This week: The three Canadian companies in the XPRIZE finals, Shell's "phantom" CCUS carbon credits, and Eavor lands a 45M EUR loan for commercial geothermal.
Biointelligence's $5M seed round, a $2.4B carbon capture project runs into trouble, and Eavor spins up the country's first drilling accelerator.
Honda's investment is the latest in Canada's EV wins, Growcer raises $3M from strategic investors for vertical farms, and G7 countries agree to phase out coal.
Unpacking climate commitments in the federal budget, SWTCH raises a $27.2M Series B to bring EV charging to condos, and the world gears up to negotiate a plastics treaty in Ottawa.
A slow Q1 for climate funding, SmartD closes a Series A for energy efficient motors, and CleanBC runs into conflict of interest complaints.
Anodyne Chemistries closes $6M to disrupt the $5.7 trillion chemicals industry, Manitoba stakes out carbon capture plans, and Connect X wins for smart grid tech.
The province adds its own emissions cap on oil & gas, Arca takes home Startup of the Year for carbon removal tech, and Deep Sky partners with hybrid carbon remover Avnos
Rithmik closed $2M to optimize mining equipment, Canada Growth Fund injects $50M into Idealist's growth fund, and oil sands group kicks off a huge $16B carbon capture effort.
MarineLabs closes seed funding for ocean-data platform, Canada kickstarts a hydrogen market with Germany, and Carbonova raises $6M to turn CO2 into nanofibres.
Opalia will bring cell-based milk to market, Joyride raises a Series A to expand electric micro-mobility, and Canada's charging network continues to grow.
Plus- MaRS launches Women in Cleantech Network, Elevated Signals raise a Series A to optimize manufacturing, and the feds back nuclear expansion.
Plus- Assembly snags funding for modular mass timer, CarbiCrete gets a new CEO, and LaFarge switches plant to low-carbon cement
