Issue #40: AgriVoltaics / EV Charging / Risk Mapping
Sunjul enables agrivoltaic, ChargeNet transforms EV charging, Prisere maps out risks.
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Sunjul
#️⃣ Agriculture / Solar / AI
Sunjul provides impartial decision making software for agrivoltaics, the dual use of agriculture and solar. The company models crop yield, solar energy, water stress and climate change projection across multiple geographies and crops to simplify the identification of suitable land and accelerate planning procedures. They recently received funding from Carbon13.
Co-Founder & CEO: Susan Gregory
Co-Founder & CSO: Dadiyorto Wendi
HQ: Brighton
Stage: Pre-Seed
Company Asks: They are looking to connect with folks in the solar industry, and with anyone else who has built a global business built on geo-location data.
ChargeNet
#️⃣ EV Charging / Mobility / Energy
ChargeNet creates EV fast charging stations for fast food restaurants. The stations are complemented with solar and energy storage to create a carbon negative service station. The company is building a network along major transit routes, and grid-services support. Their software dispatches assets to self-consume solar and provides economic benefits to restaurants, along with a customer-friendly front end to charge cars. ChargeNet closed a seed round led by Aligned Climate Capital and are LACI graduate.
Co-Founder & CEO: Tosh Dutt
Co-Founder and CTO: Rebecca Wolkoff
Co-Founder and COO: Venus Jenkins
HQ: San Diego, CA
Stage: Seed
Company Asks: They are looking to hire a CRO and welcome any connections to quick serve restaurants in the US, especially in California and New York.
Prisere
#️⃣ SaaS / Climate Resilience
Prisere solves the lack of risk mapping and risk modeling tools that are essential to resilience. The company aims to fill that gap by building capacity for climate and disaster resilience with improved risk tools, including risk communications, risk mapping and software apps, training and technical advisory services.
The company received a Phase 1 SBIR award from the U.S. Department of Energy and graduated from the CleanTech Open accelerator. They are currently participating in the Venture for Climate Tech accelerator.
Co-Founder & CEO: Donna Childs
HQ: Cranston, RI
Stage: Seed
Company Asks: They would love to chat with folks about customer development.
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