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🌟 We have been named one of the "early-stage startups to watch" in the latest Hydrogen and Nuclear Power Briefing by Sifted! 🌿💡 Backed by the Financial Times, Sifted's Briefings provide investment-grade, data-driven research on Europe's early-stage startup ecosystem. 📊✨ It's an honour to be included in this list alongside many other powerful startups in the hydrogen sector. Together, we are proving that green hydrogen is a viable and essential part of our future. ⚡️🚀 🔗 Read the full report here (£) >https://lnkd.in/gjGqUQgm #StartupSuccess #Innovation #GreenHydrogen #SustainableFuture 🌍💚

Why fusion, why Proxima, and why now? These are some of the questions addressed in our DeepTech deep dive on redalpine's lead investment in the fusion energy startup, Proxima Fusion. Read more here 👇 #DeepTech #ClimateTech #SeedRound https://lnkd.in/dmZV2HZ5

Check out our second piece of investment thesis related to disruptive technologies in climate tech - this time related to fusion technologies! We publish this piece in connection to the announcement of our investment in a disruptive fusion technology developed by Novatron Fusion Group AB, together with fantastic co-investors in Climentum Capital, Santander and EIT InnoEnergy. Kudos to Mala Valroy who has done the heavy-lifting on this piece. Stay tuned for more climate thesis in the coming months! #climate #deeptech #science #fusionenergy #startup

#FusionEnergy had a breakout year: Researchers at the National Ignition Facility achieved net-positive controlled #fusion in December 2022, a milestone that's been decades in the making. This summer they successfully repeated the experiment, proving it wasn't a mere fluke. We are one of two companies whose physical concept has been confirmed by these experiments. 💡 👉 To better understand the 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, TechCrunch’s Tim De Chant sat down with 7 founders + CEOs and asked: 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦? Read what Thomas Forner, our co-founder & CEO, had to say about fusion energy’s most pressing challenges and why we're confident we can solve them: https://lnkd.in/eUqM5uJd #FusionSurvey #LaserFusion

inTechBrew is coming to an end 😪 😫 😓   When we launched inTechBrew in January 2021, our goal was to address common challenges in the nuclear sector by showcasing innovative solutions. Over time, we've connected with innovators worldwide and facilitated discussions between them and potential users. Our mission was clear: to empower SMEs, startups, and visionaries by showcasing the potential of their technologies to a wide audience of problem owners. This ethos led us to offer free publication opportunities within inTechBrew—a testament to our commitment to democratizing access to groundbreaking innovations. As our CTO, Xavier aptly described it, we aimed to be the "Robin Hoods" of the nuclear sector. Despite witnessing a steady growth in our subscriber base, our consultancy activities have also expanded. Regrettably, the resources required to maintain the quality and integrity of inTechBrew have begun to outweigh the associated income. Therefore, it is with a heavy heart that we announce the discontinuation of inTechBrew. The newsletter you received recently marks the conclusion of this chapter. We're grateful for your support throughout this journey and remain committed to fostering innovation in other capacities. Thank you for being part of the inTechBrew community.   What's next? 📈 🎳 ⚛ Our website will continue to serve as a valuable resource until December 2024. The format will change soon so stay tuned to check out our next announcements !   Already missing us? 😻 💌 🤟🏻 Don't worry, we are just round the corner. As now we are solely focussing on consulting, you can have us just for yourselves :).   If you're in need of technology scouting, supporting in innovation/ technological development or business development, Xavier is definitely your guy and you can reach him by email (xavier.poteau@damona.co). Looking for something more business oriented such as market studies, M&A support, SMR-related development, fund raising, Axel is available for a quick chat to see how to help you solve your challenges (axel.canbakan@damona.co). Xavier, Axel, Nolan and Emilien 

Meet the nuclear fusion startups with the deepest pockets #startup  #fundraising  #angelinvestor  #investments  #VentureCapital  #vc #Entrepreneurship  #venturefunding  #investing #TechNews #Innovation #technology  https://lnkd.in/ep__a6M4

Well played. 👏🏻 And Germany's latest big answer to its energy crisis is to...*checks notes*...spend €16B+ on new gas fired power plants.* The German Greens have got to be one of the more successful foreign funded psyops in history. They’ve spent decades weakening Germany, and normalised deeply flawed energy policies amongst the German public and other political parties. https://lnkd.in/gXa2FpbG * https://lnkd.in/gDKtXcuZ #tech #technology #innovation #deeptech #energy #climatetech #nuclear #money #business #future #startups #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #vc #venturecapital

x.AI raised the largest Series B funding in history, $6bln. But just how big is it? The funding round is more than -> All seed funding in the US YTD -> All Cleantech funding YTD -> All Asian startups funding YTD -> All Nuclear startups funding since 2015 Given we are going to need a fair bit of power going forward to power the AI revolution..we prob need to throw energy a few bucks as well h/t Morgan Stanley

The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) has been at the forefront of fusion research for 60 years, but the U.S. has been outpacing Europe in the creation of commercial fusion companies and in raising the capital needed to fund them. Rather than see history repeat itself – Europe does the cutting-edge scientific and technological research but the U.S. gets to market first with more funding –a group of European actors have come together to help Munich-based Proxima Fusion - Max Planck IPP's first spin-out - become a global champion. Shareholders of Proxima include Germany’s Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners (UVC Partners), UK-based Plural Platform, an investment vehicle led by people who’ve led tech startups before, andHTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds, a German public-private venture capital investment group, academic leaders and industrial leaders. A second tranche of funding, which has not yet been disclosed, is being supported by European unicorn founders and experienced business angels who are passing on not just their wealth but their operational experience. Proxima also has partnerships with IPP, Technical University of Munich's Venture Labs, UnternehmerTUM, the Center for Innovation and Business Creation at the Technical University of Munich, as well as Germany’s BILFINGER NOELL GMBH, which specializes in nuclear and magnet technologies.

🚀 Ready for COP 28? Uncover insights in our reports on #Decarbonisation, #Greentech in France, and #Nuclear startups in Europe. Let's fuel the conversation for a sustainable tomorrow. 💡 Click to download reports: Mapping of Decarbonisation start-ups ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g-t_HQVs Mapping of Greentech start-ups in France ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eryfWsVv Mapping of Nuclear start-ups in Europe ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dcUC49xM #cop28 #cop28uae #ClimateAction #Innovation #startups #startupsolutions