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For this week's Founder Spotlight, we'd like you to meet Joe Rodden, Co-founder and CEO Lydian! Lydian is on a mission to decarbonize the aviation industry by transforming CO2, water, and renewable electricity into sustainable fuels with 95% lower lifecycle emissions. Read more ?? https://lnkd.in/gwQBs44d

??? Catch our newest CC Pod episode where host?Kirthika J Padmanabhan?chats with Birch Biosciences co-founders?Johan Kers?and?Emily Duncan. Hear how?Birch Biosciences?is driving solutions for plastic waste with advanced enzyme technology.?Listen here ?? https://lnkd.in/ggcnBBsS

Congrats General Galactic!

???? We just raised our Series A - $22M to scale regenerative agriculture globally! ???? Big news for Klim! We’ve closed a record-breaking Series A, led by BNP Paribas alongside other visionary US and EU investors including AgFunder, Earthshot Ventures, Elevator Ventures, Edaphon, kopa ventures and Rabobank, fueling our mission to transition the food industry towards #RegenerativeAgriculture and feed the planet securely & sustainably. This milestone is a tribute to the pioneering farmers and food industry partners such as Nestlé, Kaufland, ARYZTA and many others who are making the regenerative transformation of our food system happen today. Thank you for being on the frontlines of this agricultural transformation!? Most importantly, I’d like to thank the entire Klim team who relentlessly drive our purpose forward with such dedication and professionalism - it’s an absolute joy to work with you!?Nina Mannheimer, Felix Jonathan Jakobsen, Adiv M., Lutz Wildermann, Heino Meerkatt and Andreas Berger What's next? With this funding, we’ll expand globally, enhance our platform, and build new financial tools to ensure farmers get the support they need to transition successfully. This is about accelerating real, measurable #impact —scaling regenerative agriculture to transform how food is grown, sourced, and enjoyed around the world. Klim is hiring! If you're passionate about building a resilient food system and transformative change, join us. We’re looking for smart, driven people to help us shape the future of agriculture. Check out our open roles here: https://lnkd.in/e6jQrUZp Finally, I’d like to thank all the amazing partners and investors who believed in us and supported us along the way - without you, it would not have been possible! Ananda Impact Ventures?FoodLabs Achmea Innovation Fund Benedikt B?sel Christophe MAIRE?Bernd Klosterkemper?Dr. Thomas G?bert?Matthias von Bechtolsheim?Matt Logan Ponderosa Ventures Evi Steyer Dr. Manon Sarah Littek?Janna Ensthaler?Pierre-Louis Christiane Quinten Eggink?Lawrence Leuschner?Gemüsering Stuttgart GmbH Patrick Noller?Green Generation Fund Philip Werkmann Matthieu Soulé Alex Wouters

In this week's Founder Spotlight - we’re excited to feature Michael Keating, founder of Tempo! Tempo’s Theft Protection is changing the game by making bike ownership safer and worry-free, encouraging more people to choose bikes over cars. Read more here ?? https://lnkd.in/gRBsicFD

DiviGas is now fundraising its $7m series A on the back of a massive explosion of growth. Term sheet from Volta Energy Technologies secured but there is follow on room for you! We went from 2 pilots start of the year to 19 different companies piloting with some of the largest companies in the world and expect to go from pre revenue to up to $4 million next year and much more after that. We are taking checks from $100K and up. Not just from VCs! if you know anyone wanting to invest in a deep tech company, with revenue, that can remove more CO2 than the *ENTIRE* aviation industry, please reach out! Our product is completely unique, hence the traction with customers, and will revolutionize how refineries and petrochem plants do carbon capture without losing a dime and without being dependent on carbon credits. If you want help in pitching your contacts, or just want to help in general also reach out to me! We can also reward referrals! See our hype reel below

Innovations are paving the way to #sustainability in #manufacturing. Lauren Dunford, CEO of Guidewheel, explains how #managers are leveraging a new platform to measure #factory performance. 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions are tied to industry. The World Economic Forum’s Industry Net Zero Accelerator is supporting #industry to achieve its carbon-neutrality targets by 2050 or before. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/RjSw50TQBPT #AdvancedManufacturing

Congratulations to the?InnerPlant?team for #CropVoice being named one of?TIME’s?Best Inventions of 2024! Their novel insights platform is redefining modern farming by translating plant physiology into early alerts for fungal stress–enabling farmers to take early action that will protect crop yields, reduce chemical use, and improve the resiliency of their farms. We’re proud to support InnerPlant as their transformational technology paves the way for a new agriculture system that puts plants at the center. #TIMEBestInventions #AgTech https://lnkd.in/gzsfFXxR?

???Excited to share the latest episode of the CC Pod with host Joris van Mens, featuring Jared O'Leary, Co-founder and CEO of SirenOpt!?Jared discusses their innovative real-time manufacturing platform designed to enhance the performance and yield of advanced materials like batteries and semiconductors. Listen here ?? https://lnkd.in/g-SEjTP5

Congrats Sway! Read more ?? https://lnkd.in/gqSpi4iy