Only 5 days remain to book your exhibit table at Disrupt 2025

Only 5 days remain to book your exhibit table at Disrupt 2025

If you’ve been thinking about joining 10,000+ startup and VC leaders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco on October 27–29, the time to act is now. Lock in your place on the Expo floor, where ideas, capital, and connections collide.  As of now, there are only 7 exhibit tables available, and we expect them to sell out before the deadline. And yes, this is the same inventory your…

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Novoloop’s upcycled plastic takes a step closer to production

Novoloop’s upcycled plastic takes a step closer to production

Plastic recycling startup Novoloop has inked a deal with a major manufacturer to produce its upcycled thermoplastic polyurethane at commercial scale, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The agreement helps nudge the Menlo Park-based Novoloop through the so-called “valley of death” that many climate tech startups must slog through.  Startups that depend on hardware are particularly susceptible…

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Microsoft buys another 100 MW of solar, this time in Japan

Microsoft buys another 100 MW of solar, this time in Japan

Microsoft is buying 100 megawatts of solar capacity from Japanese developer Shizen Energy, the latest in a string of renewable energy deals designed to power the tech company’s growing compute needs.  The agreement, which the companies announced late last week, covers four different solar developments; one is already operating and three are under construction. The…

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