<p>After keeping Century under wraps for several months, the startup gave TechCrunch a peek under the hood.</p>

<p>Startup employees often go on to found interesting ventures, basing their new work on the experience gained from their time building a company from scratch. But not all of those experiences are positive, and sometimes, a less-than-satisfactory exit can do more to fuel a founder&#8217;s fervor than anything else. In the case of Forward Earth&#8217;s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Lithios is part of a fresh crop of startups is trying to meet the booming demand for lithium by extracting it from subsurface brines.</p>

<p>Kobold Metals has raised $491 million of a targeted $527 million round, which could value the company at over $2 billion.</p>

<p>EnergyX’s offering took advantage of SEC Regulation A, which allows companies to raise money from retail investors in exchange for modest regulatory oversight.</p>

<p>Permanent is building a marketplace that connects commercial buyers with farms that use regenerative growing practices.</p>

<p>The offices of plant-based protein startup Heura are tucked away down a narrow street a short distance from one of Barcelona&#8217;s main tourist draws. But the team of entrepreneurs and food scientists won&#8217;t be remixing their protein cocktails in close proximity to La Sagrada Família for much longer &#8212; they&#8217;re moving to new, larger digs [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The offices of plant-based protein startup Heura are tucked away down a narrow street a short distance from one of Barcelona&#8217;s main tourist draws. But the team of entrepreneurs and food scientists won&#8217;t be remixing their protein cocktails in close proximity to La Sagrada Família for much longer &#8212; they&#8217;re moving to new, larger digs [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Amsterdam-based Brineworks, a company specializing in seawater electrolysis technology, says its innovative method is expected to cost under $100 per ton of CO2 at scale.</p>

<p>Amsterdam-based Brineworks, a company specializing in seawater electrolysis technology, says its innovative method is expected to cost under $100 per ton of CO2 at scale.</p>

<p>Where most startups aim to recreate the superheated, super-pressurized conditions inside of a star, Acceleron takes a different approach.</p>

<p>The company recently closed a $130 million round, according to an SEC filing, bringing the total to $327 million.</p>

<p>Despite hydrogen’s challenges, BMW thinks the only way to actually achieve a shift to zero-emissions transportation is through a mix of BEVs and hydrogen vehicles.</p>

<p>Marvel Fusion is one of several companies pursuing what’s known as inertial confinement fusion.</p>

<p>As the universe’s lightest gas, hydrogen is tricky to contain. But there’s an alternative: attaching hydrogen atoms to a carrier molecule that’s easier to move.</p>

<p>Europe’s attempt at building a battery manufacturing powerhouse announced that it had halted work on a factory expansion and laid off about 20% of its employees.</p>

<p>Europe’s attempt at building a battery manufacturing powerhouse announced that it had halted work on a factory expansion and laid off about 20% of its employees.</p>

<p>Jim Adler, founder and general partner at Toyota Ventures, is concerned that climate technology gains could fall into the “valley of death” if companies fail to drum up enough demand to survive.&nbsp; And he’s not wrong to be worried.&nbsp; Climate tech investments in the first half of 2024 dipped for the second consecutive year, both [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jim Adler, founder and general partner at Toyota Ventures, is concerned that climate technology gains could fall into the “valley of death” if companies fail to drum up enough demand to survive.&nbsp; And he’s not wrong to be worried.&nbsp; Climate tech investments in the first half of 2024 dipped for the second consecutive year, both [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Rivian has revealed the first $10 million worth of grants from the Rivian Foundation, three years after the EV maker vowed the philanthropy would receive 1% of its equity to make the &#8220;natural world&#8221; a &#8220;stakeholder in our success.&#8221; Rivian Foundation launched Monday a website that details 41 grantees who will collectively receive just north [&hellip;]</p>