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🚀 SusHi Tech Challenge 2025 Semifinalists Announced! The selected startups stepping onto the global stage have finally been revealed. From here, the battle begins for a place in the finals. 💡 Sustainability, technology, social impact— These passionate and promising teams are paving the way for the future. Who will seize that future on this stage? Don't miss this crucial first step in their journey. 🔍 See the list of semifinalists here 👇 https://lnkd.in/g6SYMUSn #SusHiTechTokyo2025 #SusHiTechChallenge #Startup #Innovation

Next week, we’re heading to CERAWeek 2025! Here’s where you can find us diving into deep tech breakthroughs, science-driven innovation, and the future of energy. 🎤 NextGen Amphitheater & Lyceum: 📍 Accelerating Innovation from Lab to Market – Cyrus Wadia, CEO 📍 How to Activate the Whole Ecosystem of Innovation – Kevin See, Head of Ecosystem 📍 How Money Talks in Today’s Startup World – Calvin A. Cupini, Director of Investment 📍 Unlocking Potential: Non-Traditional Paths to Commercialization – Leila Madrone, Executive-in-Residence 🎤 Fellows at the NextGen Pods are showcasing their groundbreaking innovations: 📍 Kelly Redmond, Oleo Sustainable Palm Oil Solutions – Transforming biomass waste into sustainable oil feedstocks 📍 Kaitlyn A. Suarez, Terra Watts – Advancing subsurface wireless power transmission 📍 Alexander Gagnon, Banyu Carbon – Using sunlight and seawater for energy-efficient carbon removal ⚡ Meet Activate Fellows at Innovator’s Row — stop by to hear their stories, see their tech, and explore ways to collaborate: 🤝 Kaitlyn A. Suarez, Terra Watts 🤝 Nate Weger, Calectra 🤝 Mert Akin, Ph.D. ⚡️, EELI Technology 🤝 Rok Sitar, Blaze Energy Technologies 🤝 Claudia Hulbert, Geolabe 🤝 Xiaoyang Shi, Arbon Corp 🤝 Alexander Gagnon, Banyu Carbon 🤝 Kelly Redmond, Oleo Sustainable Palm Oil Solutions 🤝 Ryan DuChanois, Solidec 🤝 Alec Ajnsztajn, Coflux Purification See the full Activate schedule and details: https://lnkd.in/gbB74ySN #CERAWeek #InnovationAgora 

We asked for climate tech that specializes in circular economy solutions, and you answered! The Trust for Governors Island is pleased to announce the 2025 Climate Solutions Challenge winners, a cohort of 8 companies that will join the piloting community on Governors Island beginning this summer. Shifting to a #circulareconomy that reuses, refurbishes, and recovers is key to achieving an #equitable, #netzero city, and this year’s winners are all developing the innovative solutions that will help get us there. They are: ♻️ Arbon Corp: Direct Air Capture (DAC) humidity-swing technology ♻️ Birdsview: Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) structural assessment technology ♻️ CarbonCLAIR: Off-grid mobile air quality units ♻️ CO Adaptive Architecture: Energy efficient modular wall systems ♻️ Mira Intel: Drone-based structural assessments and proprietary analysis software ♻️ Phytostone: Biodegradable, low-carbon architectural wall tiles ♻️ Plantaer: Living concrete building façade technology ♻️ Rego: Digital utility meter for waste management Winners announced today will receive a site on Governors Island to demonstrate their projects, grant awards of $10,000, and access to a common pool of additional funds to support pilot implementation. Learn more about their innovative technologies and climate piloting on Governors Island at https://lnkd.in/dVebcKAG The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island’s cli­mate pro­grams are made pos­si­ble with the gen­er­ous sup­port of Amazon, Con Edison, Deutsche Bank, the Don­ald A. Pels Char­i­ta­ble Trust, LISC NY, and The New York Community Trust.

🎉 Celebrating Innovation at the 2024 Direct Air Capture (DAC) Academy Finale! 🌍 Yesterday, ACT hosted the finale event for our inaugural DAC Academy, an accelerator program tailored to advancing direct air capture (DAC) startups. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s DAC Pre-Commercial EPIC Prize, the DAC Academy supports startups working on groundbreaking carbon capture technologies. ⭐ ACT President Joe Curtatone welcomed attendees and highlighted the critical role of innovation programs like the DAC Academy in the climate economy. ⭐ The seven 2024 cohort members pitched their innovative solutions to a panel of judges, including Lindsey Butler, PhD, MSc, VP Sustainability, Cref; Cvic Innocent, Founder & GP, Frankenbuild Ventures; Nguyen Le, Associate, MUUS Climate Partners; Josué J. L., Senior Associate, Fine Structure Ventures; and, Stacy Swider, VP Investments, MassVentures and an enthusiastic audience in pursuit of $50,000 in prizes. ⭐ The audience heard from industry experts, including Kevin Dutt, Interim CEO of Greentown Labs, and Todd Allmendinger, Director of Consulting and Research, Cleantech Group. 🏆 Congratulations to the 2024 DAC Academy Finale winners: 🏅Harshul Thakkar, Dair Capture, 🎖️ People's Choice Award Winner 🏅Gahyun Annie Lee, ARBON 🏅Kei Ikegami, Planet Savers, Inc 🏅Chris Sanborn, Jeevan Climate Solutions 🏅Daniel Cano, Carbon Power Mexico And congratulations to the entire 2024 DAC Academy Cohort, including Christian Weeks and Udi Meirav, Boston Carbon Technologies and Xiwang (Michael) Qi, Freshean Corp. We are proud of these innovators working to combat climate change through carbon removal. Thank you to Beth Zonis, Olivia LaRoche, and Timothy Hoffman for putting together such a spectacular program and event! Stay tuned for more updates from ACT’s climatetech programs. #ClimateTech #CarbonRemoval #DirectAirCapture #CleanEnergy #Innovation #ClimateAction #DACAcademy #ACTClimateTransition

50+ New York ClimateTechs to add to your Radar 🗽 World-renowned for its financial, real estate, and media industries, NYC is also fast becoming a hotspot for cutting-edge Climate Techs. And we've mapped 50 of them below. And as New York Climate Week comes to a close and we get ready for the HackSummit in December, we caught up with 13 locals who have chosen NYC as their startup / VCs home to hear about the opportunities to scale ClimateTechs with: Ron Zori Guy Vidra Laura Katz Kobi Regev Jacob Afriat Tiya Gordon Marissa Beatty Benjamin Rubin Jeff Prosserman Adam E Ornstein Garrett Boudinot Conradin Caviezel Edward Shenderovich Head this way to hear what they said: https://lnkd.in/emshBE-e Get to know NYC ClimateTechs: Sealed Renovate Robotics Thalo Labs Amogy C16 Biosciences InFLOWS AI Kingdom Supercultures SnoFox Sciences Synonym Turnover Labs Bloom Labs Ecovative - the mycelium technology company Kintra Fibers Ouros Materials SXD TômTex Inc. UNCAGED Innovations Werewool AIR COMPANY CLIP Gravity itselectric Voltpost