Climate & Clean Energy Startups

Signal Hill, California

Multi-million dollar grid battery assets are underperforming and nobody knows why; 19% of grid batteries experience underperformance due to battery health. Existing metrics treat a system as a single...

Jessore, Khulna

Lightweight EVs face long charging times and high upfront battery cost, and competitors' swap systems are proprietary walled gardens.

Houston, TX

PFAS forever chemicals do not break down, contaminate drinking water and build up in the body, causing cancer, birth defects, and heart and liver disease. Current solutions are expensive, energy...

New York, New York

AI workloads are scheduled blindly as if power is free and clean; intraday price swings of 5-10x and carbon swings of 3-5x mean 30-50% of an AI data center energy bill is movable by flexibility.

Carrboro, NC

Large volumes of flared & vented methane; current methanol production is energy-intensive and costly; maritime decarbonization increases demand for low-carbon methanol.

Regulatory bottlenecks, talent shortages, vendor fragmentation, reputational risk in nuclear projects.

Rural artisans face market barriers, low wages due to middlemen, and traditional leather is environmentally harmful. No large-scale plant-based luxury leather brand in India.

Recyclers lack the knowledge and automation to capture value from the $250B resale market; rising labor costs are making manual sorting unsustainable.

New York, NY

The proliferation of personal electronic devices and the limitations of grid-dependent charging and unreliable portable power solutions create persistent challenges for individuals and outdoor...

Austin, TX

Diesel generators power 90%+ of the $40B+ off-grid and temporary power market, but diesel is facing rising fuel costs, emissions regulations, noise restrictions and reliability issues.

Los Angeles

With high pressures and temperatures, conventional turbines rely on complexities that introduce costs and challenges.

Nairobi, Kenya

Schools in Kenya face high and rising electricity costs, unreliable grid supply, and expensive diesel generator backups, leading to disrupted learning, ICT use, and school operations and ultimately...

Battery-grade graphite demand is outpacing supply; recyclers have residual graphite that is underutilized or disposed at cost.

Texas

New data centers wait 5-7 years for grid power; the Texas grid queue is closed while tenants need power now.

Nigeria, Bayelsa state

High-potential opportunities in emerging markets fail due to lack of structure, validation, technical due diligence, financial structuring, and scalable execution.

Tallahassee, Florida

Citrus growers face systemic yield decline due to Huanglongbing (HLB), an endemic bacterial infection spread by the Asian citrus psyllid. Traditional open-air mitigation is ineffective and the legacy...

Global freshwater scarcity across agriculture, industry, and cities; reverse osmosis is expensive, energy-intensive, slow to permit, and environmentally challenging.

Somerville, MA

Industrial and commercial customers are hit by electricity costs that vary by the hour of the day; as the founder mentioned, companies went out of business because their electricity bill went through...

Dakar, Senegal

Fragmented West African fresh-produce supply, post-harvest losses, phytosanitary risks, and lack of export-grade infrastructure

Alabama

Industries vent usable CO2 from fermentation and then pay to truck more in, while CO2 supply tightens and prices rise.

Santrokofi-Benua, Oti Region

Growing demand for quality, affordable, eco-friendly student and worker accommodation in Ghana.

Tashkent, Seed

Large volumes of end-of-life tires in Uzbekistan with <10% recycling rate

Post-ITC gap in affordable residential solar adoption due to phasing out of federal tax credits.

The deck identifies the problem of high costs in housing and energy without financial upside for renters and homeowners, and the challenges landlords face with leasing and turnover.

Owners/operators of MW-scale gas turbines (e.g., GE Frame 5, Siemens SGT-400) need more megawatts and efficiency from existing assets; current systems face material/supply constraints and high...

Evans, GA

Centralized supply chains degrade food quality and urban dining relies on inflammatory ingredients, leaving health-conscious consumers with limited clean choices.

NSW

Lack of dedicated landing infrastructure, certified charging/power systems, and a cohesive national network for eVTOL and commercial drone operations in Australia.

Buildings and cities overlook the clean power potential in existing water systems. There is a need for decentralized, always-on clean energy to reduce fossil fuel dependence and costs.

Dallas, Texas

Grid capacity and congestion; rising electrical loads from electrification and EVs; slow and expensive traditional grid upgrades.