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Venture capital investment in global climate tech startups is accelerating, with 83 climate tech unicorns valued at $180 billion as of January 2023. In 2022, the US invested $87 billion, China $48 billion, and India $6 billion. Blume Ventures, amid a surge in India-based VC…

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We are committed to doing our best to mitigate anthropogenic climate change. Whether that is by taking bold bets on deep-tech ventures like Carbon Clean much ahead of the market, by supporting circular economy companies like Cashify and Spinny, or by learning and building…

We are currently creating more waste every year, which is likely to bring down the quality of our life in the years to come. And we have less than 10 years to halve greenhouse gas emissions until 2050 to reach net zero. India…

What does an average phone’s life look like? In most Indian households, the most tech-savvy person or the highest earning person in the family buys the most high-end phone. When an upgrade comes along, they pass it on to a member who uses the phone “only for…

In 2021, Google Flights launched a feature where you could see the amount of carbon emissions against the flight options. For example, an Air India flight from New Delhi to New York will result in 903kgs of carbon emissions. To offset this, you need to plant roughly 30 trees.…

We at Blume have been very bullish about the EV sector in India. Our string of investments into companies such as Yulu, Euler Motors, BatterySmart, and…

Any discussion about EVs is incomplete without discussing how we power the vehicle. Do we swap batteries or use a charging station? The obvious but unhelpful answer is whatever gets you to from point A to point B at an optimal speed and cost. A more helpful answer emerges…

Last few years saw over two dozen startups trying to make a mark in the e-mobility space, many of them run by fresh engineering graduates. E-mobility was a blank space ripe for disruption. Swiggy and Zomato did something similar when they organized food delivery. Yulu jumped…