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Current news and happenings at Blue Bear companies below! Hydrosat VanZyl-1 satellite fills critical gaps in the frequency and resolution of land surface temperature data used for agricultural monitoring and irrigation planning https://lnkd.in/gNNGmsz4 ACCURE Battery Intelligence is enhancing the safety and performance of four new UBS-owned ERCOT-connected projects https://lnkd.in/e6NwF38t Raptor Maps featured for how predictive maintenance is transforming solar operations in the age of AI https://lnkd.in/guCqNm6a Urbint Acquires StormImpact, helping utilities increase resiliency to extreme weather events https://lnkd.in/esDJG3xz Warp Launches “FlowSkip” – Unifying B2B + D2C Freight to Boost Retail Efficiency, Speed, and Profitability https://lnkd.in/gjiK4yXN

Current news and happenings at Blue Bear companies below! Hydrosat VanZyl-1 satellite fills critical gaps in the frequency and resolution of land surface temperature data used for agricultural monitoring and irrigation planning https://lnkd.in/gNNGmsz4 ACCURE Battery Intelligence is enhancing the safety and performance of four new UBS-owned ERCOT-connected projects https://lnkd.in/e6NwF38t Raptor Maps featured for how predictive maintenance is transforming solar operations in the age of AI https://lnkd.in/guCqNm6a Urbint Acquires StormImpact, helping utilities increase resiliency to extreme weather events https://lnkd.in/esDJG3xz Warp Launches “FlowSkip” – Unifying B2B + D2C Freight to Boost Retail Efficiency, Speed, and Profitability https://lnkd.in/gjiK4yXN

We’re excited to announce our investment in Topanga.io! They are building new solutions to solve a critical an often overlooked operational pain point: food & plastic waste in commercial kitchens. Their platform gives food service operators real-time insights to cut costs, optimize production, and improve kitchen performance—without adding complexity or extra labor. We’re proud to support the team as they scale food waste mitigation solutions across the industry. https://lnkd.in/g6pQQHTz

We’re excited to announce our investment in Topanga.io! They are building new solutions to solve a critical an often overlooked operational pain point: food & plastic waste in commercial kitchens. Their platform gives food service operators real-time insights to cut costs, optimize production, and improve kitchen performance—without adding complexity or extra labor. We’re proud to support the team as they scale food waste mitigation solutions across the industry. https://lnkd.in/g6pQQHTz

This week Blue Bear team members will be at DISTRIBUTECH, National Renewable Energy Laboratory's IFG and Colorado Climate Week. Reach out if you would like to connect while at these events!

We've been on the journey with ACCURE Battery Intelligence since the Series A and excited to now be part of the $16M Series B round. Congrats to the ACCURE team and welcome Incharge Capital Partners! ACCURE's AI-driven predictive analytics software is already safeguarding over six gigawatt-hours of battery systems worldwide—helping prevent failures, reduce downtime, and maximize financial performance. The team works relentlessly ensuring batteries are not only safer but also more bankable and insurable. Working with UBS Asset Management speaks to the industry's need.

Axiom Cloud is deploying its coldchain-specialized AI into another of the country's largest grocery retailers to dramatically reduce the cost and environmental impact of refrigeration. See full article here, and h/t to Amrit Robbins, Patrick Castles & team!

Great article by Latitude Media highlighting our portfolio company Raptor Maps. One line in the article struck us as being particularly relevant to the potential that we saw when investing in the Raptor Maps team - "By developing a software that attempts to solve a long-term business issue — solar farm monitoring and optimization — the company is staying with its customers “year after year after year,” and developing deep sector expertise." https://lnkd.in/gND2Gag9

Ernst Theodor Sack of Blue Bear Capital connected with Brian Kahn of Bloomberg before the holiday break. He offered views for 2025 on topics from grid resilience to national security, adding that energy and infrastructure innovation “will accelerate as we all look to energize the American economy and establish energy dominance.” Check out the full piece here: https://lnkd.in/gi5__T6S

Blue Bear Capital is pleased to share the close of our third fund, adding $200 million in new capital to help entrepreneurs build digital technology companies in markets which include sustainable energy production, electric grid infrastructure, transportation and logistics, energy-intensive industries, and climate industries such as storm and wildfire protection, pollution reduction, and water and land management. We thank the dozens of senior executives from leading private equity and infrastructure funds, alongside returning Blue Bear institutional investors such as Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the McKnight Foundation, and ZOMA Capital (a Walton Family affiliate), in addition to new partners including UBS and WovenEarth Ventures. Check out the full story at our release below. https://lnkd.in/dhZQpFgg