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The driving philosophy behind SUPERGirls SHINE Foundation’s work? Human capital drives innovation. The thinking behind the organization’s mission is grounded in two simple facts: the underserved and untapped talent gap is growing for future leaders, and particularly, women and girls—but so are opportunities in the STEM workforce. The solution? Project-based, paid internships that fast-track girls and rising "leadHERs" from underserved communities into careers in science, technology, engineering, and math—and into greater economic mobility. Watch Loretta Williams Gurnell’s pitch from #ClimatetechSummit 2024, and learn more about this member of our Houston community:?https://lnkd.in/ecQTfzw

The transportation sector is the largest contributor to U.S. GHG emissions, accounting for 28% of total emissions—which is why we need innovative solutions to decarbonize how we move, from the fuel used in cars and planes to the composition of new forms of transportation. That's what our Transportation Sector Pitch Day was all about. Thank you to the corporate partners and investors who joined us to meet eight Greentown members developing technologies tackling a wide range of the transportation value chain: ?? e-Ski Watercraft: electric personal watercrafts ?? Glimpse: scans to visualize battery quality ?? EVident Battery, Inc.: inspections for EV battery packs ?? RenewCO?: converting CO2 into fuels and chemicals like SAF ?? Flux Marine: 100% electric outboard motors for boats ?? MoveEV: Accurate calculations + fast payments for EV fleets ?? Haffner Energy: waste biomass-to-SAF, hydrogen, and more ?? Ivys Inc.: hydrogen refueling for fuel-cell vehicles Thank you also to Tara Spencer of MoveEV, Clenilson J Goncalves of Embraer-X, and Jamey Tesler of Mass Mobility Hub for joining Aisling Carlson for a panel discussion on industry and investment trends in sustainable transportation, representing a range of industries and perspectives on decarbonizing the sector! #transportation #decarbonization #innovation #electricvehicles #SAF #aviation #hydrogen #mobility #smartcities #EV #EVadoption #battery

Exciting news: the Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week is back! Mark your calendars for September 15 – 19, 2025. ? This week brings together leading energy and climate venture capital investors, industry leaders and startups from around the world to showcase the most innovative companies and technologies that are transforming the energy industry while driving a sustainable, low-carbon energy future. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eK5Wm84Y

BOSTON-BASED STARTUPS: Apply by this Wednesday, March 26 to showcase your technology at this year's Climate Tech on The Plaza! This event is a fantastic opportunity to share your solution with the City of Boston's wide audience, including industry professionals, researchers, students, residents, and fellow entrepreneurs. Selected participants will have the opportunity to present their technology through live demonstrations, pitches, or poster sessions.?Many of our member companies exhibited at last year's event and will be showcasing this year, too—it's sure to be a great event! The deadline to apply is this Wednesday, March 26—learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/d_Qeur_7

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Climatetech Summit 2025 will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at Greentown Houston and Thursday, Nov. 6 at Greentown Boston! The world is at an inflection point: there’s an unprecedented demand for energy globally, emissions must be drastically reduced, and resilience has never been more critical. Meeting this growing demand requires audacious entrepreneurial innovation at the nexus of energy generation and decarbonization, coupled with corporate leadership, philanthropic action, and community engagement. We’ll dive into these challenges and opportunities together at Climatetech Summit, and emerge with tangible actions to foster more collaboration. Get your tickets for our biggest event of the year here: https://lnkd.in/edjBD8D9

So great to see so many of our members and alumni at this year's ARPA-E Innovation Summit in DC, plus get to meet many new startups developing incredible novel energy innovations! We were especially proud to see Elise Strobach of AeroShield Materials on a panel on the main stage ?? Shoutout to our member companies and alumni AeroShield Materials, Eden, Electra, Form Energy, Giner, Inc., InventWood, Phoenix Tailings, SiTration, Inc., Sublime Systems, Syzygy Plasmonics, Verne, and Via Separations that exhibited at the showcase, plus partners like Asahi Kasei, BASF, Chevron Technology Ventures, GE Vernova, and Rio Tinto and friends like Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Boundless Impact Research & Analytics, EPRI, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NYSERDA, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and many of the academic institutions and universities that are often the birthplaces of groundbreaking innovation. It's clear from the summit that energy and climate innovation isn't going anywhere, and we are eager to support more of these innovators as they develop and scale their groundbreaking technologies. Thank you to the wonderful folks at ARPA-E for supporting the climatetech innovation ecosystem, including so many of our member companies!

We don’t have enough fresh water. The solution? Desalinate water from the ocean. But today’s desalination methods—distillation and membrane filtration—are incredibly energy intensive, requiring either high temperatures or high-pressure pumps. That’s what NONA Technologies is changing. The startup’s electro-membrane technology works at room temperature and requires just a fraction of the pressure. “Instead of using heat or a filter, we use an electrical field to pull impurities out of the water,” says Bruce Crawford, the startup’s CEO and co-founder. The company’s first product is a compact, portable unit that can serve as a climate-adaptation device for disaster relief and sailors. But it’s also developing solutions for cleaning industrial wastewater for reuse, and for reusing water in AI-server cooling towers. Read more about this Boston-based startup in our full feature article: https://lnkd.in/eG26dMpm

Calling all Texas students! TEX-E paid internships with Greentown Houston startups are a fantastic way to kickstart your career in #climatetech—check out the open positions with Capwell, Mars Materials, Solidec, and SUPERGirls SHINE Foundation and apply below ?? #paidinternships #internships #energytransition #students

Next Rung Technology is hosting the Boston meeting for the AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers at Greentown next week on March 27! This event—complete with dinner, networking, presentations, and a panel discussion—will focus on scaling first-of-a-kind technologies for carbon capture and industrial wastewater cleanup. Next Rung?will be joined by local partner companies?Verdox?and?Elateq, who will share their commercialization stories building on unique process technology to develop commercial-scale systems. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/e6UnS78j

The #C2VInitiative Year 4 final showcase is just over the horizon! Join us in #NYC on April 3 to celebrate the commercialization progress made by the nine startups in this year's cohort: ?? Ardent?is a process technology company that is developing membrane-based solutions for point-source carbon capture and other chemical separations. ?? CarbonBlue develops a chemical process that mineralizes and extracts CO? from water, which then reabsorbs more atmospheric CO?. ?? MacroCycle Technologies develops a chemical recycling process to turn polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyester-fiber waste into “virgin-grade” plastics. ?? Maple Materials develops an electrolysis process to convert CO? into graphite and oxygen. ?? Oxylus Energy develops a direct electrochemical process to convert CO? into fuels and chemical feedstocks, such as methanol. ?? Phlair develops a renewable-energy-powered Direct Air Capture (DAC) system using an electrochemical process for acid and base generation. ?? RenewCO? is developing an electrochemical process to convert CO? into fuels and chemicals, such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) or propylene glycol. ?? Seabound builds carbon-capture equipment for new and existing ships. ?? Secant Fuel develops a one-step electrocatalytic process that converts flue gas into syngas. Learn more and register for the April 3 event here: https://lnkd.in/e2eTcPBv