Issue #9 (Remora, Solstice, Queen of Raw)
Meet the best women-led climate tech companies.
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Featured Companies
Remora
Remora Co-founder and CTO, Christina Reynolds. Photo credit: Remora.
Remora’s mobile carbon capture system reduces emissions from semi-trucks by at least 80%, utilizing a solid sorbent that selectively binds with CO2 molecules in the exhaust stream. It regenerates freely using exhaust heat, releasing high-purity compressed CO2 in the process. Trucks can offload the gas in the time it takes to refuel, allowing it to be sold for use or pumped underground, and offering customers a low-capex approach to decarbonize entire fleets. Remora is backed by both Y Combinator and Lowercarbon Capital.
Co-founder & CTO: Christina Reynolds
HQ: Detroit, MI
Solstice
Solstice co-founders Sandhya Murali (left) and Stephanie Speirs. Photo credit: MIT News.
For the first time, solar is as cheap as fossil fuels. However, 77% of American households cannot install rooftop solar due to rented housing, the structure of their rooftop, the upfront cost, access to financing, or credit requirements. Solstice connects households and organizations to community solar, which allows local residents to subscribe to community-shared solar farms for free, without installations, and enjoy guaranteed savings on their monthly utility bill. Elemental Excelerator selected Solstice as one of its first seven companies for their Equity & Access track cohort for 2019. Solstice and its founders have earned numerous awards and accolades, is supported by Powerhouse Ventures, and is a Techstars accelerator alum.
Co-founder & CEO: Stephanie Speirs
Co-founder & COO: Sandhya Murali
HQ: Cambridge, MA
Queen of Raw
Stephanie Benedetto, Co-Founder & CEO of Queen of Raw. Photo credit: Supply Compass.
Despite the textile industry’s significant contribution to global emissions, pollution, and water consumption, $120 billion of fabric sits unused in warehouses, or is burned or thrown in a landfill. Queen of Raw is a global marketplace for buying and selling these unused textiles, turning pollution into profit, and helping 175,000 users save millions of dollars—and more than a billion gallons of water. Utilizing AI-powered supply chain tools to eliminate and monetize textile waste, it tracks and analyzes data to keep unused raw materials out of landfills. Queen of Raw also offers a service to sellers that maps, measures, and traces their supply chains, minimizing their waste streams going forward. They have been featured in NPR and Forbes, amongst many others. In 2020, Stephanie was selected for the Grist 50 and Inc.’s Female Founders 100, and is an MIT - Solve Global Challenge winner, LAUNCH innovator, and Techstars accelerator alum.
Co-founder & CEO: Stephanie Benedetto
HQ: New York, NY
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