in Texas for its upcoming commercial geothermal project. LineVision is expanding its partnership with Duquesne Light Company to deploy additional dynamic line rating sensors in the utility’s service territory in southwestern Pennsylvania. Nth Cycle has begun commercial operations of its electro-extraction critical mineral collector. Mark Your Calendars for These Upcoming Events! Sept. 23: How CO2 Becomes a Trillion-Dollar Market: Insights from Carbontech Leaders [New York] The Carbon to Value Initiative—a multi-year collaboration from Fluor, NYSERDA, the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Greentown, and Fraunhofer USA to catalyze the carbontech ecosystem—is heading to Climate Week NYC!  Sept. 29: Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator Final Showcase [Greentown Houston]  Join us to celebrate the culmination of the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator—the 2022 program in the Greentown Go Energize track—a-first-of-its-kind startup-corporate partnerships accelerator focused on advancing innovations that are key to enabling a low-carbon hydrogen economy, in partnership with EPRI, Shell, the City of Houston, and the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.  Sept. 29: Cleantech Open Northeast Regional Finals Awards & Showcase [Greentown Boston] We’re proud to host the Cleantech Open Northeast Finals judging, awards, and showcase event! This is the organization’s largest event of the year, bringing together industry professionals, entrepreneurs, and innovators to celebrate the region's top cleantech startups. Oct. 6: EnergyBar: Greentown Go Make 2022 Kickoff Event [Greentown Boston] Help us kick off Go Make 2022, a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on decarbonizing supply chains that’s in partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) and enabled by the M-Lab Companies. Nov. 2-3: Climatetech Summit [Greentown Houston + Greentown Boston] We’re inviting you, your colleagues, and all the climate champions in your life into our 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 key climate action stakeholders.  Nov. 16: EnergyBar: Go Move 2022 Kickoff Event [Greentown Boston] Join us to celebrate the kickoff of Go Move 2022—a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on decarbonizing transportation, in partnership with BASF and Magna—and see pitches from the startup finalists. Startups: apply to the program by Sept. 30! Dec. 1: Carbon to Value Initiative Year 2 Final Showcase [New York] Join the Carbon to Value Initiative to hear from the eight exciting Year 2 cohort startups shaping the future of the carbontech industry as they each present their unique solutions, the progress they’ve made over the six months of the program, and where they are headed next. Celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Climate Champions Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! We’re celebrating by honoring Latinx and Hispanic leaders and organizations that are taking bold climate action. Here are some to check out: GreenLatinos is a community of Latinx leaders united for equity, conservation, and climate justice. Follow them on Twitter. The team at Latino Verde is building upon its cultural connection to nature by sharing the stories of Latinx pioneers leading change in the environmental movement. Follow them on Instagram. Code2040 is activating, connecting, and mobilizing the largest racial equity community in tech to enable full participation of Black and Latinx technologists in the innovation economy. Follow them on Twitter. Sachamama is working to build support for a clean energy economy for all, cultivating sustainable attitudes, behaviors, and lifestyles. Follow them on Twitter. UPROSE is an intergenerational, multi-racial, nationally recognized, women-of-color-led, grassroots organization that promotes sustainability and resiliency through community organizing, education, leadership development, and cultural/artistic expression. Follow them on Twitter. Join the Greentown Team The Greentown team is growing! We are hiring the following roles: EDIJ Accelerator Program Manager (Boston, MA) Events Coordinator (Boston, MA) Membership Coordinator (Boston, MA) Executive Assistant (Boston, MA) Facility Manager (Houston, TX) Front Desk Coordinator (Houston, TX) Thank You to Our Partners

Dear Friends of Greentown Labs, Cement is ubiquitous in our world, from our buildings, to our bridges, to our roads. Factor in that cement is responsible for eight percent of global CO2 emissions, and it becomes clear that decarbonizing this material is a critical step in decarbonizing the global economy. But no single solution for zero-carbon cement exists other than post-combustion carbon capture—until our member Sublime Systems.  Sublime’s technology is on track to reduce 90 percent of cement’s CO2 emissions, a feat that could fundamentally shape the future of the manufacturing industry.  Sublime is just one of more than 200 startups in our community, each of which is developing groundbreaking solutions to decarbonize the global economy and build resilient communities. There’s Ivys Energy Solutions, a provider of hydrogen refueling stations for fleet applications, and Daniel Consulting Group, a battery technology consulting firm focused on all aspects of battery testing and development—both of which you can read about in this spotlight on how we work with startups to promote safety and support their prototyping. Interested in agtech? This summer’s Sector Pitch Day highlighted our agriculture startups, including Lignium Energy, which transforms cow manure into combustion pellets, and Gaia AI, which collects high-quality biomass data in forests, helping landowners, project developers, and investors understand the carbon stock and timber content of their land. Learn about these members and others in the event recap. We work with these startups day in and day out, so we know how incredible they are—and we want to introduce them to you. This fall is chock-full of opportunities to meet, engage with, and support our startups, whether you’re an investor, corporate executive, or job seeker. Check out our events lineup below, or visit our events page! As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you want to get involved with or support our community. Thank you for your commitment to climate action! 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, a developer of next-generation geothermal projects, raised $138M in funding to build, own, and operate 24/7 carbon-free power plants. AmpUp has entered into a preferred-network partnership with EvoCharge to provide simple, convenient charging options for EV drivers, charging station owners, and fleet managers. Our members and alums CLS Wind, Dsider, Eden, Pressure Corp, and Wootz were selected for Class 2 of the 2022 Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator.  SparkCharge CEO Josh Aviv was invited to speak at the White House during President Biden’s signing of the CHIPS Act. Greentown alum Bevi raised a $70M Series D from Cowen Sustainable Investments for its smart water cooler technology, which has helped customers save more than 300 million single-use bottles and cans. Mark Your Calendars for These Upcoming Events! Sept. 13: EnergyBar: Climatetech Career Fair [Greentown Boston] Ready for your next job in climatetech? Come learn about career opportunities with our Boston community of world-changing climatetech startups. Sept. 14 Access to Success Pitch Event [Greentown Houston] Join us for a pitch competition and showcase featuring underrepresented founders, and stay for a networking lunch to form some curated connections. Sept. 22: Transition On Tap [Greentown Houston] Join us for the September installment of our monthly networking event devoted to fostering conversations and connections among the climate and energy transition ecosystem, in Houston and beyond!  Sept. 23: How CO2 Becomes a Trillion-Dollar Market: Insights from Carbontech Leaders [New York] The Carbon to Value Initiative—a multi-year collaboration from Fluor, NYSERDA, the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Greentown, and Fraunhofer USA to catalyze the carbontech ecosystem—is heading to Climate Week NYC!  Sept. 29: Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator Final Showcase [Greentown Houston]  Join us to celebrate the culmination of the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator—the 2022 program in the Greentown Go Energize track—a-first-of-its-kind startup-corporate partnerships accelerator focused on advancing innovations that are key to enabling a low-carbon hydrogen economy, in partnership with EPRI, Shell, the City of Houston, and the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.  Sept. 29: Cleantech Open Northeast Regional Finals Awards & Showcase [Greentown Boston] We’re proud to host the Cleantech Open Northeast Finals judging, awards, and showcase event! This is the organization’s largest event of the year, bringing together industry professionals, entrepreneurs, and innovators to celebrate the region's top cleantech startups. Oct. 6: Greentown Go Make 2022 Kickoff Event [Greentown Boston] Help us kick off Go Make 2022, a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on decarbonizing supply chains that’s in partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) and enabled by the M-Lab Companies. Nov. 2-3: Climatetech Summit [Greentown Boston + Greentown Houston] We’re inviting you, your colleagues, and all the climate champions in your life into our 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 key climate action stakeholders.  Nov. 16: Go Move 2022 Kickoff Event [Greentown Boston] Join us to celebrate the kickoff of Go Move 2022—a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on decarbonizing transportation, in partnership with BASF and Magna—and see pitches from the startup finalists. Startups: apply to the program by Sept. 30! Join the Greentown Team The Greentown team is growing! We are hiring the following roles: Events Coordinator (Boston, MA) Membership Coordinator (Boston, MA) Executive Assistant (Boston, MA) Membership Coordinator (Houston, TX) Facility Manager (Houston, TX) Front Desk Coordinator (Houston, TX) Thank You to Our Partners  This month, we were thrilled to welcome Equinor as a Terawatt Partner! Learn more about Equinor and our partnership. Join Us Oct 12-13, 2022 Register Now Final Speakers Just Announced  It’s been a hot year for climate, creating new urgency for a green recovery. It’s time to gather, learn, and take action. MIT Technology Review’s ClimateTech conference has assembled the people at the forefront of the climate technology revolution. And this has never been done before. There are less than 300 seats available. There are less than two months left to register. Don’t wait to sign up for ClimateTech. Register now Here are the amazing pioneers that will be on stage and networking with you at the conference: Carlos Araque Cofounder & CEO, Quaise Energy Patrick Brown Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, Impossible Foods Yet-Ming Chiang Professor, MIT Clay Dumas Partner, Lowercarbon Capital Leah Ellis CEO & Cofounder, Sublime Systems Tim Holme Cofounder and CTO, QuantumScape Frances Houle Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Clea Kolster Partner and Head of Science, Lowercarbon Capital Kendra Kuhl Cofounder and CTO, Twelve Kent Larson Director of City Science, MIT Media Lab Katie Rae CEO & Managing Partner, The Engine Nan Ransohoff Head of Climate, Stripe Carmichael Roberts Founder and Managing Partner, Breakthrough Energy Ventures Pamela Ronald Professor, UC Davies; Director, Joint Bioenergy Institute Gia Schneider CEO and Cofounder, Natel Energy Anne White Professor, School of Engineering, MIT James Temple Senior Editor for Energy, MIT Technology Review Casey Crownhart Climate Reporter, MIT Technology Review Reserve your seat to connect with the industry, business, and academic leaders of this historic energy transformation. Register to join us on the MIT campus or online October 12-13, and save up to $300.   Register today Programming Partner Investing in Innovation Partner JOIN US NOV. 2 AT GREENTOWN HOUSTON, NOV. 3 AT GREENTOWN BOSTON, + VIA LIVESTREAM We’re inviting you, your colleagues, and all the climate champions in your life into our incubators for Greentown’s biggest event of the year! Join us 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 key climate action stakeholders. 2022 AGENDA THEMES INCLUDE: Commercialization on the heels of groundbreaking federal legislative action  Achieving the necessary pace for rapid decarbonization  Connecting dynamic entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and climatetech investors to drive the energy transition    REGISTER FOR THE CLIMATETECH SUMMIT Register before prices increase on Sept. 1 and join us in Houston, Boston, or via livestream.  Additionally, we have several sponsorship opportunities remaining for this year’s summit! If you’re interested in being more heavily involved in the event, please reach out to our Partnerships Manager Jesse Roth for more information. Thank you to our partners! CLIMATETECH SUMMIT BUILDERS GREENTOWN LABS PARTNERS Want to learn more about attending the Climatetech Summit, becoming a summit partner, or joining our startup community? Reach out here. Dear Friends of Greentown Houston, While we are in the thick of summer here in Houston, Greentown can’t help but be in a fall state of mind, as we are excited to announce registration is open for our 2022 Climatetech Summit! On Nov. 2 and 3, we’re inviting you into our Houston and Somerville 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 key climate-action stakeholders. Register here before Sept. 1 to get early bird pricing!  After last month’s kickoff event for Year 2 of the Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative (a recording of the event can be found here) at Greentown Houston, eight startups have been selected for the second year of the carbontech accelerator program: Aluminum Technologies, Carbon Upcycling Technologies, Carbonova Corp, ecoLocked, Full Cycle Bioplastics, Lydian, Molecule Works, and Osmoses. The C2V Initiative is a multi-year collaboration among the Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (UFL), Greentown Labs, and Fraunhofer USA, supported by NYSERDA and in partnership with Year 2 Cohort Champion Fluor Corporation.  Speaking of accelerators, we have two Greentown Go programs currently accepting applications. Go Make 2022 is looking for startups that have solutions to decarbonize the manufacturing sector, which contributes 31 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions; applications are due Aug. 9. And just this week, our Go Move 2022 program launched! If you are a startup developing material innovations for automotive efficiency and shared and future mobility or materials and process innovations for recycling, apply here by Sept. 30.  We also want to invite you to our next Investor Speaker Series: Access to Success at Greentown Houston on Sept. 14. Underrepresented founders in climatetech face unique and growing challenges to accessing investors and fundraising in order to scale their companies and push forward the energy transition. At Greentown, we are working to bridge that gap. Join us for a pitch competition, a startup showcase, and a networking lunch.   Lastly, tonight we are hosting a special Transition On Tap in collaboration with our partner Vinson & Elkins. Come for a presentation on legal considerations in investing by Jimmy Chalk and Wes Jones, and stay for a networking hour, including a tequila tasting with Tequila Heffe. We hope to see you tonight! As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you want to get involved with or support our community. Thank you for your commitment to climate action! Warmly, The Greentown Houston Team Meet Our Newest Members SmartAC.com's residential HVAC monitoring platform helps prevent costly HVAC breakdowns, lowering the total cost of HVAC ownership, reducing energy usage, and delivering comfort without concern.   CarTwin is unlocking the value of automative data by creating an integrated data ecosystem to drive actionable insight and predictive analytics to address the industry’s most pressing challenges. Do you run or know of a startup that’s interested in joining our community? Learn about what Greentown membership includes here and get in touch! Member Milestones Cleartrace raised a $20M strategic round for its carbon management platform.  Parasanti was selected to participate in the Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) Catalyst Program to further develop their software solution designed to bring advanced data analytics to the extreme edge of remote energy operating environments.  Applied Bioplastics won first place in the StartupEngine Pitch Competition with Kevin O’Leary aka Mr. Wonderful.  Boxes has been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Google for Startups Latino Founders Fund.  Kanin Energy partnered with Tallgrass to develop four waste-heat-to-power clean energy projects.  Moment Energy established a supply agreement with Mercedes-Benz Energy for second-life electric vehicle batteries.  Energy Toolbase launched its newest financing integration partner, Sustainable Capital Finance (SCF), on the ETB Developer platform.  Revterra raised a $6M Series A led by our partners Equinor Ventures and SCF Partners. Mark Your Calendar for These Other Greentown Events! Aug. 18: Transition On Tap [in-person] Join us for the August installment of our monthly networking event devoted to fostering conversations and connections among the climate and energy transition ecosystem in Houston and beyond!  Sept. 29: Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator Final Showcase [hybrid]  Join us to celebrate the culmination of the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator—the 2022 program in the Greentown Go Energize track—a-first-of-its-kind startup-corporate partnerships accelerator focused on advancing innovations that are key to enabling a low-carbon hydrogen economy in partnership with EPRI, Shell, the City of Houston, and the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.  Join the Greentown Team Greentown is growing! We are hiring for the below positions: Senior Director of Facilities — Somerville Membership Coordinator — Houston Membership Coordinator — Somerville Facility Manager — Houston Thank You to Our Founding + Grand Opening Partners

Dear Friends of Greentown, At Greentown Labs, we firmly believe that building a thriving, diverse, and just climatetech workforce is key to deploying climate solutions. Green job opportunities are increasing faster globally than any other job category is, and in about five years, we likely won’t have enough climate workers to meet the industry’s demand, according to LinkedIn.  That means we need more people, inclusive of all backgrounds and experiences, to put their skills to work on climate. But Climate People finds that a leading concern among those interested in joining the industry is that they’re unqualified for a climate career without prior climate experience. Its recent report debunks this myth, arguing that this relatively new industry is looking for people who are ready to apply their knowledge and experience to green work. Still not convinced? We decided to take a quick poll of the Greentown team, and about three-quarters of those who responded said they pivoted their careers to climate when they came to Greentown. We were accountants, scientists, community builders, journalists, and so much more—and now, we’ve brought all we learned in those fields to tackle the greatest challenge of our lifetime. And you can, too.  Greentown startups are hiring for more than 100 jobs. If you’re ready to find your place in the climatetech industry, check out a list of companies with five or more open positions below, and view all job openings on our careers page! Ebb Carbon de-acidifies the ocean and enhances its natural ability to capture CO2 from the air, storing it safely and stably as bicarbonate for at least 10,000 years. Hiring for business development, chemical engineering, general + miscellaneous engineering, internships, mechanical engineering, and science → Flux Marine’s electric outboard motors and complete boat packages are characterized by low maintenance, long range, and outstanding performance. Hiring for design, electrical engineering, and general + miscellaneous engineering →  Heila Technologies, recently acquired by Kohler Power Group, creates a modular energy platform that makes it easy to connect and optimize solar arrays, batteries, and other distributed energy resources—building self-managing microgrids and fleets from the ground up. Hiring for general + miscellaneous engineering, sales, and science →  Keystone Tower Systems is developing a new manufacturing process for wind turbine towers that enables taller, more structurally efficient towers. Hiring for general + miscellaneous engineering, manufacturing, and mechanical engineering →  Octopus Energy uses technology to bring lower and more transparent pricing, better service, and more sustainable energy to customers. Hiring for business development, policy, software, and more → Phoenix Tailings is on a mission to be the world’s first clean mining and metals production company, eliminating this harmful waste from the environment while sustainably creating valuable materials. Hiring for chemical engineering, operations, and science →  Syzygy Plasmonics is developing a new type of photocatalytic chemical reactor to revolutionize the industrial gas, chemical, and energy industries, reducing both cost and emissions for major commodity chemicals. Hiring for business development, chemical engineering, data, and operations →  Titan Advanced Energy Solutions uses ultrasound technology to revolutionize lithium-ion battery intelligence, management, and lifecycle. Hiring for data, mechanical engineering, operations, policy, software, and more →  Greentown Labs is hiring, too! The Greentown team is growing! We’re hiring a Senior Director of Facilities for our Somerville incubator—learn more and apply here.

Dear Friends of Greentown Labs, With summer in full swing, we’re finding that people are eager to come together! It’s been a month full of exciting events at Greentown, which have convened folks from across the climatetech ecosystem to celebrate climatetech entrepreneurship, international collaboration, future climate leaders, and more. We kicked off the month with a “Power Your Future” career day, co-hosted by our member Browning the Green Space, which brought more than 100 Boston-area high school students to Greentown HQ to learn about career paths in climatetech entrepreneurship! We were thrilled to have five of our members—AmpUp, Sublime Systems, QuantAQ, Cyvl.ai, and MoveEV—demonstrate their technologies, and to have participation from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Enel X North America, Project Green Schools, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, Roxbury Community College’s Center for Smart Building Technology, Ameresco, and Xodus. The following week, we turned our attention to offshore wind for an event in partnership with the Belgian Economic Trade Mission. We were honored to be joined by Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium and Governor Charlie Baker for the transatlantic partnership signing ceremonies and by industry experts who amplified advancements in the offshore wind energy industry, its environmental and economic benefits, lessons from abroad to apply to Massachusetts' developments, and more. Just last week, we held a special edition of our Greentown Houston Transition On Tap with the Veterans Advanced Energy Project and celebrated Juneteenth with the American Association of Blacks in Energy’s Greater Boston Chapter. In between all these exciting events, we had a couple of big announcements! Dr. Barbara J. Burger—a transformational supporter of Greentown Labs who has played a pivotal role in advancing Houston’s energy innovation ecosystem throughout her career—has joined Greentown’s Board of Directors. The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator has launched a novel green loan program, the Cleantech Debt Fund, to accelerate equitable climate action and support early-stage cleantech and climatetech startups. We are thrilled to be a partner on this program, which will make our startup members eligible to apply for funding. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you want to get involved with or support our community. Thank you for your commitment to climate action! 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: OhmConnect raised a $55M Series D to expand its residential-energy-flexibility solution into new markets. Energy Dome launched its first CO2 battery long-duration energy storage plant. Verne received seed investments from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund—a Greentown partner—Collaborative Fund, and Caterpillar Venture Capital Inc. AmpUp, an EV software company and network provider, has a new deployment in Ohio. AeroShield, Eden, and Radical Plastics received SBIR Targeted Technologies (START) grants from MassVentures. SparkCharge’s CEO Josh Aviv was selected for an Entrepreneur of the Year New England award. Mark Your Calendars for These Upcoming Events! July 14: Investor Speaker Series: Both Sides of the Coin [virtual] In the next installment of our Investor Speaker Series, we’ll chat with two Greentown entrepreneurs and their investors as they talk about their experiences working together before, during, and after an equity investment was made in the company. July 21: Transition On Tap: Investor Readiness with Vinson & Elkins [Greentown Houston]  Head over to Greentown for a night of networking and a program on investor readiness, presented by Greentown Houston Founding Partner Vinson & Elkins.  Aug. 4: EnergyBar August 2022: Summer Rooftop Networking [Greentown HQ] You’re invited to a summer edition of our signature EnergyBar networking event—on Greentown’s roof deck! Sept. 29: Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator Final Showcase [hybrid]  Join us to celebrate the culmination of the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator—the 2022 program in the Greentown Go Energize track—a-first-of-its-kind startup-corporate partnerships accelerator focused on advancing innovations that are key to enabling a low-carbon hydrogen economy in partnership with EPRI, Shell, the City of Houston, and the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.    Recent Reads We welcomed 20 new startups to our community in Q2! These members are working on innovations as diverse as a solution to enhance oceans’ natural ability to capture CO2, biotechnologies to produce wood products without cutting down trees, and a turnkey development approach to waste-heat-to-power projects. Let us introduce you. Our spring Sector Pitch Day dove into three dimensions of the manufacturing industry that need decarbonization innovations and featured pitches from Greentown startups working in each. Check out a recap! Celebrating LGBTQIA2S+ Champions Happy Pride! We’ve been celebrating this joyous month by highlighting queer climate leaders and organizations. Here are just a few: Through advocacy, training, and more, OUT 4 Sustainability enables the co-creation of climate resilience and environmental justice by and for LGBTQIA2S+ communities. Follow them on Instagram. Queer Nature boosts ecological awareness among queer communities through thoughtful engagement with the natural world, justice-centered learnings, and ancestral skills. Follow them on Instagram. Queers x Climate activates the LGBTQIA2S+ community to rally for greater climate change awareness and environmental activism. Follow them on Twitter. Get to know incredible LGBTQIA2S+ environmentalists and activists fighting climate injustices, past and present, including Precious Brady-Davis and Adam Powers. Join the Greentown Team The Greentown team is growing! We are hiring the following roles: Senior Director of Facilities (Somerville, MA) Membership Business Operations Specialist (Somerville, MA) Thank You to Our Partners  Dear Friends of Greentown Houston, Happy Pride Month! Greentown proudly stands with and supports the LGBTQIA2S+ members of our community and the broader climatetech ecosystem. Follow along on our social media as we highlight LGBTQIA2S+ climate leaders and organizations throughout the month! June has gotten off to a great (and unreasonably hot) start here in Houston! We held an incredible kickoff event for Year 2 of the Carbon to Value Initiative, a multi-year collaboration among The Urban Future Lab (UFL), Greentown Labs, and the Fraunhofer USA TechBridge Program, supported by NYSERDA and in partnership with Cohort Champion Fluor Corporation. Weren’t able to attend? You can watch a recording of the program, including startup finalists’ pitches, here.  And this Thursday, June 16, we have a special Transition On Tap in partnership with The Veterans Advanced Energy Project! The evening will include networking and a panel featuring military veterans who have made the decision to enter the energy transition. We hope to see you there!  Greentown is also delighted to announce the appointment of Barbara J. Burger, Ph.D., former Vice President of Innovation and President of Chevron Technology Ventures, to our board of directors. Barbara has been a steadfast supporter of Greentown—and pivotal in our move to Houston—and we know her presence on the board will prove essential as we continue to grow this climate action community.  Lastly, while exciting things are always going on inside Greentown, we also have an exciting development outside of Greentown! If you happen by our east exterior wall, you will notice a new colorful mural entitled “Powering the Future Through Climatetech,” by the wonderful Hannah Bull. Watch a timelapse of the installation here!  As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you want to get involved with or support our community. Thank you for your commitment to climate action! Warmly, The Greentown Houston Team Artist and educator Hannah Bull outside her recently completed mural on Greentown's east wall.  Meet Our Newest Members Kanin Energy helps heavy industry monetize its waste heat and decarbonize its operations. Moonshot Compost collects and consolidates food waste for composting from businesses and residents, with a focus on data creation and management. Do you run or know of a startup that’s interested in joining our community? Learn about what Greentown membership includes here and get in touch! Member Milestones Criterion Energy Partners and Cemvita Factory received SBIR and STTR grants from the Department of Energy. Micronic Technologies and Katz Water Technologies were named among the 101 most innovative water purification companies in the U.S. by Futurology. Syzygy Plasmonics’ CEO Trevor Best was featured by InnovationMap as a Houston innovator to know. Mark Your Calendar for These Greentown Events! June 16: Transition On Tap: In Partnership with The Veterans Advanced Energy Project [in-person] Tonight, Greentown Houston is hosting a special Transition On Tap in partnership with The Veterans Advanced Energy Project! The evening will include a panel, "The Energy Transition: Our Next Tour of Duty," and an evening of networking. July 14: Investor Speaker Series: Both Sides of the Coin [virtual] Join us virtually to hear from two Greentown startup founders and their investors about best practices before, during, and after an investment. July 21: Transition On Tap: Investor Readiness with Vinson & Elkins [in-person]  Head over to Greentown for a night of networking and a program on investor readiness, presented by Greentown partner Vinson & Elkins.  September 29: Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator Final Showcase [hybrid]  Join us to celebrate the culmination of the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator—the 2022 program in the Greentown Go Energize track—a-first-of-its-kind startup-corporate partnerships accelerator focused on advancing innovations that are key to enabling a low-carbon hydrogen economy in partnership with EPRI, Shell, the City of Houston, and the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Ecosystem Events + News Join Latinas in Tech for a panel on Decoding Climatetech and the Energy Transition on June 22 at 6 p.m. CT. Register here!  Rice University Aalumni will compete for equity-free funding in The H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge on June 29 at 6 p.m. CT. Tune in virtually and help choose the Audience Choice Award. The Ion District's Art Program is seeking artists for two upcoming installations! Learn more and apply here.   Thank You to Our Founding + Grand Opening Partners    View this email in your browser

Dear Friends of Greentown, One year ago, we kicked off this quarterly newsletter to highlight incredible opportunities for everyone—regardless of their backgrounds or skill sets—to dedicate their career to climate action. By showcasing openings with our members here, on our careers board, and via career and internship fairs, we’ve been proud to connect climate champions like you with our 200 world-leading climatetech startups!  These startups—working on everything from wind turbines for distributed generation, to water capture tech for cooling towers, to electrodynamic screens that keep solar panels clear of dust—are hiring for more than 100 positions right now. Check out a list of companies with four or more open positions below, and view all job openings on our careers page!   Circe Bioscience tailor-makes fats through a carbon-negative fermentation process. · Hiring for chemical engineering, general + miscellaneous engineering, science, and internships →  Heila Technologies, recently acquired by Kohler Power Group, creates a modular energy platform that makes it easy to connect and optimize solar arrays, batteries, and other distributed energy resources—building self-managing microgrids and fleets from the ground up. · Hiring for internships →  LineVision works with electric utilities and pipeline operators to deploy advanced sensors and analytics that improve the reliability, capacity, and safety of their assets. · Hiring for data, general + miscellaneous engineering, internships, and mechanical engineering →  Raptor Maps is a machine learning-powered software solution to help solar companies reduce costs and increase energy production. · Hiring for business administration, design, product management, sales, and software →  Sunwealth, a Greentown alum, is a clean energy investment firm breaking down barriers to sustainable investment opportunities in underserved markets. · Hiring for business development and internships →  Tender Food develops alternative meat whole-cuts using innovations in materials science, synthetic biology, and tissue engineering. · Hiring for science, operations, and more →  Titan Advanced Energy Solutions uses ultrasound technology to revolutionize lithium-ion battery intelligence, management, and lifecycle. · Hiring for data, general + miscellaneous engineering, mechanical engineering, product management, software, and more →  Veloce Energy is making it faster and less expensive to deploy and operate electric vehicle charging stations. · Hiring for electrical engineering, sales, and software →      Greentown Labs is hiring, too! The Greentown team is growing! We’re hiring a: · Controller (Somerville, MA or Houston, TX) · Senior Manager of Partnerships Marketing (Somerville, MA) · Wet Lab Operations Coordinator (Somerville, MA) · Sales Operations Coordinator (Somerville, MA) · Program Coordinator, Partnerships (Somerville, MA) · Coordinator, Partnerships (Somerville, MA or Houston, TX)