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Climes gets $1.2M to help businesses become market leaders in climate change

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Climatetech startup Climes has secured funding of $1.2 million. The company will use the money to enhance brand synergies with the fashion, food, travel, beauty, and personal care industries in order to develop a roadmap for businesses to become market leaders in climate change. Climes, a climatetech business, has announced that it has secured $1.2 million in investment led by Sequoia Capital India, Kalaari Capital, and Nithin Kamath (Zerodha, Rainmatter), as well as Avaana Capital. Keshav Reddy (Reddy Futures), Arjun Gupta (Smart Joules), Akshay Singhal (Log9 Materials), Satyen Kothari (Cube Wealth), and Anshuman Bapna (Terra.do) from Stanford Angels are among the other investors in the round. Climes intends to utilize the funds to enhance brand synergies with the fashion, food, travel, beauty, and personal care industries in order to develop a roadmap for businesses to become market leaders in climate change. They will also enhance its technology to allow for the rapid...

Climes gets $1.2M to help businesses become market leaders in climate change

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Climatetech startup Climes has secured funding of $1.2 million. The company will use the money to enhance brand synergies with the fashion, food, travel, beauty, and personal care industries in order to develop a roadmap for businesses to become market leaders in climate change. Climes, a climatetech business, has announced that it has secured $1.2 million in investment led by Sequoia Capital India, Kalaari Capital, and Nithin Kamath (Zerodha, Rainmatter), as well as Avaana Capital. Keshav Reddy (Reddy Futures), Arjun Gupta (Smart Joules), Akshay Singhal (Log9 Materials), Satyen Kothari (Cube Wealth), and Anshuman Bapna (Terra.do) from Stanford Angels are among the other investors in the round. Climes intends to utilize the funds to enhance brand synergies with the fashion, food, travel, beauty, and personal care industries in order to develop a roadmap for businesses to become market leaders in climate change. They will also enhance its technology to allow for the rapid...

The Current Heatwave is Another Sign of Climate Change

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India is experiencing an early onset of summers in 2022.  March 2022 has been the hottest to occur in the past 122 years.  The untimely and severe onset of summers has also bolstered the occurrence of extreme and frequent heatwaves.  The Indian Meteorological Department issued warnings for heatwave like conditions across India in April 2022.  Many states such as Rajasthan, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Delhi are witnessing an unprecedented heatwave which has caused power outages, water shortages, and school closures. While many factors are at play behind common heatwaves, such as anticyclones and deficient rainfalls, climate change is an undeniable contributor to their severity and frequency.  Heatwaves have been a long endured and frequent occurrence with short-term and long-term impacts.  The current heatwave has unearthed some of the many threats of severe weather conditions.  India’s wheat harvesting faces an extreme danger, and massive fires...