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Allium Engineering raises $7.4M Series A, partners with The New Industrial Corporation
Combining venture capital investment with access to project financing will allow scaleup of Allium’s stainless-steel cladding technology to the megaton-scale, empowering customers to build a world of better infrastructure and built environment. Read more
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DexMat Raises Over $5 Million in Seed Funding to Scale Galvorn®, a High-Performance Alternative to Copper
Led by non sibi ventures, the round supports growing customer demand as manufacturers adopt lightweight, flexible materials for performance-critical systems. Read more
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Class 3 Technologies Secures $3.5M to Scale Next-Generation Climate Risk and Resilience Software
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Class 3 Technologies (Class 3), a startup pioneering the next-generation of climate risk and resilience modeling for the built environment, today announces the close of its $3.5M seed round led by Powerhouse Ventures alongside Sustainable Future Ventures and Tailwind Futures. Spun out of the global engineering and built environment consultancy Arup, Class 3 exits stealth with Iris… Read more
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FieldFactors raises €1.65M to scale innovative rainwater capture systems across Europe and Latin America
FieldFactors, the Dutch startup turning rain into a local resource, has raised €1.65 million to expand its innovative rainwater reuse systems. The funding round, which was oversubscribed, drew interest from investors across Europe, the US and Latin America. Led by Dutch impact investor Connect the Drops, the round also includes participation with Tailwind Futures, Amplifica… Read more
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The Business Case For Climate Adaptation
Tailwind’s Emilie Mazzacurati spoke with Jamil Wyne for the Forbes article, The Business Case for Adaptation. It sets the stage for the state of adaptation & resilience investment and where demand for solutions is growing using Tailwind data. Excerpts include: Why is there a gap? “While there is no single reason that can explain the… Read more
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Mind the Gaps: Tailwind’s New Playbook Aims to Plug Adaptation’s Capital, Demand, and Ecosystem Holes
The advisory and investment firm reports a shocking lack of financing for adaptation and resilience innovations TL;DR Read the full story (subscription required). Read more
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Investment in adaptation startups ‘remains glaringly low’
New research by Tailwind Climate finds funding gaps in the adaptation space, even as investor interest starts to consolidate. The adaptation and resilience investment space is amassing investor interest — but still has big funding gaps slowing its evolution. A new report, published today by the investment and advisory firm Tailwind Climate, has found that when it comes… Read more
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$1.4 Trillion Market for Climate Adaptation and Resilience Solutions
But only 21% of climate tech venture funding goes to adaptation tech startups NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2024 — The advisory and investment firm Tailwind (www.tailwindfutures.com) has released the Adaptation & Resilience Innovation Playbook, a market report on the state of supply, demand, and investment capital available in the climate adaptation innovation space. Adaptation and… Read more
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As Disasters Strike, Investors Turn to Adaptation Tech
As the southeastern U.S. recovers from hurricanes Helene and Milton, the destruction the storms have left behind serves to underline the obvious: The need for technologies that support climate change adaptation and resilience is both real and urgent. And while nearly all the money in climate finance still flows into mitigation tech, which seeks to… Read more
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The ‘relentless optimism’ of investing in adaptation
“We need adaptation and resilience solutions not only to protect ourselves, but to envision how humanity can thrive on the planet.” Read the full story, quoting Katie MacDonald. Read more