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Greenville Startup, Advanced Power & Energy, Receives Game-Changing $500,000 Investment to Pave the Way for Safer EV Charging Stations

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

A groundbreaking advancement in electric vehicle (EV) charging technology is set to transform the industry as Greenville-based startup, Advanced Power & Energy, secures a significant investment of $500,000 from the Mercer County Innovation Fund, in collaboration with Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern Pennsylvania.

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New Startup Accelerator for Battery Innovation Accepting Applications

American Entrepreneurship

Part of this initiative was used to open the new accelerator ChargeUp in upstate New York , focusing on battery innovations. Companies participating in the accelerator program, which is mostly remote, benefit from the region’s growing battery industry cluster enabled by New Energy New York ( NENY). awarded a $4.5

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Innovation is key to economic development

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Through our four-way strategic partnership, the Oklahoma Innovation Model, which has been more than 20 years in the making and is nationally acknowledged as best in class, kick-started and continues to drive the innovation economy here, complementing but never diminishing Oklahoma’s long-standing reliance on energy, agriculture, and aerospace. “We

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CSIT Awards over $2.7M to Support Clean Energy Startups with Demonstration Projects

American Entrepreneurship

The innovative ideas of New Jersey entrepreneurs are essential to helping the state achieve its clean energy goals, said CSIT Executive Director Judith Sheft. New Jerseys startup companies are at the forefront of creative and transformative technologies that will move New Jersey closer to its goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2035.

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Wavemaker Impact announces first close of debut fund at $13m

AsiaTechDaily

The climatetech venture builder also has the support of EDB New Ventures, the venture-building arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board. The venture builder is enabling business models in land use and deforestation, agriculture, mobility, industry, buildings, and energy.

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The Finalists in the PA WILDS BIG IDEA Contest Have Been Announced!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

The prize package for this contest includes up to $50,000 in cash, the opportunity to win an additional $2,500 in a People’s Choice Award, the chance to pitch the business concept for a $10,000 seed grant from Ben Franklin, and a guaranteed seat in an upcoming business accelerator program.

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5 areas where VCs can play an outsized role in addressing climate change

TechCrunch

Jamil Wyne is an advisor, investor and author focusing on entrepreneurship, technology and economic development in emerging markets. He has worked with the World Bank, IFC, UN, Clean Energy Venture Group, Schmidt Futures, Ashoka, and other organizations. Jamil Wyne. Contributor. More posts by this contributor.