Meet Greentown Labs’ 16 Newest Members

Dear Friends of Greentown Labs,

We’re thrilled to introduce the 16 new climatetech startups that joined our community over the past quarter! With technologies to decarbonize the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors and build resilient communities, these startups are at the forefront of climate action. Here’s just some of what these newest members are working on:

• Capwell is reducing methane emissions in the oil and gas industry by collecting and destroying all surface-level methane emissions.
• GreenLIB is transforming battery waste into profitable, closed-loop solutions within the global lithium-ion battery market.
• Lobster Robotics is developing lightweight, low-cost, fast robots for visual surveying to reduce the cost of surveying in offshore wind farms.
• Polymer-X is pioneering innovative electrothermal methods for sustainable chemical manufacturing.

Read about all 16 of these world-changing new members here. Are you an investor or corporate leader who’d like to learn more about these startups? Get in touch with our investor program and partnerships program .

As we welcome these new startups into our vibrant community of entrepreneurs, we’re also celebrating a major milestone: the 10-year anniversary of our move to Somerville, MA, where Greentown Boston is located today! Check out some photos from over the years, and please join us in thanking the City of Somerville, Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, and former Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone for being unwavering champions of Greentown and our members.

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

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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:

• Cemvita will provide up to 1 billion gallons of sustainable air-fuel to Greentown partner United Airlines.?
• American Battery Technology Company received a $57M contract from the Department of Energy for its first-of-kind, commercial-scale, lithium-hydroxide-manufacturing facility in Nevada. The startup also secured up to $50M in debt financing and is collaborating with Greentown partner BASF on a closed-loop solution for lithium-ion batteries.
• Fervo Energy is launching a new geothermal project in Utah with a goal of generating electricity for California utility customers.
• Amogy is opening a $40M, 53,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Houston for its carbon-free, ammonia-to-power technology. The startup plans to hire 200 people at its new facility.
• Onvector was selected by AFWERX for a $1.25M SBIR Phase II contract for destroying PFAS ("forever chemicals").

Corporates Pitch to Startups, BIPOC Entrepreneurs Present Their Solutions, + More

It’s been an exciting month of events at our Boston and Houston incubators!

At our Reverse Pitch Day at Greentown Boston, 19 of our corporate partners —spanning a wide range of industries, from energy to chemicals to manufacturing to finance—took the stage to pitch their sustainability and innovation strategies and ways they’re looking to collaborate with startups to our community of entrepreneurs!

At Greentown Houston, we hosted the first-ever ACCEL Showcase , which featured pitches from the six participating startups: Active Surfaces , DrinKicks , EarthBond , florrent , frakktal , and SpadXTech . Read about ACCEL—an accelerator from Greentown and Browning the Green Space that bolsters BIPOC-led startups—and the startups’ progress during the program here , and check out a recording of the event here .

We also hosted a Career Fair at Greentown Boston this month, which drew hundreds of people eager to get to work on climate. The event highlighted opportunities with our startups; if you’re a job seeker ready to apply your skills to climatetech, check out open roles here !

This career fair was timely: just one week later, President Biden announced the American Climate Corps , a new initiative to train young people in high-demand skills for jobs in the clean energy economy.

Read + Watch

AmpUp is developing solutions to make electric-vehicle adoption smoother for every user involved, from drivers to station owners to utilities. Its software-as-a-service charging network and dashboard help EV-charger owners manage any number of stations. Read more.

SpadXTech is poised to disrupt the vegan-leather market with its plastic-free, carbon-negative material. Learn more about the startup , which is an ACCEL participant and has won several grants and awards in recent months.

Want to learn more about Greentown and how we support climatetech startups? Check out this video spotlight from heyfounded!

Mark Your Calendars for These Upcoming Events

Oct. 5: Houston CDR Happy Hour [Greentown Houston]

• We’re bringing together the growing carbon management community in Houston with this happy hour featuring startups from the Carbon to Value Initiative’s Year 3 Cohort . Connect with our community of climatetech startups and partners over snacks and drinks!

Nov. 1-2: Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit [Greentown Houston + Greentown Boston]

• For our biggest event of the year, we’re inviting you, your colleagues, and all the climate champions in your life into our Houston, TX and Boston, MA incubators for keynotes, sessions, and hands-on exploration with our 200+ startups and their climatetech solutions ; check out the Houston and Boston agendas! Want to win a free ticket to Greentown Houston’s Climatetech Summit? We’re raffling off five complimentary tickets to our Houston newsletter audience on Oct. 18—sign up for Greentown Houston newsletters here !?

Nov. 16: The Future of Offshore Wind: Innovation + Startup Showcase [Greentown Boston]

• Join us for the culmination of Go Energize 2023 , a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program focused on innovations for responsible offshore-wind development, in partnership with Vineyard Wind and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center . You’ll hear the Go Energize 2023 startup cohort present their technologies and how they’re enabling a sustainable, economically feasible offshore-wind industry.

Nov. 30: Circular Economy in the Buildings Sector [Greentown Boston]

• We’re kicking off Go Build 2023 , a Greentown Go startup-corporate partnerships accelerator program with Saint-Gobain that’s advancing circularity and decarbonization in the built environment. Attendees will see lightning pitches from the startup finalists on innovations that extend product life cycles, further develop raw materials, revalorize waste, or act as other enabling technologies.

Nov. 30: Carbon to Value Initiative Year 3 Final Showcase [New York]

• Join us in New York City to celebrate the culmination of the third year of the Carbon to Value (C2V) Initiative ! Hear from the eight Year 3 cohort startups shaping the future of the carbontech industry as they each present their unique solutions, the progress they’ve made throughout the past six months of the C2V Initiative, and where they are headed next.

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