Cemvita Inc. is a biotechnology company that harnesses the power of natural processes to create sustainable solutions for various industries, with a focus on decarbonization and carbon utilization. The company leverages synthetic biology and biomimicry to develop technologies that convert carbon dioxide into valuable products, thereby addressing climate change and promoting a circular economy.

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Climate Capital is an early-stage climate tech VC with over 250+ portfolios across various sectors working on decarbonizing the global economy. Learn more about our syndicate (https://venture.angellist.com/climate/syndicate) and our portfolio (https://www.climatecapital.co/)

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We are proud to announce that Climate Capital has joined the new CREtech Climate Venture Coalition as a member. The coalition is a collaboration of leading VCs working together to accelerate investments in climate tech startups who are decarbonizing buildings. If that sounds like you, get in touch with the CRE team here: https://lnkd.in/gpS86_7N

Bill Gates is betting that C16 will succeed as a palm oil replacement. 

Why?

"Because fermentation is a relatively affordable, scalable, and quick process, especially compared to slash-and-burn deforestation."
 
On his most recent Gates Notes, Bill unpacks how big and important the palm oil problem is and why he thinks C16 has the right solution to solve it. 

He highlights how "C16’s oil contains the same fatty acids, which means it can be used in the same applications. And it’s as “natural” as palm oil—it's just grown on fungi instead of trees."
 
Watch the video from our lab and read more from Bill at the link below. 

"The idea of switching to lab-made fats and oils may seem strange at first. But their potential to significantly reduce our carbon footprint is immense. By harnessing proven technologies and processes, we get one step closer to achieving our climate goals."

 Featuring Shara Ticku David Heller Alexandra Mayo Paul Dale Pedevillano Zharfa Nurrachma Myles Marshall Wenqin Tang Daniel Pedrazzoli Ayden Schattman Beverly Chiu

#Sustainability #Innovation #PalmOilAlternative #C16Biosciences #BillGates #GatesNotes 

https://lnkd.in/eHPhnvq8

🎙️Unveiling the latest #CCPod!  Vijay R. interviews Kiran Bhatraju, CEO of Arcadia. Dive into the fascinating world of utility data, Arcadia's role in the energy transition, and the challenges of navigating regulatory currents. Listen here➡️https://lnkd.in/gudiU3Mh

Exciting announcement from oneshot.earth! They’ve just launched a public commentary for their first methodology on the Open Carbon Protocol: plugging of marginal oil and gas wells in the U.S. It describes the process for quantification, monitoring, reporting, and verification of GHG emission reductions and removals from this process.

Public commentary will run until 7 March 2024 and anyone with interest in oil and gas wells, and/or the voluntary carbon market generally, is encouraged to review and share your insights.

The OCP is designed to help anyone with an idea or concept for a new methodology - project developer, academic working group, buyer, dMRV or NGO - to get feedback and develop a high-impact methodology for use in the VCM. If you’re interested in finding out more, please reach out! 

OCP website: https://www.ocp.earth/
Public Commentary: https://lnkd.in/dgdwX9f6

🎙️Join host Michael Luciani in his insightful conversation with Moji Karimi, Co-founder and CEO of Cemvita Inc., on the latest #CCPod! Discover how Cemvita is revolutionizing industrial biotech to combat climate change, from CO2 conversion to hydrogen production. Listen here ➡️https://lnkd.in/gAJxwphS

This week Gaiascope unveiled our software platform: Terra. Terra helps wind, solar, and storage asset owners increase their profits through grid-wide and nodal wholesale price and congestion forecasting, and bid/offer recommendations. Terra leverages both physical power flow modeling and AI to produce superior forecasts and price insights (no “black box”). Its capabilities are also tested and proven every day through Gaiascope’s managed trading fund. 

Check out our latest blog post to learn more about Terra’s capabilities and performance!
Terra Software Platform Yields Gaiascope’s 60%+ Gains in ERCOT: https://lnkd.in/emqtzVZ8

Thank you to our full Gaiascope team and supporters for making this possible: 
Lauren Kuntz Jess Stiles Max Germin Vivek Mishra Joshua Fishbein Sean Campbell Alexandre Petrachini Farzin Shams Candace Martin Phil Flaherty Monica Gronseth Todd Sundsted VoLo Earth Ventures Kareem Dabbagh Joseph Goodman, PhD How Women Invest Ciara Burnham Erika Cramer Julie Castro Abrams Khosla Ventures Skyview Ventures Andy K. Y Combinator Climate Capital Sundeep A. Pzena Investment Management Richard Pzena Richard Adelson ACE & Company Adam Said Steven Eisenberg Jon Soberg, CFA Benjie D. Stephen Lacey Paul Sieben Christien W. DR Richardson Third Derivative City Light Capital Curtis Wong

🎙 Explore the world of sustainable investing with Zach Stein, Co-founder of Carbon Collective, featured on the latest #CCPod episode hosted by Vijay R.! Discover the company's distinctive approach, from reshaping 401(k) to challenging investment norms, and its influence on the climate narrative. Listen here ➡️https://lnkd.in/ge495JFn

Today we’re launching our Discovery tool in beta 🎉 

You can search across federal and state opportunities, and also through each of the 100+ page solicitation attachments. (Yes, this includes opportunities connected to #IRA, #IIJA, #CHIPS, and much more.)

Our team strives for perfection, which makes it tough to release something before it’s polished. Given the urgency of #climatechange (and the realities of being an early stage startup) we launch early and often. After a few weeks of a closed beta  (and lots of feedback 🙏🙏), we’ve decided to increase access to the tool:

🚀 Anyone can now visit https://lnkd.in/gzHK-ifS and use Streamline Climate's grant & RFP discovery tool without even logging in!

You’ll find:
✨ AI-powered search across federal and state opportunities
🦄  Enhanced summary pages that pull key details out of solicitations
🪄 “Chat with your solicitation” directly, asking questions hidden deep inside attachments

What’s coming soon:
✅ Eligibility checking
🔔 Email alerts for opportunities that are a good match
🌁 Local RFP opportunities
🛤️ Filtering by industry

👉 Disclaimer: Discovery is very much still in beta. You’ll naturally run into some… quirks 🐞. Please report them! If you can get our AI to hallucinate, I’ll buy you a coffee ☕️

Shoutout to the whole team for making this happen -- Douglas Qian, Emily Moini, Eric H., Dhen Emmanuel Padilla, and Deo A-Mutomb

Today, we are thrilled to introduce Tempo Membership and the Tempo app: hellotempo.com

Our mission at Tempo is to make ebike ownership easy. As long-time ebike riders ourselves, and from talking to many, many other riders, we learned a few things that led us here:

Riding an ebike is joyfully easy. Owning an ebike can be hard.

There are over 3 million ebikes in the US today, most of which were purchased online in just the last two years. Ebike adoption is ballooning, and with it, the need for ebike services like roadside assistance, maintenance, insurance, and theft prevention. 

Ebikes are so awesome, they are bringing people to cycling who haven’t been on a bicycle in years, if ever, like commuters, parents and older adults. And ebikes can do things that regular bikes can’t, like making deliveries, taking kids to school, or climbing a big hill or getting to the office without breaking a sweat.

Finally, ebikes are the only electric vehicles that everyone can afford. That explains why they are already responsible for a gigaton of avoided emissions, much more than what expensive electric cars have achieved. 

We want everyone to own an ebike, and for owning it to be as easy and fun as riding it. Our app and membership include roadside pickup, repair support, theft protections and more. If you would like to be one of our first members, use the promo code FIRST100 for a deep, early adopter discount.

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