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December 8, 2022

Four ways to accelerate deeptech and hardware climate startups in Europe

Deeptech and hardware climate startups could hold the key to solving the climate crisis — but they need the capital to scale


The climate crisis is a problem of atoms. We have emitted too much carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere — with no end in sight.

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