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?? We’re excited to officially announce Sightline’s $5.5M Seed Round! ?? We’ve raised $5.5m in Seed funding to scale Sightline — our market intelligence platform powering strategic decision-making and capital allocation across the global transition economy. The round was co-led by The Westly Group and Molten Ventures, who join existing investors including ACCELR8, John Doerr, and Tom Steyer. In just one year since launching, Sightline has grown to over 70 international customers across leading corporates, financiers, and governments — including HSBC, Southern Company, BHP, Galvanize Climate Solutions, and the US Department of Energy. This fundraise comes at a critical moment in the transition — as more than ever, companies and investors need trusted information and a clear line of sight to build competitive strategies and deploy capital. The new funding will be used to expand Sightline’s AI-powered tools, empowering customers with the actionable intelligence needed to compete and win in the transition that is rapidly transforming energy, transport, and industry. “A competitive transition hinges on matching the right strategies and capital with the right solutions at the right time," said Kim Zou, CEO and co-founder of Sightline. “As solutions mature, stakeholders need clarity, precision, and tools to understand, monitor, predict, and act effectively. We’re developing the deeper analytics and tools to power decision-making and capital allocation in the transition economy.” George Chalmers, CFA, Head of Climate at Molten Ventures said: “Sightline is rapidly emerging as the trusted benchmark for market participants navigating the climate transition. While it's widely recognized that this shift will require a massive reallocation of capital, we currently lack the necessary data, insights, and tools to guide the right actions at points of the cycle. We're excited to partner with the Sightline team as they scale their industry-leading data and analytics platform for the emerging climate economy.” “Global enterprises, governments, and financial institutions don’t need more experiments aimed at distant 2040 or 2050 milestones. They need relevant insights and innovative technologies that deliver a competitive edge, now.” said Jason Kalira, Partner and Head of Seed Fund at The Westly Group. “We’re proud to support Sightline as they redefine how businesses navigate the transition economy, providing scalable solutions that align profitability with sustainability.” Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gcyR248U #EnergyTransition #ClimateTech #FundingAnnouncement #AI #MarketIntelligence

The Brimstone big plan: https://lnkd.in/gYMF84RM 1) invent a novel method of making cement that eliminates emissions, would, at full scale and under modern economic conditions, be cost parity or better, and maintains the same risk-adjusted cost by making the exact same ASTM C150 cement as everyone in the world makes, understands the risk associated with, and is trained to use (CHECK as of July, 2023 and as covered in the The Washington Post: https://lnkd.in/gy3jW888) 2) get financial catalytic help from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to finance our scaling (CHECK as of today: https://lnkd.in/gXk6nTmF) 3) scale (made a lot easier by DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, IRA and BIL) Today, I am excited to announce that Brimstone has been awarded a $189,000,000.00 grant from the US Department of Energy moving us onto step 3. Brimstone has invented the third ever process in history to make Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and the only process to make it from a silicate rock. Our process is different from the other two methods of making OPC however, because there are no greenhouse or acid forming gasses in the rock. We think that is pretty neat. ? Let’s build!!! Huge thank you to DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and the team at Brimstone as well as our amazing investors, supporters, and collaborators! Too many to name :) If you want to join a serious, thesis driven team working to solve one of the hardest and most chronically underfunded problems in climate, join us! https://lnkd.in/gbnH4xjt