“Sometimes you just have to ask yourself: ‘If I don’t do this, who will?’” So says Allister Furey, CEO and cofounder of Sylvera, who has been on a mission to reimagine carbon credits alongside cofounder Samuel Gill since 2020. When Furey first dug deeper into the world of carbon offsets, he found very little regulatory oversight and a strong commercial incentive to make untrue claims: “I knew that if we could create a rating that was accurate, independent and trusted, the market could grow at pace.” But Sylvera is more than just a rating agency for carbon — it is accelerating climate action. “Our customers make investments that turn into real action on the ground, changing lives, and helping preserve the environment,” says Furey. Supporting the pioneers tackling climate change is vital if we are to meet the global goal of reaching net zero by 2050, explains Nicole Shimer, principal at Insight Partners. “Allister cares about the issues, knows a ton about the space, and has built an incredible business that is helping to save the world.” Learn more about how Sylvera is helping organizations and governments get on track to net zero: https://lnkd.in/ezDpSrqR #venturecapital #founder #startup #climatetech
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Deep dive on Sylvera 🌎 Extra relevant this week with news that Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Salesforce will contract up to 20M tons of high-quality 🌱nature-based🌱 carbon removal credits by 2030, equivalent in volume to the 2030 carbon removal goals of California. https://lnkd.in/dzaEmh53 Learn more about how Sylvera is helping enterprises and governments get on track to net zero below 👇 #Sylvera #CarbonRemoval #Symbiosis
“Sometimes you just have to ask yourself: ‘If I don’t do this, who will?’” So says Allister Furey, CEO and cofounder of Sylvera, who has been on a mission to reimagine carbon credits alongside cofounder Samuel Gill since 2020. When Furey first dug deeper into the world of carbon offsets, he found very little regulatory oversight and a strong commercial incentive to make untrue claims: “I knew that if we could create a rating that was accurate, independent and trusted, the market could grow at pace.” But Sylvera is more than just a rating agency for carbon — it is accelerating climate action. “Our customers make investments that turn into real action on the ground, changing lives, and helping preserve the environment,” says Furey. Supporting the pioneers tackling climate change is vital if we are to meet the global goal of reaching net zero by 2050, explains Nicole Shimer, principal at Insight Partners. “Allister cares about the issues, knows a ton about the space, and has built an incredible business that is helping to save the world.” Learn more about how Sylvera is helping organizations and governments get on track to net zero: https://lnkd.in/ezDpSrqR #venturecapital #founder #startup #climatetech
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𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬; 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭? Origen, a UK-based climate tech startup, is pioneering carbon removal with limestone-based direct air capture (DAC) technology. This isn't just another idea; with $13M raised in Series A funding from heavyweights like Barclays Climate Ventures and Shell Ventures, Origen is scaling its innovative solution. By leveraging limestone's natural chemistry, they're removing CO2 from the atmosphere while developing groundbreaking facilities like their 1,000-tonne-per-year plant in North Dakota. It's a bold, scalable approach to one of the planet's most pressing challenges. 𝐀𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐀𝐂 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭? Tim Naylor, Tom Sellers, Sara Holoubek, Sara Holoubek, Chaitanya Nallaparaju, Damian Konarik, Cedric Gorgon, Tom Sellers, Shiv Shah Eamon Jubbawy, Henry Tritton, Aditya Rajan, Ahmet Canbeyli #ClimateTech #CarbonRemoval #Innovation ------- 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 👉 : https://lnkd.in/eyH9R-E8
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You 5 minute rundown on what happened in Climate last week ⏪ ⚡️ Good reads by Ben James, Holly Alpine, CB Insights 💨 Exclusive: A map of 100 leading pioneers in Carbon 🥬 Pairwise raised $40 million Series C funding and entered a five-year joint venture with agtech giant Corteva to advance its technology 🧬 Arzeda secured $38 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Sofinnova Partners. 🥓 Ecovative - the mycelium technology company raised $28 million in a growth equity round to scale its mycelium-based MyBacon product and launch new sustainable leather alternatives. 🧀 Standing Ovation secured €3.75 million Series A+ funding for its precision-fermented, animal-free protein ingredient 🔥 Google is working with Muon Space, Earth Fire Alliance, and others to launch new sensors that will be able to detect wildfires much faster 💨 Phlair raised €14.5 million in a seed funding round led by Extantia ☁️ Kairos Carbon secured pre-seed investment from Zero Carbon Capital 🤝 UNDO collaborated with Standard Chartered, British Airways, CUR8, CFC and WTW to “complete a global first transaction to unlock finance for carbon removal at scale”. 💰 Microsoft announced an agreement with Arbor to purchase 25,000 tons of carbon removal 9️⃣ Frontier has enabled $4.5 million in carbon removal pre purchases from Alithic, Alt Carbon, Anvil, Capture6, Exterra Carbon Solutions, Flux, NULIFE, Planeteers, and Silica—on behalf of buyers 🚢 Ahead of the HackSummit, Alisha Fredriksson tells us how Seabound captures and processes onboard carbon and how they’ll navigate changing tides in the race to decarbonise the shipping industry. 🔋 Apatura secured planning permission for Scotland’s largest standalone battery energy storage system. 🏡 Beebop.ai secured $5.5 million seed funding for its ‘virtual power plant’ tech ⚡️ US startup Hgen raised $5 million in a funding round ☀️ Bohr Energie raised €4 million to be an intermediary between small renewable energy producers and the electricity market. 🔥 Karman Industries secured $4 million pre-seed funding. 🧮 Zevero raised $7 million seed funding to expand its global footprint 💸 Blume Equity secured investment for its first fund ⛏️ Tidal Metals, formerly GreenBlu, Inc. secured $8.5 million in a seed funding round led by DCVC. 🧱 The latest HackTrend Report on plastic for bricks and cement. Featuring insights from Kidus Asfaw, Kubik, Inc. and Amr Shalan , TileGreen 💨 Lucidome Bio secured $13.5 million to help Kiwi farmers reduce their emissions with its methane vaccine. 🛩️ AIR COMPANY raised $69 million led by Avfuel to advance its CO₂-derived sustainable aviation fuel technology, 🚘 DeepDrive raised €30 million funding to industrialise its patented Dual Rotor motor technology 🔋 Bib batteries raised €2.2 million to focus on extending the life cycle of EV batteries https://lnkd.in/eaJ3kMBw
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CEOs of climate tech companies are crucial to climate action as they steer their organisations toward developing and scaling innovative solutions for environmental challenges. Their leadership not only shapes the strategic direction and vision of their companies but also influences how effectively these technologies are brought to market. Here are 10 CEOs in climate tech you should know about in 2024: 1. Ian Learmonth, CEO Clean Energy Finance Corporation. 2. Peter Bakker, CEO and President, WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development. 3. Anna Borg, President and CEO, Vattenfall. 4. Josh Tetrick, CEO and co-founder Eat Just, Inc. 5. Mateo Jaramillo, CEO and co-founder Form Energy. 6. Edda Aradottir, CEO Carbfix. 7. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO LanzaTech. 8. Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO and co-founder Ola. 9. Tamara Lundgren, CEO Radius Recycling. 10. Kidus Asfaw, CEO & Founder at Kubik, Inc. #ClimateTech #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #InnovativeSolutions #GreenLeadership #ImpactInvesting #RenewableEnergy #CarbonCapture #SustainableBusiness #ClimateAction
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2024 has been a pivotal year for climate tech and green innovation, according to Bill Gates and his firm, Breakthrough Energy Ventures. The report highlights notable developments like Graphyte 's carbon-removal plant and Sublime Systems' low-carbon cement manufacturing facility, alongside corporate investments from firms such as American Airlines. Gates stresses the importance of early support for climate startups to scale impactful solutions. https://lnkd.in/eqsK4V6R #CleanTech #Sustainability #ESG
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Five Environmental Startups Leading The Way In 2025 - Carbon removal that is additional, measurable, scalable, and durable will be key to mitigating the worst effects of climate change. I'm working with a CDR startup called Vycarb that is featured in this article in Forbes. Please let me know if you'd like to learn more about carbon credits from this exciting new technology! https://lnkd.in/gMWxXnn6
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🌟 Carbon Ridge Secures $9.5M to Drive Maritime Decarbonization! 🚢🌱 We're thrilled to share that Carbon Ridge has raised $9.5M to advance its innovative Onboard Carbon Capture & Storage (OCCS) technology! ⚓ Backed by Crosscut Ventures and Western Technology Investment, this funding will help revolutionize emissions reduction for the shipping industry. Carbon Ridge's modular OCCS solution captures CO2 directly onboard, slashing particulate, NOx, and SOx emissions by over 99.9%! 📉 And, with a 75% smaller footprint and 5x cost savings compared to other clean fuels, it’s a game-changer for sustainable shipping. 💧🛳️ Carbon Ridge CEO Chase Dwyer emphasized how onboard carbon capture offers a low-cost, effective path to maritime decarbonization – and this funding pushes the innovation even closer to real-world application. 🚀 #Carbon_Ridge #Bunkering_News #Decarbonization #Carbon_Capture #Maritime_Innovation #Green_Shipping #CO2_Reduction #Bunker_Market #OCCS https://lnkd.in/dV6cEssJ
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Yesterday it was Super Climate in Paris, a community of GP(s) & LP(s) aligned on climate investment discussing #climatech funding & investment strategy during IPEM I could not find a better timing to publish a clean tech post mortem 🪦 article to better understand and navigate where we are coming from since the Clean Tech bubble burst 💥 in 2011 and where we’re going as Climate Tech funding soared 🚀more than 3 750 % since 2013. https://lnkd.in/ebS7KNrD Whether you’re already investing in climate tech or totally new to this topic, this post will help you start & access more advanced information about climate tech. Of course, if you see anything missing, wrong and if you have any recommendations or suggestions - comments & dm. #climatetech big thanks to all the people I met in this ecosystem and who focus on urgent matters => Ping to : Julien Lepleux Caroline Sorlin Henry Barrault Manoel de Ipanema Thomas Bajas Marble Jonny Everett Adrien CHALTIEL Benjamin Tincq Laetitia de Panafieu Zenon Thibaud Martin Climate Club Antoine Le Conte Net Zero Insights Laura Fox Charles Fourault Climate House European Champions Alliance Chuck de Liedekerke Clément Buyse Sébastien Léger Socheat Chhay France Invest Penelope Le Menestrel Aymeric Préveral-Etcheverry Chloé Giard Sébastien Fiedorow Francis Nappez Teodora ENE Tristan Jégourel Marine Reygrobellet Eric Burdier Caroline Philippe Agrilife Studio
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Temasek's GenZero is setting a new standard for decarbonization efforts in Asia, and the implications are profound for all of us in the tech and sustainability sectors. By focusing on strategic investments, GenZero is not just addressing climate change but also paving the way for innovative solutions that can be scaled globally. This initiative underscores Asia's critical role in the global decarbonization agenda, highlighting the need for robust, collaborative efforts across industries. As tech professionals, entrepreneurs, and sustainability advocates, we have a unique opportunity to contribute to these efforts. Whether through developing new technologies, investing in green ventures, or advocating for sustainable practices, our actions can drive significant change. Let's harness our collective expertise to support initiatives like GenZero and make a lasting impact on our planet. Read more about Temasek's GenZero and its decarbonization strategy here: https://lnkd.in/gTPe7iXf #Decarbonization #Sustainability #TechInnovation #ESG #ClimateAction
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Member News Round Up! 🎉 Global Member CREW Carbon has been highlighted by Senator Chris Murphy as “Innovator of the Month” following their selection as part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Carbon Dioxide Purchase Prize! This milestone represents a significant opportunity for CREW to provide high-quality carbon removal credits to the federal government. Read: https://lnkd.in/ejeD-UZ6 🌊 Brooklyn member Garrett Boudinot from Vycarb was featured on podcast episode "Climate Tech Products that Make the World a Better Place" with Products That Count. They talked about how it’s important for early stage climate companies to focus on their biggest market (coastal systems for Vycarb) first and plan early for long-term product scalability. Also, Newlab received a shoutout, as they talked about how founders should leverage resources and stakeholders in the ecosystem. Listen: https://lnkd.in/ep2mkd4A 🚒 Detroit member Ronald Butler received a feature article in Crain’s Detroit Business. Born on the east side, Ron served as a Detroit firefighter for 25 years. Now, he leads his own team of engineers and employees as founder and CEO of his startup, Energy Storage Safety Products International, or ESSPI, based out of Newlab Detroit. ESSPI is a pre-revenue startup focused on safe lithium ion battery logistics and intelligent transport systems that is working to identify and minimize the damages that come with battery fires. Read: https://lnkd.in/eRfXkgUs 🛫 Detroit member Michael Healander, Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Airspace Link, Inc. was named a winner of the 2024 Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year awards for Michigan and northwest Ohio. More: https://lnkd.in/gQNE2hN7 💰 Brooklyn member Esper Bionics announced that they raised $5M. The round was led by YZR Capital, and co-financed by EBRD, and u.ventures. The funds will fuel the company’s RnD, scale production, and upgrade the Bionic Ecosystem. More: https://lnkd.in/dM9fW_QJ 🚂 Detroit members Gary Thornton (he/him), Allison Bowman, and our Head of Membership in Detroit, Riley Hall spoke to Detroitisit about the impact on the community with the new Michigan Central Station Opening. Read: https://lnkd.in/eWfHpnDY So much is happening across Newlab's global network - join us! https://lnkd.in/gbNRFZs6
