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UniSieve’s filters use special crystals to reduce industrial emissions

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The energy-intensive process of separating and purifying chemicals and gases is a big reason why industries like plastic manufacturing cause so much pollution. They also figured out how to make manufacturing scalable. UniSieve is already making revenue and currently has over 24 clients, including chemical and energy companies.

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Oxyle’s tech uses water movement to remove pollutants

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The Zurich-based startup announced today $3 million in pre-seed funding that it will use to bring its tech to market. The startup’s customers include companies in the pesticide, chemical, textile pigments, electronics and pharmaceutical sectors that are regulated by strict discharge limits. million since it was founded in 2020.

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Vertical Oceans aims to grow sustainable shrimp in huge ‘aqua towers’ inside cities

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The towers can incubate shrimp without chemicals or antibiotics, and out of season. And let’s remember, Shrimp is a $50 billion a year market globally. called Tru Shrimp, which is not specifically vertical farming but is developing a scalable indoor farming technology. Coming out of IndieBio, Vertical Oceans has now closed a $3.5

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New Age Meats bites into $25M for cultured meat product line development

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CEO Brian Spears has a chemical engineering background and co-founded the company, which makes meat from animal cells, in 2018 after spending 12 years developing research laboratory and industry automation. He expects to be able to go to market in 2022, pending approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Amazon backs Indian meat startup FreshToHome in $104 million funding

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Indian startup FreshToHome, which sells fresh fish and meat to consumers in the South Asian market and the Middle East region, has courted a new backer: Amazon. Started in 2015, FreshToHome is one of the largest players battling for a slice of the $100 billion Indian fish and meat market.

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Will enterprises soon keep their best gen AI use cases under wraps?

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They had ChatGPT write the script, and other gen AI tools to create a digital person who reads the script, a scalable process with at least one measurable benefit: speed. Normally, a CCO develops ideas about what the market needs and communicates them to a design team, which produces sketches to then be reviewed by the CCO.

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A road map for climate investors

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None of the solutions above are within a decade to market; all are in the research stage. They have made a few bricks and are years from the market. However, a few companies promising greener concrete are coming to market in the next few years. Industrial chemicals. Getting to scale is expensive.

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