Mike Schroepfer's Gigascale Capital has raised a large fund to back founders building climate-friendly solutions for the world's energy and material shortages.
BioWare veteran Mark Darrah, who we recently saw put out a defence of Anthem, has also potentially found a solution for the issue of video game budgets reaching unsustainable levels that isn't just 'hope you have a hit live service game to keep paying everyone.' It's a solution taken from the film industry, which basically points to something game creators like Hideo Kojima were already doing, and argues that more creators should take note. Spotted by Eurogamer, Darrah believes that game publishers and developers can help get their games made through product placement, just like the kind we saw in […]
Rivian has reworked its loan deal with the Department of Energy and now expects to borrow $4.5 billion to build its new factory in Georgia, down from the original amount of $6.6 billion.
Nuclear startup X-energy went public, geothermal startup Fervo is about to. Could this be the moment that climate tech investors have been waiting for?
Fusion energy has been “20 years away” for decades, but has the science finally caught up? Private investment in fusion companies surged from $10 billion to $15 billion in just months, and the money is coming from places you wouldn’t expect. Watch as Rebecca Bellan and guest host Tim De Chant sit down with Rachel Slaybaugh, general partner at DCVC on this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast. The trio breaks […]