On the day the skies over San Francisco turned orange from wildfire smoke in 2020, it’s commonly said, a generation of climate activists was born. The city is home to dozens of cleantech startups, environmental organizations, and progressive venture capital groups.
While funding for cleantech startups fell overall last year, it fell much less in San Francisco than in other tech-friendly cities like Austin and Los Angeles, according to the Wall Street Journal, and has started ticking up again.