VCs are continuing to write big checks to promising climate-tech startups this year, even as the overall venture-capital world has slowed down in its spending. For instance, Northvolt, a Swedish battery startup, raised $1.1 billion from backers including Volkswagen and Goldman Sachs Asset Management; TerraPower, a nuclear startup based in Bellveue, Washington, raised $750 million from Bill Gates — the chair of the company — with others like SK Group …
