To a developer, it can begin with a POST /subscriptions request. To the household behind that request, something much larger starts moving. An old electricity contract may need to be cancelled. A new supplier has to be registered with the grid operator. Metering needs to work. Bills need to arrive. The new contract eventually has […]
Europe’s energy transition is usually discussed in enormous numbers: gigawatts of solar, millions of heat pumps, national climate targets and billions of euros in infrastructure. For a homeowner, however, the decision can become much smaller and much more uncomfortable. A family can understand exactly why solar panels, a battery or a heat pump makes sense […]
Silicon has always looked like the obvious answer. It can hold around 10 times more lithium by mass than graphite, which makes it extraordinarily attractive for lithium-ion batteries. The problem is what happens when it actually does the job. Silicon expands as it charges, contracts as it discharges, and can gradually destroy the electrode around […]
Oshen is building for one of the planet’s largest blind spots. Oceans cover most of Earth, yet vast areas are still observed only intermittently because ships, buoys, satellites, and crewed missions cannot provide persistent coverage everywhere. The Plymouth-based company is trying to change that with fleets of small autonomous robots that can stay at sea […]
Nanolope wants the surfaces already surrounding people inside a building to do more than divide rooms. The Berlin deep-tech company has developed retrofit panels that absorb excess heat as indoor temperatures rise and release it again when temperatures fall, effectively turning ceilings, walls and floors into passive thermal storage. Its target is the enormous stock […]

Building batteries, solar projects and data centers requires enormous amounts of capital. Deciding what those assets are worth still relies too heavily on disconnected models, static reports and inconsistent assumptions. Modo Energy has raised $30 million in Series B funding to build a more consistent valuation layer for the electrification economy. Molten Ventures led the […]

Perovskite solar has already demonstrated strong efficiency. The harder problem is keeping the technology stable when modules become larger and move outside the laboratory. Sofab Inks has raised $6 million in seed funding to scale its specialty materials platform for perovskite solar manufacturing. Cloudberry Ventures led the round. The company plans to expand production capacity […]

Rice is essential to global food security, but the way it is traditionally cultivated creates a significant climate and water challenge. Singapore-based Rize has raised $31 million in Series B funding to expand its sustainable rice platform across Southeast Asia. The round combines equity and debt financing and takes its reported total funding to approximately […]