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Venture investors poured more than $70 billion into climate tech last year — nearly twice as much as 2021.
Tyler Engh, general partner of the Chicago-based VC firm R7, says his firm this year aims to be more than just "another drop" in that deluge of funding.
Why he matters: You may recall that R7 was one of the lead investors in Range Energy, a Mountain View, Calif., startup led by former Tesla head Ali Javidan that's building battery-powered truck trailers.
R7's other climate investments include Xwing, which is developing autonomous flight systems for more efficient cargo routes, and Iron Ox, which is building robotic greenhouses.
