Gen-Z fashion marketplace / Affordable air quality / DEI talent and culture platform
SENSE of SHELF enables ethical fashion, Carbon Reform brings clean air to everyone, ALLY Energy connects climate companies to the right people. Bonus: apply to C3E awards & venture for climate tech.
Featured Companies
SENSE of SHELF
SENSE of SHELF is an eco and ethical marketplace for price-accessible and size-inclusive fashion geared towards Gen Z. The company is post-product, post-revenue, and are currently working on expanding their marketplace and building out their proprietary due diligence process into a b2b platform. The big-picture vision is for SENSE of SHELF to be the authority on sustainable fashion for brands and consumers alike as the USA moves to regulate the industry. In 2021, the company experienced exponential growth and onboarded more than 2,000 items. They have been featured in The Cut, WhoWhatWear, Business of Fashion, The Zoe Report, Buzzfeed, Refinery29, Thrillist, and more. Their advisory board includes Ali Kriegsman, Co-founder, COO at Bulletin, Y Combinator W17, Forbes 30 under 30, and Julia Enyart, Vice President, Sustainable and Impact Investing at Glenmede Investment Management.
Founder & CEO: Madeline Ritaccio
HQ: New York City
Stage: Pre-Seed
Carbon Reform
Carbon Reform is a climate and health technology startup building a modular carbon capture device for indoor air. Their product, Carbon Capsule, is a retrofit to any HVAC system that purifies the air inside a building while permanently sequestering dozens of tons of CO2, and avoiding additional emissions through energy savings. Carbon Reform has several pilot projects in progress and on deck, including a joint development agreement with a Fortune 500 HVAC manufacturer and a pilot study in a local charter school, funded by a regional power company. Carbon Reform also has a partnership in progress for 500 of their first commercial devices, going out in 2023 and 2024.
Founder & CEO: Jo Norris
HQ: Wilmington, DE
Stage: Seed
ALLY Energy
ALLY Energy is the leading DEI talent and culture platform that accelerates connections, careers, and skills for an equitable energy transition. The software as a service platform connects the energy industry, including solar, wind, oil and gas, power and utilities, biofuels, hydrogen, geothermal, carbon capture, and climate tech, to the right people, jobs and training. ALLY Energy is a member of Greentown Labs, counts 40+ enterprise clients, and has been at break-even for three years with clients across the platform. The company has been featured by NPR and Houston Public Media, and recently announced its expansion and new advisory board.
Founder & CEO: Katie Menhert
HQ: Houston, Texas USA
Stage: Seed
Bonus: Nominate Women Leaders in Cleantech + Apply for Venture For ClimateTech Cohort 2
Nominations for the 2022 U.S. C3E Awards are open now
The US Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Initiative is advancing women’s leadership in clean energy. Do you know a mid-career woman in cleantech who deserves national recognition? Nominate her for the C3E Awards by March 10th, sponsored by the Department of Energy, MIT, Stanford and Texas A&M. The awards cover 8 different eligible categories in clean energy: Entrepreneurship; International; Business; Law & Finance; Technology Research and Innovation; Policy Innovation; Government; Education & Advocacy. The benefits are tremendous and valuable to any career - national visibility, and membership of the C3E network, and $8K reward.
Venture For ClimateTech: Calling all pre-seed & angel stage innovators
Applications for Venture For ClimateTech are open through March 4th. They help angel/pre-seed stage climate innovators access the tools, talent, and capital they need to launch, and provide up to 100k in non-dilutive funding. To learn more, check out their website and apply here.
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