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Unlocking major energy efficiencies in microchips with pioneering memory compression technology: an interview with Klas Moreau, CEO, ZeroPoint
ZeroPoint’s technology for semiconductors delivers up to 50% more performance per watt by removing unnecessary information. Data center companies and smart device developers can integrate ZeroPoint’s hardware and memory management software into their systems to maximize performance and minimize energy consumption.
Revolutionizing the way we feed animals: an interview with Keiran Whitaker, Founder and CEO, Entocycle
Entocycle has developed leading insect farming technology using AI automation, computer vision and robotics to farm insects at scale. The company provides this technology to insect farmers who use it to produce alternative sustainable protein for animal feed.
Closing material loops with tailor-made packaging solutions: An interview with Martin Weber, Founder, one.five
Using its AI software, one.five builds novel packaging that meets the individual needs of consumer brands to unlock greater packaging performance, affordability and sustainability.
Climentum Capital - Our genesis story
The original spark for Climentum Capital can be traced back to Oxford University, where Morten was exploring dual carry models as part of an executive programme on impact investing. After studying these models in theory, Morten decided that he wanted to develop one in the real world. This is when he began assembling the rest of the team - Malin, Dörte and Stefan - to build our VC fund…
Making clean and green drinking water accessible: An interview with Ulf Stenerhag, Founder, Wayout
At Wayout, we solve two problems at once: the issue of a lack of clean drinking water and the large global carbon footprint caused by the plastics industry…
Partner Interview: Malin
Launching our Article 9 fund is the culmination of my long-term interest in climate action and VC experience. I have been interested in fighting climate change long before it was mainstream and pursued my interests by earning a Bachelor and Master of Science in Energy and Environmental Engineering…
Decarbonizing the food industry with a new protein production platform: an interview with Eva Sommer, CEO, Fermify
When we saw an opportunity to leverage our backgrounds in biotechnology and food science to build a platform that filled the gap in the fast-growing sustainable food market for quality animal-free cheese, we knew it was only a matter of time until we took the leap…
Unlocking clean, safe, abundant energy production through nuclear fusion: An interview with Peter Roos, CEO, Novatron Fusion Group
Our NOVATRON™ fusion reactor is inherently stable due to its concave magnetic field design, which ensures plasma stability and guarantees confinement in combination with other electrostatic, complementary systems. Achieving stable fusion plasma containment is a major technology challenge on the path to commercial viability…
Why we invested in Aegir — Insights to accelerate offshore wind deployment
Despite recent challenges, offshore wind continues to possess immense potential. The market is growing and auctions are booming with over 50 GW planned for kick-off, marking 2024 as the busiest year ever. Aegir will help realize that potential, facilitating faster and more robust transactions…
Partner Interview: Morten
We’re a climate focused hard tech fund. This means that our portfolio companies follow a very different growth journey in comparison to software businesses, which is what most VCs have experience with. Our companies often need to start with building physical assets like production lines and factories, so they often experience challenges that are common to young infrastructure companies…
Partner Interview: Stefan
But ultimately my path to launching this Article 9 fund can be traced back to my childhood in West Africa, where I grew up in large houses while my neighbors were extremely poor. The injustice was impossible to ignore and it instilled a desire to create meaningful change. My whole family ended up working in different impact related areas as a result of this…
Partner Interview: Dörte
I have a natural understanding of the tech world, particularly the engineering side of things, and many years’ experience commercializing businesses. I wanted to apply this to climate change mitigation. For this, an Article 9 fund is an enabler. It’s the right format if you want to invest in what actually matters and your ambition is to reshape the very fabric of industry…
Why we invested in KNXT — Leading the nuclear power renaissance
Nuclear is not just one of the cleanest but also the fastest way we’ve decarbonized large grids. Renewable energy is great. But there are some essential limitations. Among renewables, only wind and solar can be practically deployed almost anywhere. However, their intermittent nature means that it’s sensible for just around 20% of electricity production in a given market to rely on them. If we had super-cheap large-scale long-duration storage solutions, that number could come up quite a lot. But we don’t. Not even close.
Why we invested in Novatron — in pursuit of commercial fusion power
Novatron reactor concept holds the promise of reaching commercially attractive fusion power as one of the first, if not the first, in the world.
Why we invested in Jolt Electrodes — Powering the green hydrogen revolution
“Electrodes serve as the beating heart of all electrolysers and fuel cells. The evolution of electrodes plays a pivotal role in determining the triumph of the green hydrogen industry, much like the revolutionary impact of microchip innovation in the personal computing era.”
Solving the FOAK puzzle — Addressing Capex financing for first-of-a-kind plants in the green transition
“The green transition requires Infrastructure-like ticket sizes with a VC-like risk appetite“ as one of our friends in the investor space put it. As such tickets are unlikely to emerge as a significant financial product in the ecosystem, we need to find creative ways to overcome the challenge with the existing ecosystem players.
Why we Invested in Fermify: Cracking continuous precision fermentation for vegan cheese proteins
Fermify’s platform provides a solution for in-house production of casein proteins, which is the missing piece to produce vegan cheeses that taste great and have the right meltability and structure.
Why Invest in ZeroPoint: A Sustainable Future for Data Centers
ZeroPoint’s technology can drastically increase the energy efficiency of servers, delivering up to 50% more performance per watt by removing unnecessary information from the memory. This means that data centers can maximize performance and reduce energy consumption.
Why did we invest in Entocycle?
We finally have a solution to decentralize and localize production, solve the global feed shortage and accelerate the transition towards low-carbon alternative proteins, all at once.
Why did we invest in Qvantum ?
Europe is the world’s fastest growing heat pumps market. Heat pumps are favored by European government policies suggesting a trend of rapid adoption and a mass scale-up.