Venture capital for AI in the energy, infrastructure, and climate industries.

Joined March 2017
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Blue Bear Capital retweeted
Weโ€™re less than a month out from #LATechWeek and I couldnโ€™t be more excited to be ASTRONOMICALLY #LongLA. First things first, massive gratitude to @KatiaAmeri and @andrewchen of @a16z for organizing, you guys are incredible. Itโ€™s going to be one for the ages. (1/6)
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Space-scale manufacturing software! ๐Ÿ›ธ๐Ÿ›ธ๐Ÿ›ธWhat does that mean & how does it accelerate the energy transition? Read on. & congrats @firstresonance @ktal90 @NealSarraf on a ๐Ÿ’ช Series A led by @craft_ventures, joining our crew incl @shorelinevc @stagevp @fikavc @mikalkhoso
9 Dec 2021
First Resonance brings its space-scale manufacturing OS to hardware makers with $14M A round tcrn.ch/30eOpq6 | by Devin Coldewey
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Great note from @axios on our new portfolio partner @TheDemexGroup helping protect businesses against increasingly frequent weather disruptions like the Texas Freeze and heat waves, while putting a price on climate risk: axios.com/insurance-extreme-โ€ฆ

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Congrats Maria @mfilmanovic & Valerio @valeriomagliulo ! The Blue Bear Capital team is excited to help Abatable drive real functional innovation and demonstrable impact for corporates and asset managers in the #carbon markets โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ’Ž๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ’ฐ
10 Nov 2021
We're really excited to finally announced our $3M Seed funding round with @Global_Founders , @BlueBearCap , @KeikiVC, @avgfunds and many incredible angel investors. Read more about our round and our future plans on our blog: lnkd.in/dJqHfuXD
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Weโ€™re excited to back @PaniEnergy and @Deve6h in bringing operational AI to industrial and city-scale water plants ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿค–๐ŸŒŠ. Huge *proven* energy and water savings for impact on all the bottom lines.
14 Oct 2021
๐Ÿ“ขPani Secures $8M to Scale Up AI Solution Improving Water & Energy Efficiency in Water Treatment Facilities: Announcing the completion of an oversubscribed $8M CAD capital raise. See the full press release at: tinyurl.com/3ktuetwv
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#EnergyTransition milestones this week: @SilaNanotech @whoop anode breakthrough @CFS_energy nuclear fusion magnet demo @solugen carbon-negative chemicals raise @Climeworks Orca carbon capture plant turned on @AccureBattery battery safety AI reveal Itโ€™s only Thursday.๐Ÿ˜
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๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ“ˆ@AccureBattery ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ”‹
8 Sep 2021
๐Ÿ”‹The #battery brains from @AccureBattery get fresh funding! The Aachen-based battery analytics #startup has raised a strong Series A of 8m USD from US VC @BlueBearCap with @Capnamic and @42Cap1 participating as well. @rponline @olafjacobi rp-online.de/wirtschaft/unteโ€ฆ
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As $trillions go into energy transition and infra modernization, we are doubling down on @urbint to keep it all safe and fit, alongside a new flight of supreme expert co-investorsโšก๏ธ:
24 Aug 2021
We're excited to announce our $60 million #SeriesC investment to scale our #AI to help utilities and infrastructure companies meet the growing challenges of climate risk and aging infrastructure. @EnergizeVc @AEPnews @OGCInews @BlueBearCap @SalesforceVC urbint.com/news/ai-platform-โ€ฆ
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Blue Bear Capital retweeted
Congrats to @mateojaramill and our friends at @FormEnergyInc. Li-ion will dominate the 4-hour grid market, but longer duration needed a breakthrough and Form delivered. The tech is highly scalable, which is critical for science to have an impact. ๐Ÿ”‹๐Ÿš€โšก๏ธ wsj.com/articles/startup-claโ€ฆ
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Blue Bear Capital retweeted
Imagine if a gallon of gas in OK City was $2.90 and $65 in Dallas. This is the situation for electricity right now. Because there is no national grid.
14 Jun 2021
Compare and contrast.
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Blue Bear Capital retweeted
Every now and then oil rigs will be hidden in plain sight Hereโ€™s a thread of a few โ€œdisguisedโ€ oil rigs in California:
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Worker mental health in high-pressure industries like energy and infrastructure is a big overlooked issue. Great post here from @urbint โ€˜s Lindsay Jenkins:
6 May 2021
On @CIIBuilds, Urbint SVP of Strategy and Technical Operations Lindsay Jenkins shares a personal story that demonstrates the importance of recognizing mental distress and addressing stress and anxiety in #construction: construction-institute.org/bโ€ฆ #ConstructionSafetyWeek
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Itโ€™s hard to appreciate how much room for improvement & impact there still is in โ€œAI-for-climateโ€ without looking at how fast this tech stack is evolving. (An actual metaverse...) ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ’š
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But it closed!
Actual video of startups selling their first enterprise deal
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Just updated the Apr 15 @Techstars Sustainability Summit agenda with a wave of amazing new participants including @shaylekann @jjacobs22 @jasminecrowe @kamal_kapadia @dsaezgil @claydumas @juliakumari @garrycooperjr @VaughnBlake and many more. Join us! hopin.com/events/the-techstaโ€ฆ

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Blue Bear Capital retweeted
Clockwork Investor Series: Excited to share this profile of Vaughn Blake, Partner at @BlueBearCap focused on renewable energy and climate venture. Thanks @VaughnBlake ! clockwork.app/blog/interviewโ€ฆ

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Unhappy but important reporting on solar supply chain exposure to coal-intensive Xinjiang production. As it scales, the #energytransition wonโ€™t run out of need for investment in better solutions. โฆ@BloombergNEFโฉ bloomberg.com/news/articles/โ€ฆ
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Weekend cyber attack to turn lye levels up >100x in Florida drinking water. Scary press release as attacks on critical infrastructure get more frequent and severe. youtu.be/MkXDSOgLQ6M (Also highlights the importance of control-based cyber solutions like @MissionSecureIn ...)
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