#fundingFriday - Elephant Energy, the leading home electrification platform for homeowners and contractors, recently closed a $3.5M seed round led by Building Ventures, with participation from Daniel Gulati, Workshop, Reuben Munger, and others. - globenewswire.com/news-release/2…

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"Union Square Ventures, the venture capital firm known for its early stakes in Twitter, Coinbase & Etsy, has raised $200M for its second fund focused on early investments in climate tech startups, managing partner Albert Wenger confirmed..." - theinformation.com/articles/union…

"The company intends to use the funds to accelerate the development of its energy solution, expand to other sectors beyond higher education and grow its AI, sales, and marketing functions." - finsmes.com/2022/11/ecosyn…

"The first 100% bio-based 3D-printed home, BioHome3D, was unveiled on November 21 by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC). " - www-techtimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.techti…

Roughly 37% of CO2 emissions being attributed globally to buildings— thru direct (heating) & indirect (electricity generated to appliances) energy use — a high portion of climate change greenhouse gas emissions comes from the places where we live & work. - medium.com/alpaca-vc/fiel…

"Willow, a leading provider of digital twin solutions, has partnered with Microsoft to integrate the proptech firm’s WillowTwin platform with the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability." - globest.com/2022/12/01/wil…

“In order to achieve the targets for CO2 reduction in the urban environment, at least a thousand homes in the Netherlands need to be made more sustainable every single day. That is an immense task...” - siliconcanals.com/crowdfunding/e…

“The same way Tesla’s electrification of cars has influenced the motor industry, we want to be the catalyst of change to circularity in the workspace industry,” - placetech.net/news/tesla-for…

“Our average project is three months, so we’re pretty damn fast, but significantly faster in the new facility, and at a much lower price point,” - techcrunch.com/2022/12/02/pla…

“I would say Silicon Valley by and large is built to fund software companies and the further away you get from that software core, the less reliable it is as a funding mechanism.” - medium.com/third-sphere/f…

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"The problem with technology in this space is that vendors sell standalone solutions that create more silos at each level. This hinders energy conservation efforts." - placetech.net/analysis/the-r…

Paige Pitcher, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Moderne Ventures, unpacks Moderne Ventures’ mission, highlights some of their portfolio companies leading the way, and how the real estate sector can be mobilized to adopt better ESG practices. - plus.cretech.com/cretech-climat…

"Our platform is unlocking the big grid worldwide, providing simple APIs and software solutions for hundreds of the leading companies across electrification," - prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Pod Alert - Andres Guzman, Head of ESG, Tishman Speyer, unpacks the evolution of Tishman Speyer's ESG & net-zero strategies, how sustainability has been integrated throughout the company and its portfolio, and highlights ESG Data Management... - plus.cretech.com/cretech-climat…

"Climate Innovation Fund 1 had a dual focus on financial returns and positive environmental impacts." - realassets.ipe.com/news/nz-super-…

"The technology reduced weekday AHU run times by over three hours and reduced fan speed by more than 10% during lunchtime." - prescriptivedata.io/content/case-s…

"In November, France’s senate approved a law which would require the owners of almost all large parking lots to install solar panels. They would have to cover 50% of the lots’ surface area by 2028—or face a heavy monthly fine." - time.com/6239651/solar-…

"Global sea levels are rising. They’ve risen 10cm since 1993 and are projected to rise further still. What are planners doing to anticipate this watery Armageddon, asks Jeremy Hinds of Savills." - placetech.net/uncategorized/…