Climate Tech Founders | October 2024

Do you have the October scaries? It feels like a lot is going on all at once, and there's a rush to fit it all in before holiday season and the end of the year. One day at a time, though, right?

In this newsletter:

• Upcoming Circuit One workshop: Planning a Successful First Manufacturing Run
• Earthshot Prize nominations are open + Who has Davos plans?
• Join us at VERGE in San Jose at the end of this month + other recommended events
• Portfolio companies in the news

Circuit One

Planning for a Successful Manufacturing Launch

Next month we are hosting another hands-on workshop for our portfolio founders, and this one is much needed...

Breakthrough technology is great, but if you can't produce it at scale, you're stuck.

This 45-minute workshop, led by one of our Entrepreneurs in Residence, Tony Moses , who has over 20 years of experience working in pharma (Merck), food and beverage (Conagra Brands), flavor chemistry (Givaudan) among others, and has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering.?

Tony understands the complexities of industrial scale-up of new technologies and has already worked with many of our companies? to achieve milestones like commissioning of manufacturing processes and facilities and achieving competitive unit economics.?

Events, Programs, and Awards

Join us on October 29th in San Jose

We are co-hosting a happy hour side event during the climate tech conference VERGE by Trellis Group at the end of this month in San Jose.?

• Join us to network with climate tech investors from Clean Energy Ventures , TDK Ventures , Khosla Ventures and a dozen other VC firms
• RSVP here to get in the queue for approval

Earthshot Prize Nominations Open

We are fortunate to be official nominators for the illustrious Earthshot Prize and 2025 nominations are now open.?To better understand what they are looking for, look at last year's finalists .

Climate Scale-Up Program (Davos)

Would your company benefit from having a presence at the World Economic Forum this January, but you don't want to go it alone? Consider this all-in program which offers access to exclusive networking events and a climate tech showcase for cohorts.

Upcoming Recommended Events

• Tough Tech Summit | Boston (Oct 8-9)
• SOSV Climate Tech Summit | Virtual (Oct 14-18)
• VERGE | San Jose (Oct 29-31) *See above, we are co-hosting a side event!
• TechCrunch Disrupt | San Francisco (Oct 28-31)

In the News

Australia's BlueScope Steel signs green iron agreement with Helios

When you get those MOUs, they will come! The press, that is. Helios announced the signing of a preliminary agreement with BlueScopeX to trial its green iron, which is produced with clean energy rather than coal.

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Dalan Animal Health releases experimental findings from 400-hive study

The company behind the world's first honeybee vaccine against American Foulbrood announced the bacterial vaccine's potential to significantly (83%) reduce Deformed Wing Virus variant B (DWV-B) as well. Learn more.

Roam Air Embarks On Historic 6,000-KM Solar-Powered Trip

For the first time ever, two people will ride 6000 kilometers (nearly 4,000 miles) on an African-designed electric motorcycle trip from Nairobi, Kenya, to Stellenbosch, South Africa. And the entire journey will be powered by the sun. Read more on CleanTechnica .

About At One Ventures: What We Look For

We back early-stage (Seed, Series A) companies that are using disruptive deep tech to upend the unit economics of established industries while dramatically reducing their planetary footprint. We also look for companies that are pioneering new industries that are actively regenerative to planetary health. Lastly, we look for companies that have significant potential to be healthy, scalable businesses, because the positive impacts we invest in only last as long as the businesses that carry them.