It has been a busy month for Galvanize, with new additions to the firm, exciting developments for a number of our portfolio companies and many great conversations on the strong economic fundamentals of the energy transition

 
Co-Executive Chair, Secretary John Kerry touring one of Galvanize Real Estate’s early acquisitions		  
 

Thought Leadership From Our Team

America’s Silent Carbon Tax: How Climate Disasters Are Raising Prices Faster Than We Think

America’s Silent Carbon Tax: How Climate Disasters Are Raising Prices Faster Than We Think, by Tom Steyer, Co-Executive Chair

Tom argues that it is high time to acknowledge that Americans are paying a de facto carbon tax on their property, at the grocery store and across the corporate sphere.
 

Innovation and Expansion Portfolio News
Ascend Analytics

Ascend Analytics, a leading provider of market intelligence and analytics solutions for the energy transition, announced the launch of PowerVAL, its next generation product for providing developers, investors and utilities with energy project valuation across all generation assets and geographies.

“As the energy transition progresses, evolving market and policy dynamics are creating new opportunities for a range of generation assets across the United States and Europe,” said Gary Dorris, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Ascend. “PowerVAL is the next step in Ascend’s twenty-year journey to help power market participants understand and harness these dynamics across real time to multi-decade time horizons and from the nodal all the way to the market level.”

Infinitum

Infinitum, creator of the sustainable air-core motor, unveiled its Aircore Heavy Duty, a high-efficiency motor system designed to power demanding, mission critical HVAC fan and pump applications with reduced energy consumption, emissions, noise and waste.

“Our new Aircore Heavy Duty brings our award-winning motor system design to high-emitting HVAC fan and pump applications, including those that are increasingly used to cool data centers handling AI workloads,” said Ben Schuler, founder and CEO of Infinitum. “Our talented team has once again raised the bar for efficiency, serviceability and reliability to power the world with less energy, material and waste.”

Regrow

Regrow Ag, the Agriculture Resilience Platform provider, announced the launch of PlanAI, an advanced AI-driven solution designed to help companies create high-ROI regenerative agriculture program plans to meet scope 3 emissions targets.

"Agrifood leaders can’t afford to waste time on ineffective pilots or guesswork,”said Dan Passette, CTO of Regrow. “With PlanAI, we’re giving companies the power to move from uncertainty to action by turning complex data into clear, scalable strategies for reducing emissions across global supply chains.”

The Routing Company

On-demand vehicle routing and management platform The Routing Company announced it is entering a new partnership in Southern California, jointly with the City of Whittier and its transit operator, the Parking Company of America.

“The City of Whittier and PCAM’s vision for transformative and accessible transit perfectly aligns with TRC’s mission to deliver innovation, efficiency, and unmatched support to agencies and their communities,” said James Cox, Chief Executive Officer, TRC. “This partnership demonstrates the strength of our Pingo platform and its ability to adapt to the unique needs of both urban and suburban settings. We’re proud to be a part of Whittier’s mobility journey, and look forward to helping the city achieve its long-term goals of sustainable, multimodal transit.”
 

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