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Methane is responsible for ~30% of the planetary warming we experience today. While it is short-lived in the atmosphere, it is far more potent while alive than carbon dioxide: around 85x more. At Moxair, we are developing systems that convert methane into carbon dioxide and water using our proprietary catalysts and reactors -- greatly reducing the emissions impact of coal mining, dairy production, and oil & gas operations. Check out our website to learn more or to get in touch!

CapShift empowers families and institutions to easily shift both their charitable and traditional capital into hundreds of mission-driven funds and social enterprises focused on scaling solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Today, we offer an impact investing platform and suite of solutions designed for: Individuals and families in need of an easier way to find impact investments aligned with their unique goals and preferences. Financial advisors looking to source rigorously researched impact opportunities for their clients. Donor advised fund providers seeking a customizable turnkey solution to bring impact investing and recoverable grants to their donors. Together – we can invest in a better tomorrow. Come join us. Social media disclosures: https://capshift.com/social-media-disclosures/

Groma is a full-service real-estate development and management firm. We are passionate about the future of the greater Boston area. Our goal is to develop our local communities in innovative and sustainable ways.

Over 80% of Americans are worried about climate change, but 99% of Americans don’t have the option to make climate-friendly investments. Sphere makes climate-friendly investing available to everyone, by making it easy for employers to offer climate-friendly options in 401(k) retirement plans. A number of family offices and institutions have already stoped investing in the fossil fuel industry, often citing worrying economic factors and a need to protect long-term value as a driving force for decisions, including the Rockefeller Foundation, the New York State Pension Fund, and the Harvard Endowment. Sphere helps advisors and employers demonstrate their commitment to fiduciary duty with a high-quality product at reasonable fees while satisfying a deeply personal desire of clients, without having to choose between the two. The Sphere 500 Fossil-Free Index tracks the Top 500 US companies by market capitalization and excludes fossil fuel companies to avoid stranded asset risk. The fund votes shares for the planet, not for the status quo.

TwingTec is developing the next generation of wind energy technology: TwingPower. By using a tethered wing or Twing, the stronger winds at higher altitudes can be harvested. Without a tower or foundation the system is easy to transport and can be setup or demobilized without a crane, a key advantage for remote off-grid locations. TwingTec’s first product, the TT100 is a containerized mobile wind energy system producing clean electricity cheaper than fossil fuels. Fully autonomous and easily deployed, the TT100 offers significant diesel savings as well as uninterruptible power supply (UPS) functionality.

MCJ is an early-stage fund for the energy and industry transition and the inevitable impacts of climate change. We discover and invest in startups rewriting industries to be cleaner, more profitable, and more resilient. We strengthen our investments through the MCJ Collective — a vetted member network that connects talented tech and industrial leaders with our portfolio and with one another. Our media platform, including the Inevitable podcast, spotlights key perspectives critical to our portfolio and the transition at large, reaching tens of thousands of professionals multiple times per week.

Echelon is a concentrated pre-seed / seed venture capital firm that champions the upper echelon of founders, enabled by the "home for aliens" company-building network.

Spruce Power is a leading owner and operator of distributed generation residential solar assets in North America. We offer a comprehensive, end-to-end servicing solution for our customers with more than 60,000 PV systems and upwards of 330 MW of installed capacity. To learn more, visit sprucepower.com.

Flexday is the branded platform for the fractional office category that is modernizing office transactions, enabling workspace freedom for companies, and helping landlords capture new revenue and incubate new tenants. Flexday offers companies a variety of workspace options for their teams. As modern companies discover various flex workplace models that work for their unique business and people needs, Flexday helps by offering the most flexible use, broadest network of office spaces, meeting rooms, and workstations. Flexday offers landlords and property managers a category-first martech solution that instantly positions their properties for the modern office market. With a proprietary self-checkout technology that enables companies to browse, reserve and rent any office space for fractional or on-demand use, or capture their information for lease commitments, Flexday is leading the charge in modernizing and digitizing office space use and leases. Join the flex movement, and make your business more competitive through workspace-driven Flexday solutions!

Upwell produces sustainable ingredients from ocean plants for use in personal care products. Our ingredients are reef-safe, vegan, renewable, and carbon negative. Consumers are demanding “cleaner” and “greener” products and brands are racing to reformulate their products. “Blue Beauty” are products and brands that are built on being good for our oceans. "Blue Beauty" is an emerging space that is gaining rapid popularity. Upwell is positioned to lead in the blue beauty ingredient space as we aim to provide novel and patented ingredients to brands wanting to formulate sustainable, reef-safe, and high-quality products.

The impetus for Virtus Solis is to provide clean, low-cost renewable energy that directly supplants primary energy production for all terrestrial uses and eventually even extra-terrestrial. Fossil fuels power 85% of the world in a non-sustainable fashion. This must change. There are limited options for disruption because terrestrial renewable power is intermittent - it is seldom available when and where needed. Ubiquitous, inexpensive and clean energy are desperately needed. Cleaning up electric power requires replacing the equivalent of more than a million tons of coal use every day for the next 30 years. But even that is not enough. Globally, most of the planet’s population suffers from energy poverty, and access to low cost energy is the greatest lever for universal prosperity. Limitless low-cost energy solves these problems and promotes sustainable growth and harmony. Virtus Solis is the first low-cost space solar power system able to address the entire $8T energy market.

Propeller is a climate-tech venture fund that invests in and builds ocean-climate companies that use science and technology to address the climate crisis. For more information, please visit us at www.propellervc.com or follow us on Twitter @propellerocean.

Grey ammonia contributes 2% of global carbon emissions. Talus Renewables supports a cheaper, cleaner alternative: Green Ammonia. We are proud to introduce the world’s first modular green ammonia system that enables local production of low-cost, carbon-free fertilizers and renewable fuels. Our technology replaces a costly and unreliable supply chain, bringing equity in a sustainable future for all.

Founded in January 2020, Carbonwave (previously C-Combinator) is the worlds leading developer of ultra-regenerative, plant-based, advanced biomaterials from seaweed. It transforms Sargassum seaweed, a resource long considered waste and that doesn’t need land or other typical aids to grow, into biomaterials which replace derivatives from oil and other harmful industry inputs. Carbonwave is part of a new wave of companies that are building the next-generation economies that will heal the planet through materials that regeneratively sourced from our oceans. Carbonwave is focused on collecting, processing and growing seaweed profitably at scale. We are marketing seaweed extracts to the agricultural industry as organic fertilizers and biostimulants; plant-based (vegan) leathers for fashion and interiors; and broad-spectrum emulsifiers with a wide range of applications across cosmetics and skin-care products.

Empowering individuals with personally owned AIs to thrive in an AI-driven world.

Methane is responsible for ~30% of the planetary warming we experience today. While it is short-lived in the atmosphere, it is far more potent while alive than carbon dioxide: around 85x more. At Moxair, we are developing systems that convert methane into carbon dioxide and water using our proprietary catalysts and reactors -- greatly reducing the emissions impact of coal mining, dairy production, and oil & gas operations. Check out our website to learn more or to get in touch!

The ClimaTech Innovation Challenge helps climate and energy solution providers connect with customers, investors, and other resources. Leverage AI to engage with industry leaders and take your company to the next level.

Our vision at Climate Scale-Up is to champion the expansion of existing, impactful climate innovations. We believe that by accelerating the growth of proven solutions, we can pave the way for a sustainable future that benefits all. Climate Scale-up leverages MIT’s REAP framework, a proven approach to entrepreneurship and innovation. Our mission is to drive systemic change by uniting entrepreneurs with key stakeholders such as universities, government bodies, corporations and investors at a global scale.

Clymate Studios accelerates action towards combating climate change through investing in, advising, and starting companies, funds, non-profits, and other projects.