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Category Clean tech and energy
Schneider Electric’s VC Arm: The AI Buildout Is Creating A New Industrial Investment Cycle
Crunchbase News recently spoke with SE Ventures managing partner Amit Chaturvedy about how the company is backing startups building the technologie...
Jul 27, 2026
10 min read
by Crunchbase
Why Ex-Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Says It’s A Great Time To Build A Hard Tech Company: ‘Infrastructure Is The Moat’
In this Crunchbase News Q&A, Gigascale Capital founder Mike Schroepfer discusses the coming power crunch, why infrastructure has become a strategic...
Jun 24, 2026
22 min read
by Crunchbase
Silicon Is Back: Playground Global’s Decade-Long Bet On Hardware, Energy And Deep Tech Looks Prescient
In the decade-plus since Playground Global's founding, it has built its investment thesis around the idea that breakthroughs in science and enginee...
Jun 16, 2026
19 min read
by Crunchbase
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Megarounds Proliferate, Led By Enterprise Software, AI, And Space Tech
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? C...
Jun 5, 2026
3 min read
by Crunchbase
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: On-Demand Custom Manufacturing, Underwater Geothermal Energy, And Adventure Group Travel
A grab bag of funded startups caught our attention this past month, from a previously bootstrapped custom metal manufacturer that got its first out...
Jun 5, 2026
7 min read
by Crunchbase