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These 8 Midwest Startups Won $1M at the Clean Energy Challenge
Raising money for cleantech companies isn't like fundraising for digital startups. The money doesn't flow nearly as fast, as it's a much riskier and more costly investment for VCs, who will often opt to fund companies that offer a better chance for a higher return on their investment. Read More
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FCG Plasma Solutions
Felipe Gomez del Campo presents for FGC Plasma Solutions, which is developing a fuel nozzle to improve jet engine efficiency. Read More
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Purdue students commercialize device that could convert nuclear waste into electricity
Repositories around the world are filled with around one million barrels of nuclear waste that can take up to 240,000 years to decay, according to the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Purdue University students Josh Auger, Ian Hamilton and Kyle Harris, and Purdue alumnus Kyle Pendergast have developed a device that could potentially turn this waste into electricity. Read More
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CRI Cohort 1 Company Raises $28.2 Million
September 4, 2020 —Emergy Inc., now Meati Foods, raised $28.2 million in its Series A funding round from 44 investors, according to a report from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The mushroom-based alt meat brand operates from Boulder Colorado and creates … Read More
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Call for Cohort 5 Applications
Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at Argonne National Laboratory, will begin accepting applications on September 15 for cohort 5. Entrepreneurs in any technology area that can leverage Argonne’s resources in partnership with the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the Department of Energy (DOE) are … Read More
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Women-led NUMiX Materials Awarded the U.S. Bank Cleantech Inclusion Award
MINNEAPOLIS – June 30, 2020 – Clean Energy Trust announced today NUMiX Materials as the inaugural recipient of the U.S. Bank Cleantech Inclusion Award. This new award program supports female and minority entrepreneurs who are building innovative companies that benefit the environment, create jobs, and … Read More
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Super.tech Receives $150,000 from George Shultz Innovation Fund
Published on Monday, June 15, 2020 The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has awarded $150,000 from its George Shultz Innovation Fund to Super.tech, a company that is “supercharging” near-term quantum computers to solve commercially useful problems. The team, led by Pranav … Read More
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VENTUREPRISE LAUNCH STUDENT PARTICIPANT ACCEPTED INTO ELITE CHAIN REACTIONS INNOVATIONS PROGRAM
TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020 Ventureprise Launch Student Participant Accepted Into Elite Chain Reactions Innovations Program Author: Laura Smailes, Ventureprise Assistant Director As Margaret Kocherga, Ph.D. Nanoscale Science Student and founder of Light and Charge Solutions, pops up virtually on my screen for … Read More
