Former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer Launches $250M Climate Fund
Gigascale Capital will back founders developing solutions for global energy and material shortages.
Mike Schroepfer, the former Chief Technology Officer of Meta, has raised $250 million for a new investment fund focused on climate technology.
Gigascale Capital Objectives
The fund, named Gigascale Capital, is designed to provide financial backing to founders who are building "climate-friendly solutions". According to reports, the fund's primary focus will be addressing the world's current shortages in materials and energy.
Context of Climate Investment
The launch of Gigascale Capital comes as other major technology firms explore the intersection of infrastructure and environmental sustainability. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta have recently partnered with the nonprofit investor Elemental Impact. That specific initiative aims to use data centers as test cases to accelerate the development of new technologies.
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- 1.TechCrunch — Zigging when most are zagging, ex-Meta CTO raises $250M climate fund
- 2.Axios — Tech giants back new data center climate initiative - Axios
- 3.Techcrunch — Anthropic raises $65 Billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO - TechCrunch
- 4.Vox — I asked a billionaire about his environmental philanthropy. It didn’t go well. - vox.com
- 5.Politico — The climate primaries cometh - Politico
- 6.Techcrunch — The groupthink boom: what three top VCs really think about the AI frenzy - TechCrunch
- 7.Axios — Cognition's $26B valuation, Thea Energy's $100M raise, and Equal's new owner - Axios
- 8.Forbes — Former Benchmark Investors Lazarte And Fredrickson Aim Big WIth $800 Million AI Fund - Forbes
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