Climate Tech Founders | May 2024
At One Ventures
Investing toward a world where humanity is a net positive to nature by supporting early-stage deep tech ventures.
In just a few weeks our entire firm and a good portion of the founders in our climate tech portfolio will be gathered next to the Flatirons in Boulder, Colorado, for the first annual Founder One event.
We are fully booked for this event and are ecstatic that so many are taking the time out of their packed schedules and traveling to join us.
Next month we'll feature the top takeaways and tactical pieces from the workshops to help all climate tech founders in their own growth.
In other news this month:
Events
What a turnout for our Hard Tech Happy Hour! SF Climate Week
During the crazy week when thousands streamed into and around San Francisco for Climate Week, we wanted to have a place where our portfolio founders could come and meet with us... and other investors, of course.
See photos from our event which we co-hosted with Clean Energy Ventures , Third Derivative and GS Futures .
In the News
Inlyte Energy profiled by The Cool Down
The Cool Down , or TCD, is one of the fastest growing climate change publications. Founded by executives from the Bleacher Report, ABC and Yahoo News, it identified Inlyte Energy's sodium-metal-halide batteries as "showing great promise in terms of energy storage for power grids." Read the full story.
Halo.Car licensing its driving-on-demand technology
The Vegas-based company has opened up its remote-driving technology to EV rental car companies to allow them to deliver their cars to the customer – without a driver in the car. Read more about the beta program, launching with Joulez, Inc and EV Access as participants.
Alchemie debuts its Taiwan innovation hub
UK-based Alchemie Technologies had an unveiling event for its TRL 9 textile dyeing machine, Endeavour, at its customer’s commercial facility in Nantou, Taiwan. They did a live demo as 1000 meters of raw fabric was dyed, dried, fixed and softened in just one hour. Helen Lin was on site! Read her take on the experience.
Transmutex interviewed by Chemistry World
Thorium nuclear reactors could consume nuclear waste and provide power without the risk of nuclear weapon proliferation, explains the CFO of Transmutex, a new addition to our portfolio. Read the article to learn more about the future of civilian nuclear.
Recommended by LinkedIn
Gigablue makes the XPRIZE Carbon Removal 100
The carbon-capture removal startup we funded last year has been recognized as an XPRIZE Carbon Removal team for its environmentally positive, scalable and durable solution to CO2 removal.
Bill Gates visits Modern Hydrogen, picks up a shovel
Speaking of carbon storage, Bill Gates went to Modern Hydrogen 's facilities to demonstrate the company's tech by filling a parking lot pothole with asphalt made of captured carbon. He posted his video on social media and several outlets picked up the story.
Ascend Elements expands into Europe via new joint venture
Rapid and sustainable growth often comes through partnerships and joint ventures, particularly when looking at opening up new markets. Read about Ascend Elements' partnership with Elemental Strategic Metals in Poland to recycle battery materials at plants in Poland and Germany. See Reuters news coverage.
Orbillion Bio's wagyu beef explained by Robb Report
Meat without the animal is now a commonly understood idea, and in many cases, preferred. But plant-based alternatives are just that – an alternative. What if you could have the “real thing” without slaughter? That’s the dream of cellular agriculture, creating meats that are a replica of the original, grown in a lab. Find out how it works & see how Orbillion Bio (YC W21) is featured.
Climax in MIT Tech Review: "Creamy vegan cheese made with AI"
Most vegan cheese falls into an edible uncanny valley full of discomforting not-quite-right versions of the real thing, writes Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tech Review. "But the brie I taste today is smooth, rich, and velvety –and delicious. I could easily believe it was made from cow’s milk, but it is made entirely from plants," he says. And it couldn’t have come into existence without the use of machine learning. Read the review here.
Washington Post: 'The vegan cheese that beat dairy'
But then was mysteriously disqualified. Conspiracy? Maybe. The story also made it onto the Stephen Colbert show! Watch excerpt (it starts at [04:30].
Stories From Founders
Ever hear a VC tell you that they offer operational support? How many of them actually follow through on that and add value when you actually need help?
Annette Kleiser , the founder of Dalan Animal Health, Inc. which is bringing the world's first honeybee vaccine to market, shares how the At One Ventures team really means it when they say they're "here to help." Watch the video.
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.