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Airbus Ventures announced an investment in OROS Labs, an innovative thermal solutions company, which has raised $22 million to support the company’s expansion in consumer, commercial, and government industries. This round of funding was led by Airbus Ventures, with participation from REI Co-op Path Ahead Ventures, Platinum Mile Ventures, Culper Ventures, Crumpton Ventures, Iron Gate Capital, Enlightenment Capital, CTK and the Goldwin Play Earth Fund, among others. Solarcore® leverages the thermal properties of polymer aerogel, the world’s lowest thermally conductive solid, to revolutionize insulation for a multitude of applications – from structures and packaging to cold weather apparel. For aerospace and space in particular, thermal insulation materials and thermal management are operationally critical. By combining cutting-edge technology with innovative design, Solarcore® is setting a new standard for thermal efficiency, along with being durable, versatile and applicable to many different product categories. https://lnkd.in/ebFXkWnY

Full Interview- “IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ACTION IS TAKED NOW ” Joram Voelklein, co-founder of venture capital firm Alpine Space Ventures, talks to Marcus M. Weber, Kearney partner and Global Head of Automotive - June 10, 2024 In conversation with Joram Voelklein, co-founder of venture capital firm Alpine Space Ventures, Marcus M. Weber, Kearney partner and Global Head of Automotive, talks about satellite technology and its implications for the automotive industry. An exchange about the power of Tesla, Europe's lagging behind and the question of why and how German OEMs should look to space." https://lnkd.in/eiC5Czz5

Chatting about present and future of #aviation and #tech investment with Hazel King. While everybody can see trends and tailwinds, the best business opportunities have no past, they must be created and seized in the continuous present. Very excited by what has yet to be done.

🌍 BlackWood Ventures is delighted to participate in Sirius' very competitive & oversubscribed €1.2m pre-seed round! Founded in 2022, Sirius' mission is to tackle sustainability challenges in the metals and mining industry. The team is pioneering change with its AI 'sustainability twin', designed to automate sustainability data management in a sector crucial for the energy transition. This technology is set to reduce time spent on data management by 80%, enhancing efficiency in this essential industry. Anastasia Kuskova, CEO and co-founder of Sirius: “This product grows out of my personal frustration during my tenure as a Sustainability Officer. In the complex industries like metals, mining, and manufacturing, sustainability professionals lack tools that are specifically tailored to us. It's a huge underserved space, powering the energy transition and desperately yearning for change. So, we decided to be this change, bringing a new wave of cool and effective solutions to our forward-looking clients”. “Sirius echoes our own commitment to innovation with purpose. Anastasia Kuskova and the team at Sirius have not just identified a gap in the sustainability space — they've stepped up to fill it with a tailored solution that speaks directly to the core needs of this ‘hard-to-abate’ industry. We are incredibly happy to be a part of it.” - Bastian R. Larsen, CEO, BlackWood Ventures BlackWood has invested alongside Fund F by Female Founders, Techstars, WEPA Ventures, and select angel investors. 🎉 Congratulations to the entire Sirius team for this achievement, Anastasia Kuskova, Seva Martynov & Sergey Tyan. #BlackWoodVentures #Sirius #CleanTech #Innovation #Sustainability

This is a good article. Applies to CTP at our present stages... "When you’re looking to invest a start-up, what are the most important elements? We are usually the first, or sometimes second, cheque in the company and so it means there isn’t much of a company to invest it. It is usually just a person, two- or three-people team with an amazing background, an amazing brain, who demonstrate grit and tenacity, that have the potential to be historical actors in whatever their field is." Check, check, check, and check.

Very excited to share that GroGuru Inc has closed its first round of institutional financing. Paul Voois from Cove Fund and Ben Strom, CFA have joined to GroGuru board of directors as part of this financing. Paul and Ben join Rory Moore as outside directors in our company. This is an exciting time for GroGuru where the need for water conservation, food security and sustainability have never been more urgent or important. GroGuru continues our laser focus on providing best in class solutions for strategic water management for commercial farmers. Our AI-enabled SaaS solutions continue to gain traction, and we now have over 200,000 acres under management. Our existing customers represent over one million deployable acres and our market channel partners cover over 20 million acres of commercial farmland in the US. This financing will enable GroGuru to continue to expand sales, build and expand key strategic partnerships and commercialize solutions to help farmers increase crop yield and more efficiently use water and other scare resources in a more sustainable way. #sustainability #precisionagriculture #smartfarming #irrigationmanagement #foodsecurity #watermanagement

We launched ArcTern Ventures Fund I over a decade ago, in 2012, during the first major retrenchment in #climatetech venture capital investment (then referred to as #cleantech ). We understood that the climate crisis was becoming more acute due to missed carbon reduction targets and that innovation could help us accelerate decarbonization to ‘catch up.’ Climate innovation is not only a way to ‘catch up’ but also an incredible investment opportunity. With the launch of our Fund III, a US$335M fund, we will continue investing in brilliant mission-driven founders across Europe and North America who can meaningfully reduce global carbon emissions in the next decade. If you’re looking for growth capital, reach out to one of our experienced investment team members: Murray McCaig, Marc Faucher, Mira Inbar, Kristin Aamodt, Ian Pinnington, Tom Rand, Nikhil Shukla, Shannon Whitaker, Keegan Pinto, Mathilda (Ayeni) Akintayo, Dinesh Ganesan, Pauline Tsai https://lnkd.in/gVZbxxJx

From 2 to 90 customers and $800k to $6M ARR since leading their Series A just over a year ago, Hydrolix's growth speaks for itself. And this is just the beginning! Proud that Nava Ventures is joining forces with industry leaders like S3 Ventures (Aaron Perman), AV8 Ventures (Baris Aksoy), Wing Venture Capital (Peter Wagner), and Oregon Venture Fund (Matt Compton and Scott Grout) in this heavily oversubscribed Series B. Here's to Marty Kagan and the Hydrolix team, pioneering a new era in data observability within the enterprise! Check out the announcements in the comments

What do cicadas and venture capital have in common? A golden opportunity that comes in cycles. Owen Reynolds, our friend from TEKLAS Ventures, has drawn a wonderful comparison between the two and highlighted why the venture ecosystem is at a juncture of several cycles, much like cicadas do. https://lnkd.in/eSMfpWNT #venturecapital #angelinvesting #startupfunding #Europe

#Cedar, a #Texas-based leading platform for #commercial development, secures $3 million in seed #funding. Leading the round was Caffeinated Capital, with investment from Tishman Speyer Ventures, Alumni Ventures, David Rubenstein via Shorewind Capital, and Maria Davidson, CEO of the well-known construction firm Kojo, among others. Antler, a #multinational venture capital firm, also appears as an early investor (pre-seed round) in Cedar's cap table. The company intends to use the funds to grow its operations and #clientele. Kyle Vansice, Nate Peters, and Rahul Attraya founded Cedar in 2022. Cedar offers a platform that combines a combination of #proprietary and public data with generative algorithms to #swiftly generate a wide range of building designs and precisely anticipate the development yield on any property in a city. Transforming intricate #landdevelopment laws into practical development plans that optimise a property's earnings potential. With aspirations to expand to many major American cities over the following 12 to 18 months, the company now covers Austin. Caffeinated Capital Alumni Ventures Shorewind Capital Maria (Rioumine) Davidson Antler Kyle Vansice Nate Peters Rahul Attraya #cedar #funding #startup