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Dear Friends of Greentown,

Happy July! Greentown’s startups don’t slow down in the summer, and neither do we—we have a host of member news, upcoming events, and startup stories to share with you.

We’re also excited to let you know about two new ways you can support Greentown, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to accelerate climatetech innovation and commercialization by empowering entrepreneurs and enabling collaboration.

The first is our inaugural Climate Impact Awards Dinner, taking place Sept. 13 to close out the first-ever Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week, of which Greentown is a lead partner. This semi-formal fundraising event will celebrate the impact of Greentown Houston’s 75+ startups, honoring members in categories including “Top Startup to Watch,” “Community Champion,” “Deployment of the Year,” and more, as voted on by Greentown’s startup community. Attendees will enjoy a cocktail hour and sit-down dinner, a distinguished speaker, music and dancing, and a silent auction.

The Climate Impact Awards Dinner is Greentown Houston’s largest fundraising event and helps make our work possible. You can support this fundraiser by:

Becoming a Climate Impact Awards Dinner sponsor
Buying a ticket to the event
Donating an item to the event’s silent auction and bidding on items for a great cause
Donating to Greentown

Second, we’re thrilled to share that Greentown is now a 1% for the Planet environmental partner. This means that if your organization is one of 1% for the Planet’s more than 5,000 business members, you can channel your support to help Greentown carry out our mission. Learn more here and get in touch!

Your support for the awards dinner and through 1% for the Planet directly translates into increased services for our incredible community of more than 200 climatetech startups—from prototyping materials and equipment, to startup stipends in our accelerator for BIPOC founders, to providing experts-in-residence for our startups, and beyond.

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

Warmly,
The Greentown 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:

Sublime Systems, a startup decarbonizing cement-making, announced a sale of 2,000 tons of cement to Vineyard Offshore, the parent company of Greentown partner Vineyard Wind.
Clean Crop Technologies, which uses its Clean Current technology to remove contaminants from seed and food surfaces, received a $1.2M grant from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative.
Greentown alum Fervo Energy announced 320MW of power purchase agreements (PPAs) with utility Southern California Edison. The two PPAs are the world’s largest yet for advanced geothermal and can provide clean power for the equivalent of 350,000 homes across southern California.
Capture6, a Carbon to Value Initiative Year 3 participant, will collaborate with Greentown partner Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions to deploy its carbon-removal tech into Veolia’s integrated water-management systems.
Singularity Energy announced a joint collaboration with Southern Company, the second-largest utility in the United States, to implement its carbon- and clean-energy-management platform.
BERKM received a $274k SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation to advance its clay-based additive, which reduces the amount of plastic used in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging by up to 20 percent.
Greentown alum ZwitterCo, developer of advanced water-treatment membranes, raised a $58.4M Series B.

Read + Watch

GigaDAC is fundamentally changing how direct-air-capture is done with an innovation that uses a spray to bind to CO₂—a system that is six times more efficient than conventional air-filtration methods. Read more.

Throughout Greentown Go Build 2023, Saint-Gobain worked closely with six building tech startups to advance innovations for circularity and decarbonization of the built environment. Learn about collaborations from the program, which included integration testing, pilot studies, market exploration, and more.

ACCEL Year 2 startup Aquasaic is harnessing biology to provide clean water access for human and planetary health. Its genetically engineered yeast captures heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and zinc from various water sources. Watch its co-founder Nikita Patil’s pitch.

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is our newest Terawatt Partner! Earlier this year, with BCG’s help, Greentown embarked on an effort to refresh our mission, vision, and strategy—learn more.

Mark Your Calendar for These Upcoming Events

July 30: Growth-Stage VC: Behind the Dealmaking Curtain [The Ion]
Join Greentown and The Ion for the next workshop in our Houston Ion District Investor Activation Program with Vinson & Elkins, which will explore a case study of a recent growth-stage venture capital deal with the company founder, the investor, and the lawyer who advised on the investment.

Aug. 15: EnergyBar: Summer Rooftop Party [Greentown Boston]
At this rooftop edition of Greentown Boston’s signature networking event—hosted in collaboration with MassMutual Ventures—we’re inviting entrepreneurs, investors, students, and friends of climatetech to attend, meet colleagues, and expand the growing regional climatetech ecosystem

Aug. 22: Transition On Tap [Greentown Houston]
Join our summer Transition On Tap, Greentown Houston’s signature networking event devoted to fostering conversations and connections among the climate and energy transition ecosystem in Houston and beyond.

Sept. 5: ACCEL Year 2 Showcase [Greentown Houston]
Celebrate the second year of ACCEL, an accelerator program for BIPOC-led startups from Greentown and Browning the Green Space! This event will feature the seven participating startups’ technologies, what they’ve accomplished in the first six months of the program, and where they’re headed next.

Sept. 11: Stories of Climate Impact: From Schools to Startups [Greentown Houston]
As part of the inaugural Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week, join Greentown to recognize and celebrate the impact of startups and universities in mitigating climate change and building resilient communities.

Sept. 12: Climatetech Career Fair [Greentown Boston]
The Greentown Boston 2024 Career Fair, put on in partnership with Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN²), will help job seekers learn about career opportunities with our community of world-changing climatetech startups.

Sept. 13: Climate Impact Awards Dinner [Outpost at POST Houston]
Join Greentown Houston’s first-ever Climate Impact Awards Dinner, a semi-formal fundraising event celebrating the impact of our 75+ startups! The event will feature a cocktail hour and sit-down dinner, a distinguished speaker, music and dancing, a silent auction, and startup awards.

Sept. 19: Carbon to Value Initiative Year 4 Kickoff [Greentown Houston]
Year 4 of the Carbon to Value Initiative is kicking off this September! Join us to meet the startups that were selected for this year’s cohort, hear from industry experts, and network with the carbontech ecosystem.

Sept. 20-22: TEX-E Bootcamp for Climatetech Entrepreneurship [Greentown Houston]
Attention students: join the Texas Exchange for Energy and Climate Entrepreneurship (TEX-E) for its annual bootcamp, where participating students, faculty, and staff from Texas universities will learn from leading academic minds in the field of energy innovation and work together on collaborative projects that could be the genesis of new enterprises. Apply to the bootcamp by Aug. 25!

Oct. 22 and 24: Climatetech Summit [Greentown Houston + Greentown Boston]
Join us on Oct. 22 at Greentown Houston, Oct. 24 at Greentown Boston, and both days via livestream for the ultimate celebration of climate-focused entrepreneurship and innovation, replete with startup pitches, networking opportunities, and industry insights. This event sells out every year, so get your ticket now!

Greentown is Hiring!

Chief Financial Officer (Somerville, MA)
Vice President of Philanthropy (Somerville, MA or Houston, TX)
Director of Human Resources (Somerville, MA or Houston, TX)
Investor Program Manager (Houston, TX)

Thank You to Our Partners 🌍

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