Clean energy startups have raked in $11 billion so far this year, nearly double the total amount from 2020 One of the largest funders of clean energy startups has been Big Oil, with the fossil fuel giants eager to stay ahead of the energy transition While markets are on track for another record-breaking year for IPOs, it seems that there is still very little interest in oil and gas startups At a time when fossil fuel startups have been suffering from a dearth of capital, clean energy startups are having little trouble attracting cash and investments from all quarters, including from their biggest nemesis: oil and gas companies. Crunchbase, which tracks venture capital investments, has reported that clean-energy startups so far this year have taken in $11 billion, nearly double the $5.6 billion they attracted for all of 2020. Ironically, many renewable energy startups owe their continuing existence to […]