Brian Sheng’s Post

Thank you to Canary Media Inc. for reporting on our latest DBL white paper, "Beyond the Burn." After a summer of wildfire discontent that saw incredible tragedy in Hawaii, nearly 60 million acres burned in Canada, and many more catastrophic wildfire events across the globe - it is clear that this is an area where we need new solutions and technologies! "Beyond the Burn" is all about the use of one of those tools: prescribed fire. Prescribed burning is a practice that dates back millennia to indigenous tribes, and it represents one of the most cost-effective, ecologically beneficial, and carbon-positive approaches for managing our forests and helping to prevent catastrophic wildfires. Fortunately, there are a number of technology companies that can help accelerate the use of this tool in our "wildfire toolkit," and ensure burns are conducted with greater safety, better coordination, and efficacy including Rain (DBL portfolio company), BurnBot, Inc., Drone Amplified, and Mast Reforestation (DBL portfolio company helping post-fire) and many more featured in our report. It was a pleasure working on this with Lucy Reading and Nancy Pfund, with support from the whole DBL team!!! And thank you to our many interviewees and reviewers. #wildfiretech #impactinvesting #climatetech #prescribedfire

There is an urgent need for greater investment in climate resiliance technology. Utilities and governments are facing massive costs in relation to wildfires which makes this space especially attractive for VC. Funds like Convective Capital are paving the way in an industry that is still under appreciated by traditional investors. I think it’ll work out well for them.

🌱 Stepping up for the planet, Matchr proudly sponsored and took an active role in the transformative 24 The Planet event. Four weeks ago, a group of 55 dedicated walkers, including our very own co-founder Adriaan Kolff, embarked on a 24-hour journey on foot, raising a remarkable $65,000 for Justdiggit's pivotal climate change initiatives. The implications of this endeavor? With these funds, we can now rejuvenate dry and degraded lands in Africa, almost on par with the size of New York's Central Park. 🌳 This summer brought home the reality of our changing climate: The Netherlands experienced its hottest summer on record, New York was submerged under unprecedented floods, the Mediterranean battled raging bushfires, and Florida's precious coral reefs face a grim future. These events are a call to action. With collective effort and commitment, we can make a difference. Matchr stands steadfast in this journey towards a sustainable world, and we're heartened to see our community right there with us. 🎥 Watch our after-movie to feel the energy and spirit of the event. And if you're inspired, join us in making an impact next year. Learn more about 24 The Planet: https://24theplanet.nl/ #climatechange #regreening #sustainability #climate

I’m on my way to New York to meet up with my 1000 Ocean Startups colleagues for Climate Week. On the way I’ve made a stop in LA to see a demo by one of Ocean Impact Organisation’s accelerator startups Clean Earth Rovers at City of Newport Beach Harbor. It was fantastic to finally meet Clean Earth Rovers co-founders Michael Arens and David Constantine, MBA. These guys are smart, driven, and humble, and it’s a pleasure to be playing a small part in their journey. It was also a pleasure to meet Ann Lee Carpenter from Braid Theory who are doing great work supporting blue economy startups in the Los Angeles area. 🌊🌊🚀 Clean Earth Rovers are automating coastal water management with their autonomous Rover that collects marine debris and oil from the surface of the water, and with their DataPod that provides real time data on five key water health measures including temperature, dissolved oxygen, PH, oxidation reduction potential, and conductivity/salinity. If you’re involved with harbour or marina operations and you’d like to find out more about Clean Earth Rovers please get in touch. 🗽And for any ocean health startups, investors and colleagues that will be in New York for Climate Week I’d love to catch up if time permits. Please get in touch. #oceanimpact #ocean #blueeconomy #climateweek2023

🌎 🏆 #ClimateResiliencyChallenge Winner! 🏆 🌎 "In a way, every time that there's a new challenge, I get a little bit more motivated to try to overcome it. So programs like these, I think, are super important because they give not only access to capital and resources and partnerships that are required to, you know, really look at these challenges and try to tackle them, but it also gives you a little bit of the courage and support that you need as a community that this is worthy of solving right." --Jonathan Gonzalez, Co-founder & CEO, Raincoat Learn more: http://spr.ly/6040uWO7y

DC-based Bezo Earth Fund Launches AI Climate Challenge Washington, DC – The Bezos Earth Fund, the DC-based climate fund founded by the founder of Amazon, announced on Tuesday a program – called AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge – that will provide up to $100 million in grants. The goal of the challenge is to spur the use of AI to address climate change. Jeff Bezos has pledged $10 billion Bezos to protect nature and deal with climate change. In a release about the AI challenge, Fund outlined the timeline and focus: “In its first round, the Grand Challenge will advance solutions in three focus areas: sustainable proteins, biodiversity conservation, and power grid optimization. It will also include a "Wild Card" category for powerful ideas outside the focus areas,” the Fund said in a news release. “Subsequent rounds will address other priorities. Each round will include two funding opportunities. In the first phase, up to 30 seed grants will be awarded for promising AI ideas addressing the focus areas. Awardees will be announced at a Bezos Earth Fund-TED event during Climate Week NYC in late September.” https://lnkd.in/giwnZdR3

Seaworthy Collective's Sea Change Makers Panel Series IS BACK! Join us at 6pm on April 3rd at Glassbox Ironside for the relaunch of The Sea Change Makers Series - featuring panels of founders Seaworthy Collective has supported in its startup programs! Our first panel of 2024 will focus on Catalyzing Coastal Resilience, a conversation encompassing solutions addressing storm surge, sea level rise, beach erosion, coastal blue finance, and more. More panels will be announced soon for April and May leading up to our startup showcase! This panel will feature 3 Seaworthy founders and startups (AKA Sea Change Makers): 🌊 Alex Berkowitz, is the founder and CEO of Coastal Protection Solutions, which specializes in patent-pending easily deployable systems that mitigate coastal flooding and protect communities against the threat of climate change. Their main patent-pending invention is a system called the Wavebreaker™ which acts as a wave "speedbump" to decrease the height and velocity of waves mitigating the damage to life and property in coastal communities from a major storm. 💰 Anele Bloch (née Makhwaza) is the founder and CEO of Igugu Global, which focuses on solving a fundamental problem- a gap in climate information available to financiers to allocate capital to more green outcomes by providing a platform that empowers companies to self-assess, manage and disclose climate-related financial risks. This drives more companies to market, accelerating adaptation. 🏖 Blayne Ross is the co-founder and CEO of ShoreLock, an innovative beach erosion treatment that aids in maximizing a beach’s capacity to dewater quickly and keep sand in its place. Their revolutionary technology utilizes recycled sargassum and naturally occurring organic material to stabilize the beach. This environmentally friendly compound enables the sand to reestablish natural cohesion and allows the beach ecosystem to thrive at its full capacity. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eARzV2tX #BlueTech #ClimateTech #MiamiTech #Ocean #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Startups #Impact

Tomorrow! Join Seaworthy Collective for the return of the Sea Change Makers Panel Series! Join us at 6pm on April 3rd at Glassbox Ironside for the relaunch of The Sea Change Makers Series - featuring panels of founders Seaworthy Collective has supported in its startup programs! Our first panel of 2024 will focus on Catalyzing Coastal Resilience, a conversation encompassing solutions addressing storm surge, sea level rise, beach erosion, coastal blue finance, and more. More panels will be announced soon for April and May leading up to our startup showcase! This panel will feature 3 Seaworthy founders and startups (AKA Sea Change Makers): 🌊 Alex Berkowitz, is the founder and CEO of Coastal Protection Solutions, which specializes in patent-pending easily deployable systems that mitigate coastal flooding and protect communities against the threat of climate change. Their main patent-pending invention is a system called the Wavebreaker™ which acts as a wave "speedbump" to decrease the height and velocity of waves mitigating the damage to life and property in coastal communities from a major storm. 💰 Anele Bloch (née Makhwaza) is the founder and CEO of Igugu Global, which focuses on solving a fundamental problem- a gap in climate information available to financiers to allocate capital to more green outcomes by providing a platform that empowers companies to self-assess, manage and disclose climate-related financial risks. This drives more companies to market, accelerating adaptation. 🏖 Blayne Ross is the co-founder and CEO of ShoreLock, an innovative beach erosion treatment that aids in maximizing a beach’s capacity to dewater quickly and keep sand in its place. Their revolutionary technology utilizes recycled sargassum and naturally occurring organic material to stabilize the beach. This environmentally friendly compound enables the sand to reestablish natural cohesion and allows the beach ecosystem to thrive at its full capacity. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eARzV2tX #BlueTech #ClimateTech #MiamiTech #Ocean #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Startups #Impact

Coming attractions for 2024: master the phrase “fire-tech”…..innovative entrepeneurs tackling wildfire suppression and rengeneration. #climateaction (A chance to remind you to order John Vaillant’s book Fire Weather. )

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