We track every climate tech company spinning out of top university labs — water, EVs, wildfire, materials, energy storage, and beyond. Inside signal on what's coming to market before anyone else knows.
Commercializing Prof. Omar Yaghi's MOF-303 atmospheric water harvesting technology. Pulls drinking water from air at 7% humidity using only sunlight.
Building the world's first commercially-relevant net energy fusion system. Spun out of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center. $2B+ raised.
Thermal battery stores renewable energy as heat in solid carbon blocks for 24/7 industrial heat and power. $237M raised. TomKat ITP alumnus.
Zero-carbon cement via electrochemistry — no fossil fuels, no limestone. First commercial plant in Holyoke, MA. $87M DOE grant. Holcim + CRH invested.
Next-gen geothermal using horizontal drilling technology from oil and gas. TomKat + Precourt alumnus. Providing 24/7 clean power to Google data centers.
Direct electrochemical CO2-to-methanol conversion. Circular carbon economy play. ClimateHaven portfolio company. $4.5M raised from Toyota Ventures.
52 incubators, accelerators, and research centers across 18 universities. When a new company forms, we add it to the database.
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