Green tech is one of the hottest areas for tech startups these days, not to mention venture capital funding. Business and Tech Reporter ScottBudman gives us a peek into the future of how Silicon Valley plans to fight climate change.
Newark-based Lucid Motors, one of several electric vehicle makers, raised billions of venture dollars to put emission-free cars on the road.
"And I see that happening on both the employee and customer side, employees want to work for employers that care about things like that, and have a brand that says they care about that and will actually do something about it,” said Pamela Rucker, instructor at Harvard Professional Development. “And people want to buy from companies committed to sustainability and are doing the right things with the money that they earn.
In San Mateo, Lasso’s helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by recycling more efficiently than giant facilities. "We're not worried about speed, we're worried about purity and separation and maintaining that, rather than, how much can I push through in an hour,” said Phil Sanders, Lasso Loop CTO.Because venture capitalists are jumping in, climate tech startups raised $40 billion last year -- that's double what was raised in 2020.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Russian Invasion Of Ukraine’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Hits Tech Everywhere – But Especially Inside The Stricken Country“We have a significant presence of our engineering talent with around 14,000 people spread from around east to west [Ukraine] and it’s obvious the current events are impacting [us],” says Arkadiy Dobkin, CEO and chairman of EPAM.
Read more »
Russian Invasion Of Ukraine’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Hits Tech Everywhere – But Especially Inside The Stricken Country“We have a significant presence of our engineering talent with around 14,000 people spread from around east to west [Ukraine] and it’s obvious the current events are impacting [us],” says Arkadiy Dobkin, CEO and chairman of EPAM.
Read more »
Person Walking On Highway 101 in Mill Valley Hit, Killed By VehicleA person walking on U.S. Highway 101 in Mill Valley died after being struck by a vehicle Sunday night.
Read more »
Community meetings in the San Fernando Valley, April 18-25Find a book club, gardening club, neighborhood council, a veterans group and other meetings plus charity and volunteer opportunities.
Read more »
Suspects elude deputies after carjacking, chase in Spring ValleyThe carjacking was reported just before 11 p.m. Saturday on Campo Road near Kenwood Drive
Read more »
Amazon Semi-Truck Crashes on Slick I-15 Near Mission ValleyAll lanes of northbound Interstate 15 reopened early Sunday morning after an Amazon semi-truck crashed overnight in Mission Valley. The driver lost control around midnight near the Interstate 8 freeway heading into Mission Valley. The roads were wet as rain swept through the region. The driver was able to get out of the truck and a sig alert was issued…
Read more »