'Overheating is an immediate economic problem': How these 9 startups could cool down Europe
15 Jul 2026
14:43
As extreme weather intensifies investors are taking a closer look at adaptation tech – from solid refrigerants to 'robot worms' and wildfire-detecting satellites.
"If you can't sleep because the home is overheating, it becomes an immediate economic problem. And that's when capital moves," Rahul Parekh, partner at urban tech investor 2150, tells Impact Loop.
"If you can't sleep because the home is overheating, it becomes an immediate economic problem. And that's when capital moves," Rahul Parekh, partner at urban tech investor 2150, tells Impact Loop.
Record-breaking temperatures in Europe are driving renewed attention toward cooling technologies, as the continent fights to beat the heat.
The numbers from this summer are brutal. New data reported by Euronews this week put excess deaths from June's heatwaves above 10,000, and the World Weather Attribution group of scientists said the event would have been "virtually impossible" without climate change.