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Six month ago, I have never heard the word “Slush”.   This week I have been spending 24/3 (days) at Slush pre, mid and post-event/party. We are becoming the Fantastic Five: Simon Davies, Kjell Morten Sviland, Marco Miglietta, Sebastian Schäfer and me. 🎉 Human-generated event by volunteers, students 😍 The president of Finland made the opening speech 💪 Finland is so much cooler than you think. 🤣 Simon Davies made a good speech about Venture Client model in Equinor, and all five of us talked with startups, founders, matchmakers, innovators and other investors by Equinor booth, with smash@slush, seigman and twisters. 🥞 I am so honored to meet up with so many talented people and companies full of innovative ideas, within healthtech, fintech, AI, XR, energy, industry. 🎁 What a wonderful karaoke party 🎉

Our carbon-to-rock project with 44.01 is set to scale up after a successful pilot phase proved the technology's viability in the UAE.    The Fujairah-based pilot successfully turned 10 tonnes of CO2 into rock in just 100 days. Together with 44.01, we're now gearing up to inject 300 tonnes of CO2 over a longer period, marking another step towards carbon mineralization on a commercial scale.   For more: https://lnkd.in/dQE7NX33 #AdvancingNetZero #EnergyForLife #ADIPEC

Today, LevelTen Energy is celebrating the close of a $65 million Series D funding round led by B Capital ! Thank you to our Series D investors, and all the investors who preceded them, for their support: Aster Capital, Constellation, Google, ICE, Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, NGP, Prelude Ventures, and ZOMALAB, among others. “Society has made strong progress in tackling climate change — but it’s still not enough,” said LevelTen Energy CEO Bryce Smith. “The next phase of the transition to a carbon-free economy will require new marketplaces, new sources of market intelligence, faster access to capital, and significant investments in emerging technologies. With this renewed financial support from our investors, LevelTen will build on our past success, and provide new solutions to the energy transition’s most pressing challenges.” This funding will support continued growth of the LevelTen Platform and finance the company’s expansion into new markets, including granular certificates and clean hydrogen, to accelerate carbon-free energy project deployment. Thanks to all of you — the LevelTen Network — for helping us achieve this milestone. We couldn’t do it without you! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gj-xd__V #renewableenergy #cleanenergy #funding