As smoke from Canadian toptechtrends.com/2023/05/06/wildfire-startups-vc-interest/”>wildfires has enveloped large swathes of the East Coast, millions of people have found themselves trapped inside, gazing out on orange skies and hazy cityscapes. The air quality index — which is usually ignored — has suddenly become an object of fascination and source of small talk.
It’s all remarkably similar to what happened on the West Coast three years ago, when skies there turned a sinister hue and people rushed to seal their windows and buy air purifiers. If the past is prologue, then investors should prepare themselves for a tidal wave of climate tech startups next year.
There’s no doubt that the 2020 fire season on the West Coast had a profound impact on a number of founders. Several have told TechCrunch+ that the apocalyptically orange skies of that summer played a large role in toptechtrends.com/2022/06/24/forests-are-a-multitrillion-dollar-asset-vibrant-planet-bets-saas-can-save-them/”>their toptechtrends.com/2022/09/27/click-to-install-kopperfields-5m-seed-round-seeks-to-speed-ev-charger-adoption/”>decision to quit their previous jobs and start companies focused on addressing the climate crisis.
toptechtrends.com/2023/06/08/climate-investors-canada-wildfires/”>Investors take note: Wildfire smoke will spark a surge in East Coast climate tech startups by toptechtrends.com/author/tim-de-chant/”>Tim De Chant originally published on toptechtrends.com/”>TechCrunch
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