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🪵Sometimes you have to go to the past, to go far into the future. We're excited to support Underground Forest, founded by Kees de Gruiter with a loan to further develop a carbon storing wood piling technology that has been known for millennia and stores carbon for –at least – hundreds of years. 📜The best part: the technique is low tech and left its beta phase thousands of years ago. 👷🏽♀️The loan provided by Carbonfix will be used to finance the first kiloton removal, validate the piling process on farmland and build Underground Forest's support from both commercial and governmental funded entities. ↻Wood piling stores natural carbon in the ground for a thousand plus years. And there are multiple "dual usage" business cases to validate such as dyke reinforcement, peatland restoration and of course laying foundations for construction. We really see this pathway as a potential multi-megaton solution within the CDR category. 🍾With Underground Forest's nature based solution (biomass burial), Carbonfix funds yet another type of technology on the scale of carbon removal technologies. From DAC enablers (Skyrenu Technologies/ Stathmos-Balance the Climate enhanced rock weathering (Sahara Blue Carbon, Vesta, PBC), Direct Ocean Capturing (SeaO2, and another DOC project t.b.a) all the way up to temperature regulation (Arctic Reflections) : we aim to support all types of moonshots that avoid, capture or remove greenhouse gasses. Best of luck, Kees, and let’s go deeper underground! Siemon van den Berg Pepijn van Dijk Arnoud Haverlag Olga Liash, Jarno van den Heuvel Sidney John Vollmer info + links in comment.

With equal amounts pleasure and pride, we can announce that SeaO2 has raised over €2.000.000,- to remove 1 gigaton of CO₂ from the seas by 2045. (Video on their amazing process in the comment) This round of funding will power their transition from prototype to pilot plant, launching in 2025 with an annual capacity of 250 tons of CO₂. We provided SeaO2 with part of the funds, and helped shape a coalition of brave investors. Which is why we want to also express our sincere appreciation to The DOEN Foundation, NEW-TTT fonds (NV NOM), Future Tech Ventures and the informal investors Eduard Talman and Siddharth Kambe in supporting a crucial moonshot venture like Sea02. Thank you all for your trust and commitment! Siemon van den Berg Pepijn van Dijk Arnoud Haverlag Jeroen Hazewinkel Olga Liash Jarno van den Heuvel Sidney John Vollmer

"More and more entrepreneurs are quietly directing a portion of their earnings toward the greater good. They don’t always talk about it—they just want to make a difference,” says Olga Liash, board member at CarbonFix. She calls it ‘capitalantropy’ and explains why this is good news for sustainable start-ups with ideas that some might deem ‘too crazy to work’: https://buff.ly/4fmtrGy.

Look: at the Climate Change Summit 2024 in Bucharest, Tom Meijeraan of Arctic Reflections shared a powerful reminder of the urgency we face: by 2030, Arctic summers could be ice-free. With destructive effects on biodiversity, sea levels, and our climate in general. A big thank you to Tom, for again highlighting the critical reality of potential ice-free Arctic summers. #ClimateChangeSummit #ArcticReflections #CarbonFix https://lnkd.in/eRjRn_up

Congratulations to all Winners of yesterday’s Climate Tech Summit Benelux! At yesterday's event in Amsterdam, 100 innovative companies across multiple categories—such as Energy, Carbon Solutions, and Industry & Circular Economy—showcased the future of sustainable technology. In each category, a standout company was rewarded by an expert jury, consisting of entrepreneurs, investors and experience experts, for its potential to make significant impact in the fight against climate change. CarbonFix congratulates the jury’s top choices: Carbon Solutions: Hydryx Climate Fintech & Reporting: Carbon Equity Energy: iwell Food & Agri: Mosa Meat Industry & Circular Economy: BlueAlp Mobility & Transportation: Maeve Aerospace And the public’s favorite: Zero Friction Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/gi-GXR7a #CTS2024 #Innovation #Benelux #CarbonFix

On 22 October, Change Inc. and Climate Tech Summit Benelux Summit will organise the Benelux Climate Tech 100. This event consists of innovative, impactful Benelux companies with technology-driven solutions focused on today's major climate transitions. The list distinguishes six different categories, including Energy, Carbon Solutions and Industry & Circular Economy. The expert jury consists of entrepreneurs, investors and experience experts. Our very own board member Jeroen Hazewinkel joins them as jury chair and on the Carbon Solutions section. “Exciting to see how innovation on such a crucial domain is taking shape in the Benelux, looking forward to meet all these entrepreneurs and innovators,” he says. Read more on the event: https://buff.ly/3NuvvAj

Is your scientifically backed moonshot idea eligible for CarbonFix funding? It is, if your innovation is new and will reduce or capture megatons of CO2e, has limited prior funding, and you have a dedicated team or founder in place. Do you fit the profile? Ready to make a real impact? Get in touch with us! https://buff.ly/4e2UYgw #carbonfix #climateaction

We are thrilled to announce our initial funding of two new projects: Skyrenu technologies and Sahara Blue Carbon. Skyrenu technologies has great ecosystem momentum as one of the XPRIZE finalists and is among the demonstrator partners of Deep Sky. Moreover, Skyrenu offers a compelling approach that integrates carbon capture and storage in one solution, along with a feasible scaling roadmap. Sahara Blue Carbon represents a promising new Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) strategy that focuses on deploying olivine in a closed system. They are on a quest to achieve a reliable assessment of the carbon capture potential of rock weathering in an ideal situation. We are excited to work with their team, including lead scientist professor Eric Oelkers. Proudly supporting these projects by accelerating their developments towards groundbreaking breakthroughs. Venture philanthropy in full motion! We very much look forward to working with you Martin Brouillette Gabriel Vézina and Philip Andrews Taj Heer MBA. Read more about the projects and their founders in our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/e5JpgPJG

We are thrilled to announce our initial funding of two new projects: Skyrenu technologies and Sahara Blue Carbon. Skyrenu technologies has great ecosystem momentum as one of the XPRIZE finalists and is among the demonstrator partners of Deep Sky. Moreover, Skyrenu offers a compelling approach that integrates carbon capture and storage in one solution, along with a feasible scaling roadmap. Sahara Blue Carbon represents a promising new Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) strategy that focuses on deploying olivine in a closed system. They are on a quest to achieve a reliable assessment of the carbon capture potential of rock weathering in an ideal situation. We are excited to work with their team, including lead scientist professor Eric Oelkers. Proudly supporting these projects by accelerating their developments towards groundbreaking breakthroughs. Venture philanthropy in full motion! We very much look forward to working with you Martin Brouillette Gabriel Vézina and Philip Andrews Taj Heer MBA. Read more about the projects and their founders in our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/e5JpgPJG

CarbonFix offers 0% interest bearing loans to start-ups with scientifically backed ideas to counter excess global warming. Funds can be used for clear next steps in developing your idea further, such as doing experiments, building pilots, filing patents etc. We are always looking for new practical projects supported by science. Are you an inventor, entrepreneur, student or scientist who wants to take your moonshot climate solutions further? Do you know innovators, start-ups, or CO₂ projects ready to take the next step with virtually free money? If so, let us know: https://buff.ly/4e2UYgw #carbonfix #climateaction