Proud to be a part of the Alliance for Climate Transition's inaugural DAC Academy accelerator program and securing the People's Choice Award in its finale. We have a lot of work to do to showcase our groundbreaking direct air capture technology that comes in at a fraction of existing technologies at scale. Onwards and upwards to a better planet! https://lnkd.in/ge5ZR4Bv
🎉 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
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