This week's M&A and funding roundup includes:

SupPlant, an Israeli-based agricultural technology company that develops wireless sensing equipment to collect real-time sensor data from farms; Sun Cable, a company that builds systems and infrastructure to deliver competitively priced, dispatchable, renewable electricity; Battery Solutions, a renewables & environment company specializing in battery recycling services; and Lithium Werks, a provider of cobalt free and high-performance lithium iron phosphate batteries

With all the M&A news surrounding the battery space, I had a timely discussion with Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes, CEO of Black Mountain Carbon Lock. Our episode with Ashley drops this week.