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Congrats to the wonderful team at Payne Institute for Public Policy for successfully organizing the Critical Minerals Symposium at the Colorado School of Mines again! One mind-boggling statistic that I think about frequently and wish everyone understood was reinforced today when US Senator John Hickenlooper from Colorado mentioned during his address that our country only graduates about 600 mining engineering students a year. Now compare that to 1.4 MILLION mining students enrolled in China, dwarfing our talent pool! While my dear alma mater, Colorado School of Mines graduates many of this great talent, our talent pool is shrinking. This is happening during a time when we need them the most to achieve a reliable clean energy economy. We at Nomadic Venture Partners love seeing more EVs on the road, more solar and wind power generation, and innovation and tech, but one thing that keeps us up at night is that without the secure supply of sustainable critical minerals and the talent to produce them, the mining industry will be the limiting factor on how quickly we can achieve our net-zero future. If you are interested in partnering with us to help solve this challenge, please reach out. Or better yet, come to our 3rd annual Industrial Climate Tech Summit on October 18 in Golden, CO! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gX4q75Ak #metalstransition #energytransition #nomadicventurepartneres

“I think it’s a much bigger problem than people realize… and it just takes one spark for people to realize, all of a sudden.” In April, Anzu Principal Henk Both participated in a panel at Energy Tech Summit in Bilbao on Critical Resources: The Geopolitical Significance of Rare Earth Metals. A video of the full conversation, which also includes Rutger Van Raalten from CarbonX, Michael Granoff from Maniv Mobility and Beau-Anne Chilla from Anthemis Group, is now available. Watch the video to hear Henk’s perspective on the prevalence of rare earths across many industries, how the global supply chain has been established, the corresponding geopolitical implications and how companies are seeking out alternative solutions, including the work that Niron Magnetics, Inc. is doing. #ETS2024 #energy #rareearths #cleantech #supplychain #cleanenergy

"#FleetSpace, #StanfordUniversity ’s Mineral-X team up to advance space-enabled climate innovation - #Australia -based Fleet Space Technologies, developer and operator of #microsatellites, announced Monday that it has been named an industrial affiliate of Stanford University’s #MineralX program — a #research organization combining expertise in #geoscience, #resourceOptimization and #artificialintelligence (#AI) to enable a #decarbonized #mineral #supplychain. #ExoSphere, Fleet Space’s space-enabled #mineralExploration solution, delivers #3D subsurface #models in days, rather than months or years with other methods. Major #miners including ~#RioTinto, #BarrickGold and #CoreLithium have used the technology to complete hundreds of surveys on different #commodity types across five continents. The #research #collaboration with #Stanford ’s Mineral-X aims to unlock innovation and accelerate a clean energy future leveraging space technology, the company said. With faculty and #scientists at Mineral-X, Fleet Space will engage in joint research on technological innovation to accelerate #sustainable #mineral #discovery in #support of the #energytransition. The focus will be on the #optimization of drill targeting using #satelliteconnectivity and space-enabled #geophysical #sensors to deliver #realtime #subsurface #insight at #scale — vital #capabilities for increasing the #accuracy and #efficiency of #exploration #campaigns. “The exploration #technologies we’ve built at Fleet Space — enabled by our proprietary #satellite #constellation — represent a more #sustainable and #scalable path to increase the supply of #energytransition #minerals needed to achieve #netzero,” Fleet Space Technologies CEO Flavia Tata Nardini said in a news release." #Mining com #space #climate #innovations #innovation #climateaction #decarbonization #FleetSpaceTechnologies #spacemining #spacetech #satellites #nextspace #newspaceeconomy #3Dmodels #spacetechnology #spaceresearch #sciences #geosciences #resources #spaceresources #Optimization #partnership #universities #technology #cleanenergy #future #criticalminerals  Stanford Mineral-X  #StanfordMineralX

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🌍 Blue Bear Capital's Software-Centric Approach to Climate Tech Innovation In the world of climate tech, hardware often takes center stage—whether it's in the development of solar panels, wind turbines, or hydrogen infrastructure. But Blue Bear Capital is challenging that paradigm with a software-first approach, focusing on how digital solutions and AI can drive significant environmental impact. Key Insights: Software + AI in Climate Tech: According to Vaughn Blake, a partner at Blue Bear Capital, hardware in climate tech is necessary, but software holds the key to scaling impact. The firm is investing in digital solutions and applied AI to optimize hardware performance, unlock efficiencies, and improve energy outcomes across industries. Impact Potential with AI: Ernst Sack, another partner at Blue Bear, points out that AI's potential in sectors like solar can lead to tremendous efficiency gains. For instance, using AI-powered monitoring tools like Raptor Maps has been shown to improve solar farm performance by up to 10%, equating to saving 10 gigawatts of energy—comparable to several coal or nuclear power plants. Expanding Beyond Traditional Climate Tech: While solar and wind are often associated with climate investments, Blue Bear sees vast opportunities for AI applications across sectors like water treatment, steel, cement, chemical production, and even aviation logistics. A New Investment Model: Blue Bear has recently raised $160 million for its third fund, aiming to support early-stage companies but with a later-stage investment strategy. The fund is reserving more capital for follow-on investments to help companies grow and eventually exit, typically via M&A, rather than IPOs. This approach underscores the belief that AI and digital technologies are crucial to addressing the climate crisis, not just through hardware development, but by making existing infrastructure smarter and more efficient. #ClimateTech #AIinClimate #SustainableInvestment #DigitalSolutions #AI #CleanEnergy #BlueBearCapital #TechForGood #ImpactInvesting #EnergyEfficiency #Innovation #AIignitestudio

Thanks for sharing Paul. An interesting concept is one where improvements and access to Aeromag mapping (mapping basement rock or origin rock for hydrogen is a critical element of natural hydrogen exploration) would reduce the cost of exploration and hasten its acceleration on a larger scale. This is where government entities such as #USGS could potentially hasten natural hydrogen's growth by funding mapping of the these hot spots. Many investors confuse exploration with a treasure hunt. In terms of natural hydrogen exploration, exploration is research and R&D into developing full commercial scale exploration technology and science. Every piece of data acquired on the geology becomes a critical element in directing all future R&D initiatives and proprietary exploration models which create the IP. In this model, DATA is worth a lot since little of it applicable to hydrogen exists. Future AI driven exploration models will be built from it. #NaturalHydrogen #WhiteHydrogen #EnergyTransition #Hydrogen

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Welcome to this week's Fruitionary Spotlight Snippets! Today, we’re highlighting General Galactic, a synthetic biology startup emerging as a key player in the e-fuel industry: Founded by Stanford graduates Halen Mattison and Luke Neise, General Galactic is developing a fully integrated system that transforms CO2 into synthetic methane. As the largest chemical component (at 95%) of natural gas, capturing carbon and turning it into synthetic methane presents a compelling opportunity for a sustainable fuel alternative. Previous companies struggled with non-closed-loop processes, leading to high costs. General Galactic aims to change that with a full-loop system for capturing, mixing, and distributing fuel. They’ve raised a $1.9 million pre-seed investment and have begun producing 2,000 liters of methane daily. Their innovative carbon-to-value (C2V) process creates a carbon-negative fuel that burns like traditional fuels but with a significantly lower environmental footprint. To learn more about General Galactic, visit www.gengalctic.com. And If you're a founder in this space and want to be featured in our Spotlights Snippets, connect with us at www.Fruitionary.com

SOSV Climate Tech Summit (Free | Virtual | Oct 14-18) > Main Stage Session > "⚡️💰 Blitzfunding. Raise Like Our World Depends On It." ➡ Register to the Summit (free): https://lnkd.in/dfQmzNwG (already over 4,500 registrants!) Can #ClimateTech companies raise large rounds right off the gate? (like some AI companies) While growth investors have slowed the pace, a few relatively new startups have succeeded in raising huge rounds aiming for faster commercial deployment. In this panel at the SOSV Climate Tech Summit (Oct 14-18), the founders at geo-thermal power leader Fervo Energy, home heat-pump champion Aira, and industrial heat innovator Antora Energy have raised more than $1.1 billion in little more than four years since inception. By VC standards, such #blitzfunding is the outer limits; to have an impact on global warming, it may be the right stuff. Featuring: - Tim Latimer, CEO, Fervo Energy - Martin Lewerth, Group CEO, Aira - Andrew Ponec, Co-founder & CEO, Antora Energy Moderated by Benjamin Joffe, Senior Partner at SOSV ### ➡ Agenda of Main Stage & Breakout Sessions: https://lnkd.in/dBXKxEcG ➡ Separate registration to the VC/Startup Matchmaking (400+ investors, | Virtual | Free): https://lnkd.in/dGFJgacN Some of the Main Stage Sessions (15+ sessions): 💰 2024: A new Chapter in Climate VC? 💰 Crossing the Chasm to Series B 💰 Climate Tech is Too Capital Intensive. (But Not Always) 🔋 Battery Wars: Can The Best Tech Win? ⛏️ Koloma: The Clean H2 Under Our Feet ☢️ Nuclear Fission: Terrapower’s Wyoming Reactor ⚡️ Energy at Big Tech 🏗️ Steel and Cement’s Electrifying Futures ☀️ SPF 1000: Modifying Solar Radiation Breakout Session Partners (15+ interactive sessions): ARPA-E, Cipher News, Collaborative Fund, DCVC, Energy Impact Partners, Engine Ventures, Gigascale Capital, Goodwin, HAX, IndieBio, Khosla Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, MCJ, Pale blue dot, Syensqo Ventures