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New Lithium Mining Technology Could Give Argentina a Sustainable Gold Rush
TIME
Lilac Solutions aims to start producing lithium carbonate in 2024, and could give Argentina a sustainable gold rush.
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Foundation Alloy Raised Over $10 Million To Make Metal Manufacturing More Efficient And Sustainable
Forbes
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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This startup makes carbon-neutral, high-protein pasta from fungi
Fast Company
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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Steelmaking Cannot Go On This Way
The Atlantic
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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Startups are appointing more women to boards but a high proportion of them are internal promotions, who are less independent than external appointments
BusinessInsider
Katie Rae talks about the positive influence female GP's have when backing female founders.
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Seaspire Skincare to launch octopus-inspired skin care regimen with $3M round
Boston Business Journal
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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TRC named one of the 36 most promising sustainability startups in transportation, according to top VCs
BusinessInsider
The Routing Company is named one of the most promising sustainability startups in transportation by 12 top VCs.
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New Lithium-Extraction Technology Attracts Investors. But Is It Viable?
Wall Street Journal
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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Q&A with The Engine’s Katie Rae
Axios
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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A First-Generation Product Master Class with Milo Werner
Manufacturing Happy Hour
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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Forbes: America’s Best Startup Employers
Forbes
Commonwealth Fusion Systems ranked America's #1 startup employer!
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Making personalized, autologous cell therapies accessible
Future Medicine
An interview with Nabiha Saklayen and Marinna Madrid of Cellino Biotech Inc.
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Navigating a New Now: Investing in ‘Tough Tech’
Yale Insights
The Engine is providing the patient capital required for breakthroughs on major societal problems like climate change and community health.
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These 12-mile-deep holes could convert power plants from fossil fuel to geothermal
Fast Company
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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Boston Metal promises green steel by 2025 as decarbonisation race heats up
ABC News
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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Resonant Link Raised Over $9 Million To Make Medical Implants Charge Wirelessly
Forbes
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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Sync Computing looks to optimize cloud performance, emerges from stealth with $6.1M in funding
Venture Beat
Sync Computing raised $6.1M to optimally and cost-efficiently provision cloud pipelines for data and machine learning workloads.
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Bayer leads $80M funding round for Cellino, betting on new cell therapy manufacturing platform
Fierce Pharma
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 Just Raised An $80 Million War Chest To Revolutionize Medicine
Forbes
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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Startup Battlefield winner Cellino grabs $80M Series A
TechCrunch
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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From stargazer to startup founder: Biotech founder advances stem cells
Boston Business Journal
Growing up with a love of astrology, Cellino Biotech founder Nabiha Saklayen now advances stem cell treatments.
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Biobot Analytics, the Cambridge startup tracking COVID in America’s waste water
Boston Globe
Biobot Analytics is gaining traction as it studies sewage to predict the pandemic.
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Biobot: In Sewage, Clues to Omicron’s Surge
The New York Times
Biobot Analytics is tracking COVID-19 in wastewater, helping cities and hospitals respond to the most recent wave of the coronavirus.
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Energy from the earth, for the earth
MIT Technology Review
Quaise Energy CEO Carlos Araque is looking to change the factors limiting access to geothermal power using a groundbreaking technology developed at MIT.
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Paul Le Floch, Co-Founder and CEO of Axoft, awarded Forbes 30 Under 30
Forbes
Le Floch is the CEO and Co-Founder of Axoft, developing soft brain implants to treat neurological disorders by communicating with tens of thousands of neurons.
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems secures $1.8 billion in funding
Financial Times
Commonwealth Fusion Systems has secured nearly $2 billion in funding to develop their promising fusion energy technology.
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems smashes Massachusetts record for venture capital
Boston Globe
Fundraising by private startups has skyrocketed this year, but Commonwealth Fusion Systems just sent the trend into orbit.
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems Lands $1.8 Billion as Investors Chase Star Power
Wall Street Journal
Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised more than $1.8 billion in the largest private investment for nuclear fusion yet as startups race to be the first to generate carbon-free energy like the sun.
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What investors look for when deciding to back an A.I. startup; featuring Reed Sturtevant
Fortune
The demand for artificial intelligence that can help solve real-world problems is only continuing to grow, and consequently, investors are receiving more pitches from startups claiming to be the next big thing.
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Osmoses Material Thinner Than Human Hair Could Slash Carbon Emissions
Bloomberg
Super-thin membrane from startup Osmoses aims to cut pollution and improve CO2 capture economics.
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