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Hyfé CEO Michelle Ruiz speaks on the positive impact that mycellium-based flour will have on food culture, human health, and the environment.

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• Hyfé

Tough Tech innovation is rapidly growing throughout the Boston/Cambridge area, and The Engine is thrilled to be at the helm of the movement.

Biobot's process for monitoring wastewater can help track diseases, drugs, and even explosives.

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• Biobot Analytics

Boston Metal aims to help the steel industry reduce its dependence on burning coal-based fuel and use sustainably produced electricity instead.

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• Boston Metal

MIT President L. Rafael Reif reflects on 5 years of The Engine and the rapid growth of the Tough Tech ecosystem in MIT's backyard.

Lilac Solutions CEO Dave Snydacker live on CNN's “First Move” discussing the essential role of lithium in the EV supply chain.

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• Lilac Solutions

Mantel's efficient carbon capture technology grows in potential under the new Inflation Reduction Act.

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• Mantel

Sync Computing raises $15.5M to transform how developers control data and machine learning cloud resources.

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• Sync Computing

CEO of Quaise Energy shares how his company plans to drill the deepest holes ever to unlock the nearly limitless potential of geothermal energy.

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• Quaise

Lilac Solutions aims to start producing lithium carbonate in 2024, and could give Argentina a sustainable gold rush.

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• Lilac Solutions

Foundation Alloy announced it has raised a $10.5 million seed funding round to commercialize its vertically integrated metal part production platform.

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• Foundation Alloy

Hyfé Foods is making pasta using a waste product that manufacturers would normally discard: sugar-filled water from food and beverage producers.

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• Hyfé

Roughly a tenth of global carbon emissions comes from the steel industry. Boston Metal hopes will dramatically reshape the way the alloy has been made for centuries.

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• Boston Metal

Katie Rae talks about the positive influence female GP's have when backing female founders.

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• Katie Rae

Seaspire Skincare CEO Camille Martin went from dissecting mollusks as part of her graduate degree to raising $3 million for the startup she and Leila Deravi ultimately co-founded in 2019.

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• Seaspire Skincare

The Routing Company is named one of the most promising sustainability startups in transportation by 12 top VCs.

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• The Routing Company

Developing a domestic supply of lithium is an important part of the U.S. push to expand alternative energy sources. Lilac Solutions is proving that they have a viable solution.

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• Lilac Solutions

Reducing carbon emissions in electricity and transportation dominate the dialogue. Katie Rae highlights the importance of decarbonizing sectors beyond that has been under-covered.

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• Katie Rae

Milo Werner, General Partner at The Engine, shares her triumphs and the challenges she faced developing first-generation and new product development.

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• Milo Werner

Commonwealth Fusion Systems ranked America's #1 startup employer!

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• Commonwealth Fusion Systems

An interview with Nabiha Saklayen and Marinna Madrid of Cellino Biotech Inc.

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• Cellino

The Engine is providing the patient capital required for breakthroughs on major societal problems like climate change and community health.

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• Katie Rae

Quaise Energy uses “millimeter wave” drilling systems to reach a layer of rock that can unlock energy sources all over the planet through its heat of over 700 degrees Fahrenheit.

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• Quaise

Boston Metal has emerged in the developing field of zero-emissions steel making, promising to deliver commercial quantities of green steel by 2025 without using hydrogen.

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• Boston Metal

Resonant Link raises $9M to fund a safe, non-invasive way of recharging batteries for the growing class of implantable devices.

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• Resonant Link

Sync Computing raised $6.1M to optimally and cost-efficiently provision cloud pipelines for data and machine learning workloads.

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• Sync Computing

Cellino Biotech raised $80M to advance their platform that uses machine learning to automate the process of removing unwanted cells.

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• Cellino

Cellino plans to expand access to stem cell-based therapies with a goal to build the first autonomous human cell foundry in 2025.

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• Cellino

Just a few months after winning TechCrunch Disrupt 2021’s Startup Battlefield, Cellino has even more momentum in the form of an $80 million Series A.

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• Cellino

Growing up with a love of astrology, Cellino Biotech founder Nabiha Saklayen now advances stem cell treatments.

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• Cellino