A Vancouver-born climate technology startup-to-watch is partnering with a B.C.-based precast concrete manufacturer. Calgary’s CURA Climate has signed an agreement with Grand Forks Concrete to deploy a pilot‑scale demonstration plant as well as a first‑of‑kind commercial facility to convert agricultural spent lime into low‑carbon cement and agricultural co‑products. “Agricultural spent lime has long been treated […]
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NorthX Invests $2M in BC Climate Startups
NorthX Climate Tech used its Converge 2025 conference this week to announce $2 million in new funding aimed at speeding up the growth of British Columbia’s climate-tech sector. The announcement, delivered by CEO Sarah Goodman during opening remarks, includes $500,000 in seed capital for five BC university-linked ventures: Carbonyx, Cura Climate, Green Manganese, Narval Energy, […]
CURA Emerges from Stealth to Decarbonize Cement
A new Vancouver climatetech startup is tackling one of the world’s toughest carbon problems: cement production. CURA, a startup developing a transformative electrochemical process to produce low-carbon cement, has emerged from stealth with plans to build its first pilot plant in Canada. Cement manufacturing accounts for more than 8% of global CO₂ emissions—roughly equal to […]