Tim De Chant, Author at TechCrunch

E-fuels startup Aether Fuels is raising $34.3 million, per filing

Tim De Chant — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:31:31 +0000

The e-fuels startup is working on producing fuel for aviation and maritime shipping using carbon dioxide and other waste carbon streams.

Kilimo helps farmers save water and get paid for it

Tim De Chant — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 04:01:00 +0000

Cheap irrigation has transformed many regions around the world into breadbaskets, but it also means that there can be little left for other uses.

Dandelion co-founder is back to help you electrify your home for less

Tim De Chant — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Balto Energy hopes to speed the electrification by helping homeowners choose and finance the projects that make the most sense for them.

Unigrid wants to make batteries cheaper and safer using sodium

Tim De Chant — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Sodium-ion isn’t quite ready for widespread use, but one startup thinks it has surmounted the battery chemistry's key hurdles.

Aepnus wants to create a circular economy for key battery manufacturing materials

Tim De Chant — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The specter of wastewater threatens to stall the construction of battery factories. One startup, though, says the solution is to recycle it.

Civic Renewables is rolling up residential solar installers to improve quality and grow the market

Tim De Chant — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:01:12 +0000

With most residential solar panels installed by smaller companies, customer experience can be a mixed bag. To try to address the quality and consistency problem, Civic Renewables is buying small installers.

After hits like Reddit and Scopely, Collaborative Fund easily raised a $125M fund to tackle climate, health and food

Tim De Chant — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000

“We were motivated to fundraise because we think the ’24 vintage is going to be a good one,” founder Craig Shapiro said.

Novel battery manufacturer EnerVenue is raising $515M, per filing

Tim De Chant — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:49:47 +0000

The company is in the process of building a gigawatt-scale factory in Kentucky to produce its nickel-hydrogen batteries.

How many Earths does your lifestyle require?

Tim De Chant — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000

A new app called MyGlimpact is intended not only to help people understand their environmental footprint, but why they shouldn’t feel guilty about it.

SiTration uses silicon wafers to reclaim critical minerals from mining waste

Tim De Chant — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000

The startup is hoping its durable filters can make metals refining and battery recycling more efficient, too.

‘Star Wars’ lasers and waterfalls of molten salt: How Xcimer plans to make fusion power happen

Tim De Chant — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The startup has been pursuing a ground-up redesign of a well-understood technology.

Mill’s redesigned food waste bin really is faster and quieter than before

Tim De Chant — Fri, 31 May 2024 20:20:00 +0000

The design brief was simple: each grind and dry cycle had to be completed before breakfast. Here's how Mill made it happen.

How Clean Energy Ventures avoided the pandemic bubble and raised a $305M fund

Tim De Chant — Wed, 29 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000

When other firms were investing and raising eye-popping sums, Clean Energy Ventures took a different approach. It appears to be paying off.

Cloover wants to speed solar adoption by helping installers finance new sales

Tim De Chant — Tue, 28 May 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Small operations can lose customers by not offering financing, something the Berlin-based startup wants to change.

Ore Energy emerges from stealth to build utility-scale batteries that last days, not hours

Tim De Chant — Wed, 22 May 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Ore Energy emerged from stealth today with €10 million in seed funding. The company hopes to make grid-scale batteries that are cheaper and longer lasting.

Bill Gates-backed wind startup AirLoom is raising $12M, filings reveal

Tim De Chant — Tue, 21 May 2024 16:30:00 +0000

The company is hoping to produce electricity at $13 per megawatt hour, which would be more than 50% cheaper than traditional onshore wind.

Special mud helps XGS Energy get more power out of geothermal wells

Tim De Chant — Tue, 21 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Young geothermal energy wells can be like budding prodigies, each brimming with potential to outshine their peers. But like people, most decline with age. In California, for example, the amount of electricity generated by geothermal power plants declined by 15% between 2001 and 2018, partly because existing wells degraded. “The history of geothermal has been […]

Porsche Ventures invests in battery startup South 8 to boost cold-weather EV performance

Tim De Chant — Tue, 21 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000

All cars suffer when the mercury drops, but electric vehicles suffer more than most as heaters draw more power and batteries charge more slowly as the liquid electrolyte inside thickens. Drivers in Chicago found this out the hard way last January after many Teslas failed to charge during a deep freeze. One startup, South 8 […]

ETF Partners raises €285M for climate startups that will be effective quickly — not 20 years down the road

Tim De Chant — Tue, 21 May 2024 00:01:00 +0000

The European venture capital firm raised its fourth fund as fund as climate tech "comes of age."

Forget EVs: Why Bedrock Materials is targeting gas-powered cars for its first sodium-ion batteries

Tim De Chant — Thu, 16 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000

Bedrock Materials is developing a new type of sodium-ion battery, which promises to be dramatically cheaper than lithium-ion.