Telus Pollinator Fund invests in three clean tech startups

VANCOUVER – The Telus Pollinator Fund for Good announced last week it is making equity investments in three clean technology startups. The fund is participating in a US$20-million funding round being held by Climate Robotics, a Houston-based startup leveraging advanced robotics and artificial intelligence to help sequester carbon emissions while improving the health of agricultural soils, according to a Telus press release. The second new startup the fund is investing in is Mississauga, Ont.-based erthos, which “is leading the charge to address the global plastic pollution crisis with a plant-based resin alternative to traditional plastic,” the release explains. The Telus Pollinator Fund...