flâneur — a map of the web's best reading

Funding The Future: The Investment Potential Of Today’s Climate Tech

forbes.com · 2,637 words · saved by 1 readers

Climate tech encompasses a diverse range of technologies and applications focused on mitigating climate change, either by reducing greenhouse gas emissions across various industries and processes or by removing previously emitted carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Key sectors for climate tech include mobility & transport, energy generation & distribution, industrial processing & manufacturing, food & agriculture, and the built environment. Many climate technologies offer alternatives to conventional high-carbon processes, such as renewable energy sources and chemical production that do not use fossil fuel resources. Others are designed to complement existing high-carbon processes, for example, by capturing carbon from industrial or energy-producing facilities. In 2017, climate-tech startups had the lowest expected returns compared to nine other emerging tech verticals (agtech, AI & ML, cybersecurity, fintech, foodtech, gaming, IoT, mobility tech, SaaS). However, VC investment in clima

Innovation Venture Capital Funding The Future: The Investment Potential Of Today’s Climate Tech By Dasha Shunina , Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dasha Shunina is a San Francisco-based contributor who covers VC Follow Author Mar 27, 2024, 06:00pm EDT Apr 06, 2024, 03:32pm EDT This article is more than 2 years old. Wind turbines that produce electricity, built on a field in Skanderborg, Denmark getty Climate tech encompasses a diverse range of technologies and applications focused on mitigating climate change, either by reducing greenhouse gas

Explore this link on the map →

related reading