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True climate innovation starts with people, not ideas. With 2023 about to become the hottest year on record, and uncertainty overshadowing COP28, it’s clear we need solutions now more than ever. We have to solve the hardest climate problems, the ones where available solutions are not enough - from heavy industry, to agriculture, to carbon removal, and more. The people we need to create and scale those breakthrough technologies are out there, but they need the right place to support them in taking their first step. Marble was built to empower scientists, engineers and operators to take this first step. We’re here to help them start, and to help them succeed. The tide can be turned on this crisis, and the time is do it is now. We need to not just hope for a climate resilient future, we need to build that future. We are building it.

Just arrived in London for the Breakthrough Energy Summit! If you’re there, come and meet our Founding Partners Benjamin Tincq and Jonny Everett to learn more about what Marble has been building the past couple years! We have really exciting companies soon coming out of stealth, and many more cool projects — clean fuels and chemicals, to geologic hydrogen, carbon removal, critical minerals, low capex energy, biomass, methane abatement and more. Looking forward to connect with great operators, follow-on investors, industry experts — and future hires we’ll soon add to the Marble team! Thanks again Meghan Ashley Taylor and Gaëtan for the invite! #climatetech #energy #deeptech

Welcoming our new batch of Founders in Residence at Marble 🚀 Another 5 exceptional minds arriving in Paris to build with Marble in our 6th cohort! Tracy Nevitt 🇬🇧, Dana Shoukroun PhD 🇧🇪, Julien Vaïssette 🇫🇷, Sowmya Purushothaman 🇮🇳, Gniewomir Flis 🇵🇱 Each will spend the next 3 months co-creating ideas with us that have the potential at scale to either tackle >1% of global GHG emissions or help >1% of the world’s population adapt to the worst effects of climate change. Want to be one of them? Check out what we want to work on next, link in the comments 👇 Who should be with us in October 2024? Tag them below 👇

🇺🇸 Recently, our science associates Lipsa Nag, PhD and Walter Johnsen travelled to Dallas, Texas for the ARPA-E summit. Here are some of their takeaways on building moonshot startups that will address climate change: 1. Our decarbonization efforts hinges on low-cost and low-carbon hydrogen. Critical minerals are important for renewable energy generation, energy transmission, and energy storage. 2. Climate technology companies must provide a pain reliever not a vitamin. Deeptech ventures must address a pain that manifests in 5 years that isn’t necessarily visible today. 3. Pilot projects need to demonstrate commercial demand. Startups need to raise more cash than their container size. 4. There’s a capital gap in scaling climate tech. We must provide bridges to bankability through more non-dilutive and private sector financing. 5. Advice from founders and investors: Build relationships early. Everyone you meet can be a potential advisor, partner, hire, etc. 🔥 After ARPA-E, some areas we identified as particularly exciting: next generation solar, efficient thermal storage, new green chemicals and energy storage vectors, biomaterials for building insulation, and highly efficient grid transmission. 🚀 We are excited to partner with exceptionally motivated people who will build and scale these moonshots! Douglas Wicks Charlie Werth Marc von Keitz Scott Nyquist Shayle Kann Christina Karapataki Yaniv Tepper Michelle Chao Tim Latimer Ezana Mekonnen Jonny Everett Ben Stein Benjamin Tincq

⭐️ Team Spotlight Meet Nadia our Talent Analyst, helping us build a world-class talent sourcing & acquisition pipeline! Before joining Marble she obtained a Bioengineering degree from UTEC, had internship experiences in leading institutions such as Sorbonne Université and University of Alberta, and is also actively developing a startup of her own - MikuyTec 🇵🇪 Being born and raised in Peru, Nadia worked hard in pursuit of her ambitions and paved a way for herself to succeed in competitive and challenging field that climate tech is today: “I was raised in a town where women were expected only to have children, and science was seen as "the devil's work." I left home at 14 to pursue a better education, moving through various cities and eventually different countries.” Nadia was always passionate about making a positive impact to the world, exploring everything from gene therapies to engineering microalgae for carbon fixation. At first she devoted herself to doing groundbreaking science in a lab as an academic; however, her drive for building faster, bolder and tangible solutions made her pivot into science entrepreneurship. 🧫 That’s how she started the first Peruvian synbio startup with the support of iGEM Startups, which eventually led to her discovering Marble. She joined us in 2023 as an intern, slowly growing into a full time position as an Analyst. If you’re excited about Nadia’s journey and interested in joining Marble as an intern as well, see our open positions below: Junior Programme Analyst → https://lnkd.in/dhH67EnW Junior Research Analyst → https://lnkd.in/d5e-tPst Junior Venture Analyst → https://lnkd.in/eHxdiNvj 🐣 Interesting fact about Nadia is that she had over 25 pets in her life and they are her main motivation to save the world!

⭐️ Interns wanted! We know that early stage employees are crucial for a startup's growth as they often wear multiple hats and contribute directly to key decisions - ultimately defining company's growth trajectory. That is why we also believe that hiring young professionals is important, as they get to grow alongside the company - bringing fresh ideas and getting hands-on experience. Marble and its portfolio companies are actively hiring a new batch of interns to join the team: 🦠 Centeon (Jerome) is a low-carbon chemicals company Bioprocessing Intern, 6 months, Paris, on-site (https://lnkd.in/dvB5_Qtr) 💨 Stealth (Silvia) - is developing cutting-edge technology for CO2 Direct Air Capture Biotech Intern, 6 months, Paris, on-site https://lnkd.in/dAGm_-_c Electrochemistry Intern, 6 months, Paris, on-site https://lnkd.in/dxXRXBm9 🚀 Marble - that’s us and we build climate companies! Junior Operations Analyst, 6 months, Paris, on-site https://lnkd.in/dhH67EnW Junior Venture Analyst, 6 months, Paris, on-site https://lnkd.in/eHxdiNvj Junior Research Analyst, 6 months, Paris, on-site https://lnkd.in/d5e-tPst Aerleum is transforming air into clean fuels and chemicals Process Engineer Intern, 6 months, Paris, on-site (https://lnkd.in/dMuHtHCr) Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until position has been filled so we urge you to apply ASAP! Edgar Ke Ben Evanson Malika Vassilova Benjamin Tincq Jonny Everett Sébastien Fiedorow Rudini Tua Silitonga Nadia Chamana Chura CDRjobs MCJ Collective Climatebase AirMiners Marcelo Lejeune Alban S. Matheus Miraglia Vedika Kulkarni Jiaming Tian Nakisa Echobardo Walter Johnsen

⭐️ We’re hiring engineers for breakthrough climate companies! Our portfolio companies are actively scaling up and have just opened some full time positions to expand their teams: 👉 Vema Hydrogen is producing Stimulated Geologic Hydrogen Geoscientist, Full-time, Remote (preferably US based) https://lnkd.in/eFNCJCQF 👉 Stealth (Silvia) - is developing cutting-edge technology for CO2 Direct Air Capture Process Engineer, Full-time, Paris, on-site https://lnkd.in/ewXFi8-K Electrochemical engineer, Full-time, Paris, on-site https://lnkd.in/euyXgweP Mechanical Engineer, Full-time, Paris, on-site https://lnkd.in/ekFa6J9J Chief of Staff, Full-time, Paris, on-site https://lnkd.in/een6yvvZ Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until position has been filled so we urge you to apply ASAP!

So excited to be at the ARPA-E Summit in Dallas this week! So inspiring to watch Evelyn Wang kick off the summit! My colleague Walter Johnsen and I are representing Marble. We’re working hard to build deeptech startups to decarbonize industries and heal the planet. Look forward to making new connections, and learning about new creative ways to address the climate crisis. Please come say hi if you’re working on science-based solutions to address climate change ⚡️🌎

📣 APPLICATIONS CLOSING THIS FRIDAY The best time to build in climate was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. With the urgency of addressing climate challenges, we're looking for entrepreneurially driven individuals who can apply their skills to solve today's biggest issues. Our research has identified key Impact Areas where innovation is most needed, and we are seeking one individual per area to join us in building solutions: ♨️ Geothermal Energy 🥉 Copper Mining and Mineral Processing 🌾 Agriculture Adaptation 🐮 Enteric Methane abatement 💧 Wastewater treatment and Brine utilization If you have deep expertise in any of these areas and dream of founding your own company, we would love to hear from you! 👉Apply Now: https://lnkd.in/eU4K7TQH Applications deadline: May 24th, 23:59 CET Cohort start date: June 10, 2024 in Paris

⭐️ Meet Paul Mahacek, Co-founder and CEO of AtmoCooling! Together with Paul-Emmanuel Herve, they are working to transform coastal deserts into thriving hubs of agriculture, clean energy, and climate resilience. AtmoCooling’s patented technology replicates and supercharges natural atmospheric cooling to create large microclimates up to 15ºC cooler. After completing his undergraduate and graduate engineering degrees at Santa Clara University, Paul has worked as a Chief Research Engineer at Centre national de la recherche scientifique. He was then responsible for the avionics system of the Crew Dragon spacecraft at SpaceX, and was the Vice President of Engineering at OnePointOne, an indoor farming company delivering end-to-end robotic growing systems. ⚙️ Paul has had a ‘decidedly not conventional’ career path. His work has included environmental climate science in the Arctic and Antarctic and helping put people into space. From his two decades of engineering experience, Paul was certain of one thing: Developing new, scalable technologies to mitigate and adapt to climate change is the best legacy he can provide to future generations. He also shared why he decided to work with Marble and what he gained from this experience: “There are so many ways for startups to fail. The early support from Marble meant that we instantly had a team of experienced founders and technical staff helping us avoid pitfalls, quickly move through analysis, and choose the right tools to get us where we needed to go.” 🚀 AtmoCooling is currently operating its second field site to continue scaling up the technology. They just opened a new branch in the UAE and are seeking funding to add to their already fantastic team. Paul’s advice to other scientists thinking of taking a leap into entrepreneurship is: “Look into market needs. Then… build diverse teams, iterate quickly, embrace uncertainty, and persist with passion.”