Meet BioConsortia, a startup using microbes to boost crops
Optimizing the combos of little organisms that live on plants could help feed the booming population of the future. Read more »
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Optimizing the combos of little organisms that live on plants could help feed the booming population of the future. Read more »
Beleaguered biofuel maker Kior has managed to close the financing it was hoping from investor Vinod Khosla, which will keep the company from temporarily defaulting on its loans and filing for… Read more »
Robotics, machine learning, computer vision and precision agriculture are the hot trends behind this startup’s weed-killing robots and their latest funding round. Read more »
China has long been the untapped wild card in cleantech. Now more entrepreneurs are making connections and raising funds from Asia. Read more »
Venture capital firm Khosla Ventures already has a long list of startups that it’s backed that are looking to make food more sustainable — like plant-based egg maker Hampton Creek Foods,… Read more »
Biofuel startup LS9 has been sold for $40 million to biodiesel maker Renewable Energy Group, reports MIT Tech Review. But before you congratulate them, note that LS9 raised $81 million over… Read more »
Look for the next generation of batteries, particularly for the power grid, to come out this year from some interesting startups. Read more »
A Bill Gates and Khosla-backed battery startup, Ambri, has reached an important milestone: it’s opened up its first small scale factory. Read more »
Struggling next-gen biofuel company Kior now has funding commitments from Bill Gates for its plant expansion. Read more »
Investor Vinod Khosla continues to pledge support for next-gen biofuel maker Kior. Despite the company missing its production targets, Khosla and his firm are pledging another $50M to help Kior double… Read more »