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Congratulations to Dioxycle for being named one of the World Economic Forum's 100 Technology Pioneers, a select group of hyper-growth start-ups making breakthroughs in clean energy, healthcare, biotech, space, and neurotechnology. 🌟 Led by Co-Founders Sarah Lamaison, PhD and David Wakerley, PhD, Dioxycle recently achieved a significant breakthrough with their electrolyzer technology, which converts carbon emissions into sustainable fuels and chemicals without adding more CO₂ to the atmosphere. This breakthrough innovation has the potential to reduce emissions by up to 800 million tons annually (about 2% of the global total). Congrats to the Dioxycle team and the other incredible pioneers on this year's list, pushing the boundaries of what's possible through technology!  #techpioneers #WEF #innovation #climatetech #techpioneers24

📚 What’s on Gigascale’s Bookshelf? 📚 We asked Gigascale Partners Mike Schroepfer, Victoria Beasley, and Evaline Tsai, PhD, what books inspired them along their learning journey. From tech revolutions to groundbreaking innovations to climate resilience, you'll want to add these to your reading list. What’s on your summer reading list? Drop your recs below! ⬇️ For Tech Lovers: 🚀 "The Industrial Revolution in World History" by Peter Stearns – How steam engines changed the game. 🌍 "How the World Really Works" by Vaclav Smil – The science behind our everyday lives. For the Builders: ✈️ "How Innovation Works" by Matt Ridley – The secret sauce of freedom in sparking creativity. 🏗️ "How Big Things Get Done" by Prof. Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner – Making the impossible, possible. For the Brave: 🔥 "Inviting Disaster" by Jim Chiles – Lessons from tech gone wrong. 🌡️ "The Uninhabitable Earth" by David Wallace-Wells – A wake-up call for our planet. #innovation #leadershipinsights #climatetech #readinglist #bookrecommendations #currentlyreading

👋 Say hello to Tom Walkinshaw, one of Gigascale Capital's Summer Venture Fellows! This summer, Tom is diving into grid congestion, early-stage deal sourcing, diligence, and portfolio support with our investment team. He brings a wealth of experience from the clean energy and climate tech space, having worked in solar, energy storage, hydrogen, electric vehicles, wind, nuclear, and manufacturing. Currently pursuing his MBA at Harvard Business School, Tom has taken on leadership roles in the Energy & Environment Club and the Outdoors Club. His passion for the environment and adventure recently took him on a memorable trip to West Africa. Outside of work, Tom is an avid outdoorsman and loves hiking, running, swimming, biking, and skiing. We're thrilled to have Tom on board this summer. Welcome to the team! 🌱 #climatetech #cleanenergy #greentech #impactinvesting #harvardmba

👋 Meet Elizabeth McNally, a Gigascale Capital’s 2024 Summer Venture Fellows! Every year, we invite talented students to join us and dive into all things climate tech investing. Elizabeth is working with our investment team to explore opportunities in rare earths, assess market readiness for new technologies, and explore partnerships for scaling climate companies. Her passion for climate tech began at Dartmouth College, where she studied neuroscience, engineering, and design thinking, leading a project to reduce methane emissions from food waste. Since then, Elizabeth has built and scaled software at Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) and Mastercard. Now, she is pursuing her MBA at Stanford University Graduate School of Business and has invested in climate tech startups with the Stanford GSB Impact Fund, focusing on enhancing climate resilience in cities. Welcome to the team, Elizabeth! 🌱 #climatetech #cleanenergy #greentech #Impactinvesting #standford

"A good leader is like a conductor of an orchestra. You can have the best players in the world, but if they’re all playing from a different song sheet, it’s going to sound terrible.” Gigascale Partner Mike Schroepfer sat down with Harry Stebbings on 20VC to discuss everything from the challenges and rewards of building hardware, lessons learned from investing in hard tech, the future of energy, and much more. **Key takeaways from the episode:** 🚀 Investing in Hard Tech: With years of experience building large data centers for Meta, Schrep says it's all about balancing speed with careful planning. When developing hard tech, it's even more important to use your capital wisely and prove your tech works with a prototype before going big and spending tons of money. ⚡Future of Energy: Schrep predicts the next few years might be challenging due to high demand and limited clean energy capacity. However, the future looks promising with exponential growth in solar power and advancements in battery storage. Startups like Xcimer Energy Corporation are also working on making fusion commercially viable by the 2030s, offering hope for unlimited clean power. 💰 Lead with Value, Follow with Impact: Schrep’s philosophy is to highlight how your product saves money or works better first, then follow up with the environmental perks. He shares an example from Mill, who pitches their product as a way to reduce trash and odor for consumers, with the added bonus of being climate-friendly. Listen to the full episode for more insights, stories, and inspiration. (Link in comments) #climatetech #venturecapital #startupinsights #20minvc

🎉 Congrats to the Arbor team and all of the progress made that brings them closer to their vision of a carbon capture engine that both can remove CO2 and produce electricity at a massive scale.

#FusionIsHere :-) Fusion energy is the hardest, most capital intensive, and complex technology of the 21st century and one of the important breakthroughs of our lifetime. This week's Fusion event at SF Deep Tech Week covered leading technical approaches and strategies to continue the industry's growth. We heard fusion approaches from: Kyle Schiller, CEO at Marathon Fusion Darren Woulfe, Head of Magnet Business Commonwealth Fusion Systems David Gates, CTO at Thea Energy Robin Langtry, CEO at Avalanche Energy Derek Sutherland, Head of Fuze-Q Physics Zap Energy Andrea (Annie) Kritcher, Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Designer of NIF shot (!) Alison Christopherson, Plasma Physicist at Xcimer Energy Corporation JC B. CEO at Fuse And policy, funding, and public-private partnerships perspectives from: Andrew Holland, CEO at Fusion Industry Association Sally Benson, Professor at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Ahmed Diallo, Director at ARPA-E Malcolm Handley, Fusion VC at Strong Atomics Thank you to everyone who attended. For those that missed it, subscribe for future updates here: https://lnkd.in/g5DgRa4n Special thanks to Gigascale Capital for sponsoring and @Andrew Cote for their leadership and enthusiasm for Fusion!

Interested in fusion energy? Xcimer Energy Corporation is hiring for a variety of roles to commercialize intertial fusion using groundbreaking laser technology. Here’s what you need to know: 1️⃣ Fresh off a major Series A funding, Xcimer aims for viable fusion energy within 10 years. 2️⃣ The team is building a system grounded in proven science — the National Ignition Facility (NIF) confirmed that hitting a target with a high power laser can create a controlled fusion reaction. 3️⃣ Many countries, including the US, are investing heavily in fusion energy, aiming to demonstrate fusion power plants within 10 years. The technical risks are big, and so is the potential for impact. Explore Xcimer’s open roles below. >> LINKS TO APPLY IN COMMENTS << 🎯 Optical Control Systems Engineer Master of light and precision? Design state-of-the-art UV laser systems for nuclear fusion. Apply your electrical engineering skills and technical leadership to develop active beam control systems and industrial automation for Xcimer’s new facility. 🔬 Chemical Engineer – Molten Salt Systems Push the boundaries of materials science and engineering in molten salt environments. Your expertise in salt purification, chemistry control, and corrosion mechanisms will be crucial in enhancing our fusion chamber and molten salt systems for sustainable energy solutions. 💻 Information Technology (IT) Administrator Tech enthusiasts, this one's for you! From managing networks to troubleshooting, your skills will keep the company at the forefront of technology. ⚡ Pulsed Power Engineer Got a pulse on power? Design and oversee high voltage systems for cutting-edge excimer lasers, supporting both prototype and future power-producing reactors. #climatetech #jobalert #hiring #engineeringjobs #itjobs #techjobs

🌱 The best products aren’t designed just to be viable. They’re made to be lovable. For Matthew Rogers, Co-Founder of Mill, it's all about the MLP: Minimum Lovable Product. "What's the threshold where people are going to love your product?" he asks. At Mill, achieving lovability took two years. For Matt, it’s not about rushing to market or striving for perfection; it's about finding that sweet spot where innovation meets user delight. So, how does Mill do it? By making recycling your food scraps easier and more fun than throwing them in the trash. Overnight, Mill's food recycler turns kitchen scraps into something like odorless coffee grounds—reducing a households emissions by half a ton a year. It's easy, awesome, and a surprisingly good dinner party trick. And the proof is in the response. The first product sold out entirely, with thousands of backorders for the next-gen version. Plus Mill has some pretty impressive stats on how its changing customer behaviors to reduce food waste overall. Dive deeper into Mill's journey to creating a product people truly love. https://lnkd.in/gxsPxFEq #foodwaste #productdesign #startups #climatetech #environment

🍌 In this month’s Gigascale Spotlight, we’re talking about food waste with Matthew Rogers, Co-Founder of Mill. It's tempting to believe food waste is harmless. It's biodegradable, right? Unfortunately, that's not the case when it's thrown in the trash. When left to decompose in landfills, it emits methane, a greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent at warming the atmosphere than CO2. Food waste accounts for a staggering 10% of global emissions. Households are a big culprit, with nearly half of all food ending up in the trash. Enter Mill, founded by Matthew Rogers and Harry Tannenbaum. They've created a sleek, high-tech food recycler that turns scraps into odorless, dry grounds that can feed farms or gardens. In its first year alone, Mill saved ~2 million pounds of food from landfills and drove some pretty impressive behavior change among its customers. Want to dive deeper? Check out the full conversation for more insights. #climatetech #cleantech #foodinnovation #foodwaste