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8 startups working at the intersection of AI and the energy sector
While AI is increasing demands on energy supply, a number of startups are harnessing AI to make energy networks more efficient and sustainable. Here are ones to watch.
Jul 25, 2025Shell Ventures veteran Van de Wouw joins climate investment firm
Geert van de Wouw joined Just Climate at the start of July after over a decade at the helm of Shell Ventures.
Jul 21, 2025Japanese power company Jera gets bolder with plans to back green startups…
Two years since the inception of the investment arm, new head Takeshi Kodama is helping solidify the unit's vision for the future energy mix.
Jul 21, 2025Replacement retinas grown in zero gravity show potential of "space factories"
The costs of making things in space — and getting them back to earth — is high. But infrastructure to bring down the costs is being built.
Jul 17, 2025Oil and gas companies tripled investments in hydrogen startups in H1
The decline of cleantech and hydrogen investments is overstated in H1, according to GCV data, while transport investments go cold.
Jul 16, 2025Pinizzotto leaves French utility Engie's venture arm
Former GCV Emerging Leader Scott Pinizzotto is seeking new climate tech VC opportunities after almost 10 years at Engie's venture unit.
Jul 14, 2025Tulum repurposes steel furnaces to make cheap, low-emission hydrogen
Tulum Energy, spun out of industrial group Techint, has developed a technology that creates emissions-free hydrogen at similar costs to hydrogen based on fossil fuels.
Jul 11, 2025Chechel leaves Shell’s startup investment arm
She joins oil and gas company Perenco’s cleantech fund after four years at Shell Ventures.
Jul 3, 2025Birr to leave strategy role at German utility E.ON
He alluded to sharing soon what’s next in his new career chapter in a LinkedIn post.
Jun 30, 20255 cleantech startups tackling high cost of energy innovation
Here are five startups coming to the GCV Symposium in London, which are developing technologies for the next generation of green energy.
Jun 16, 2025Reid leaves BP’s investment arm
She was investment director at the CVC for more than two years.
Jun 12, 2025Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras to launch $90m investment fund
Petrobras is seeking a fund manager and external capital to invest in decarbonisation technologies.
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