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Funding Progress Report: Since February 2023, Reverion's growth has been supported by the EIC Accelerator program, an initiative that supports small and medium-sized enterprises in developing and scaling high-impact technologies. Last week marked a significant milestone with a mid-term progress meeting. We had the honor of hosting EIC representatives and technical expert Alberto Traverso. Our team presented a detailed update on our project's advancements, including a walkthrough of our production facilities. We also engaged in a productive Q&A session and visited a biogas plant to show the context of the Reverion solution first-hand. As we launch into the second year of our project, we continue to be thankful for the EIC Accelerator program's blend of financial support, business coaching, and acceleration services. The program has supported us on our path toward refining and preparing our technology for the market and will remain instrumental while scaling. Stay tuned for updates! The European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) was established by the European Commission in 2021. It has a mission to identify, develop and scale up breakthrough technologies and disruptive innovation and has a budget of over €10 billion for the period 2021-2027. #EUEIC #EICAccelerator #ResearchToIndustry #ScaleUp #EuropeanUnion #ClimateTech #ClimatePositivePower #EISMEA

Join us for the Japan Society of Northern California event hosted at our Venture Lab Silicon Valley office next Monday 3/4 from 3pm-6pm. 🌍 Together Towards a Greener Future! 🌱 In March 2022, a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) was signed between the two governments. This MOC covers climate change, trade and investment, renewable energy, energy storage, and business exchange, including: zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), high-speed rail (HSR), public transportation, and water conservation and management. Following this MOC, in March 2023, Lt. Governor Kounalakis conducted a large scale of trade missions to Japan. As another year has passed since then, this seminar is being held to commemorate these achievements and strengthen the momentum of cooperation between Japan and California. Please join us for a program that will bring together Japanese ClimateTech/Energy multinational corporations and ClimateTech start-ups. In this exciting reverse pitch session, large Japanese manufacturers will take the stage to share what kinds of technologies and startup partners they are eager to seek, present collaborative use cases, discuss the challenges they are facing, and more! Several innovative start-ups will also present their pitches and discuss collaboration cases within Japanese companies. To close the session, several VCs will evaluate the latest ClimateTech trends and discuss how to enhance open innovation between large corporations and start-ups during a panel discussion. More information: https://lnkd.in/gS7rhVHR Register here: https://lnkd.in/g-n5q5Jn #TeamVentureLab #BeyondCeramics

HONICS technology, one of the 50 Innovation Academy (INO) standouts, is set to transform hydrogen production with its groundbreaking UV light conversion. 💥 ⚡️ This unique technology utilizes #UVlight sources to convert 80% of the #energy directly into #UVradiation, enabling a more efficient, cost-effective, and #sustainable way to use the energy required for #hydrogen production. HONICS' future ambitions involve extending this concept to the #spaceindustry and securing funding from the European Space Agency and other startup assistance programmes. The ultimate goal is to become the world leader in hydrogen production. 🎯 💡 Throughout the 3-year Innovation Academy training programme, 443 participants gained valuable knowledge and created 110 new product or service solutions. INO was supported by our Technology Business Centre and the EEA and Norway Grants and conducted in collaboration with Riga Business School. ℹ️ Following the programme's conclusion, our Technology Business Center is transitioning into the Technology Representation Office in Riga. Working together for a competitive Europe! #EEANorwaygrants #EEANorwaygrantsLatvia

Scaling up and making the hydrogen economy feasible in the near future requires addressing several key challenges and advancing various technologies and infrastructures. Among others Collaboration and Public Awareness and Acceptance are two for entire #TeamPurple and our Partners should be a daily narrative. Addressing these challenges holistically and simultaneously is crucial for the hydrogen economy to become a viable and significant part of the global energy landscape in the near future. #greenhydrogen #decarbonization #siemensenergy Siemens Energy

And we've wrapped up the second China Innovation Conference for the year! Our 'Momentum' conference covered two trending/highly-disputed subjects across two days (13-14 Nov) last week: Materials in Hydrogen Economy and 3rd Gen Semiconductors. 🌏 As part of our drive behind a borderless ecosystem welcoming the east, west, present and future to pursue industry innovation, we had the honor of hosting reputable brands in the business to meet, share and collaborate. 🌏 Leading Fortune 500 companies were on-site to share insights, with notable speakers/attendees from Air Liquide, Arkema, Cummins Inc., Heraeus, SABIC, Mitsubishi Corporation, Samsung Electronics and more. 🌏 Leading Chinese institutions shared updates as well: with esteemed speakers from 48th Research Institute of China Electronics Tech Group, China Solid State Lighting Alliance, as well as CM Venture's portfolio companies, Guofu Hydrogen, Dynamic Hydrogen, Global Power Technology(Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Nanotop. 🌏 Guests had the unique opportunity to see Guofu Hydrogen's new factory premises and tour Global Power Tech's domestic 3rd generation semiconductor plant. Photos in the link below. Click for more insider event photos and the opening message by our CEO Dr Min Zhou. Follow us here on linkedin & be sure to bookmark our website for updates: www.cmventure.net #hydrogen #hydrogeneconomy #hydrogennow #hydrogenfuelcell #hydrogenhub #hydrogenstorage #hydrogenpower #hydrogeninnovation #semiconductor #semiconductors #semiconductorindustry #semiconductormanufacturing #semiconductortechnology #semiconductordevices

Fresh funding! Weekly update - July 4th, 2024 European funding ➡ CCU for the production of fuels closing on January 21, 2025 - more than 130M€ to fund activities targeting a sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply 🤖 Advanced user-friendly, compatible, secure identity and travel document management closing on November 20, 2024 - more than 29M€ to contribute to the implementation of the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) and the development of tools and methods for Integrated Border Management. 🗣 Combating hate speech online and offline closing on November 20, 2024 - more than 40M€ to fight crime and terrorism. UK funding 💉 Funding for early stage development of new healthcare interventions closing on July 10, 2024- £3 to generate critical preliminary data to build confidence in the development strategy for a new medicine, repurposed medicine, medical device, diagnostic test, or other medical intervention development. 👨🔬 Pre-announcement: UKRI Metascience research grants closing on July 16, 2024- £3 million to support projects using scientific methods to deepen our understanding of how different structures, incentives, and funding practices within the research and development (R&D) system shape scientific research outputs and career outcomes. 🌍 Maximising UK adaptation to climate change research projects closing on July 16, 2024- £12M for transdisciplinary research projects under the UKRI-Defra co-funded Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change programme. Other interesting updates! Pale blue dot - new VC fund worth €180M to reduce and reverse the climate crisis and help us prepare for a new world. Xista Science Ventures- new VC fund worth €45M to invest in visionary science start-ups. 14peaks - new VC fund to invest at the earliest stages in B2B SaaS companies, with a specific interest in fintech and the future of work. If you want to be up-to-date on funding opportunities, subscribe to our newsletter: https://fundingtrip.com/ #startups #funding Programme Horizon Europe UKRI - Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC) 14Peaks Capital xista science ventures Pale blue dot

🎯 Enable inclusive and commercially viable energy technologies For energy solutions that are both inclusive and commercially viable, proactive collaboration between research, industry, startups and governments is crucial.     🧠 Working hand in hand, they can create technologies that address the challenges of access and profitability, bringing sustainable benefits to people and businesses around the world.  Together, they have the power to shape a fair and thriving energy future.   ⚡️Develop appropriate business models   ⚡️Offer incentives and affordable financing ⚡️Paving the way for inclusive and commercially viable energy solutions Our meetup day participants will be eager to collaborate on solutions to these ambitious complex technological challenges. 💎 And experience #Research and #Responsible #Innovation at first hand... #RRI #energy for #mobility

🇨🇳🐼 “The PANDA in the room” …very insightful discussion at #IFCleantech moderated by Kurt Vandenberghe and featuring the EU battery sector represented by Barbara THIERART-PERRIN and Sonia Gilde S. Rathscheck 👇 💡The discussion keeps coming back to the elephant in the room, cheap innovative cleantech products from China, so really the “panda” in the room 💡Overcapacity adds to the pressure from China on the EU, cheap products are great for enabling the green transition, but at a disastrous price to Europe 💡How can Europe and the EU address this, China is 2 decades ahead, industry needs funding to innovate and scale up, from a Green Deal to an Industrial Deal 💡Policy makers need to create a market for domestic products - and when talking about innovation, we need not only innovative products, but also innovative policies 💡Plus EC work on transition pathways presented by Kerstin Jorna from DG GROW, highlighting the importance of materials for the EU cleantech industry …and finally, it’s all about: 1️⃣ The 3 “S” -Speed -Scale -Sustainability 2️⃣ FAIR vs. CHEAP

💎 What are the challenges within the sustainable materials sector that funding efforts are currently directed towards? Why is the exploration of innovative methods in concrete production, utilization, and recycling considered vital, and what potential market opportunities does it unlock? Join Summit Rosenberg, at the Future of Sustainable Materials event in Tel Aviv, who will be a featured #speaker at the investor panel, representing KOMPAS VC. Talia Rafaeli (Partner) will also be in attendance. Arc Impact Fund is leading an initiative to bring together key stakeholders to advance innovation for sustainable materials, in collaboration with Microsoft, The Israel Innovation Authority, KOMPAS VC, MoreVC, InNegev, q fund, Quantum Hub, J-Impact Fund, and PLANETech - Climate Change Technologies. Israeli startups, research departments, innovation teams, and academic units focusing on sustainable solutions in cement/concrete, steel, metals, minerals, batteries, glass, basic chemicals, plastics, or other materials are invited to showcase their innovations. Learn more about the initiative at https://lnkd.in/dXqsHq_w Save the date and reach out to Talia or Summit if you plan to attend. 🗓️ March 14th at 14:30 📍Microsoft Reactor Tel Aviv, Israel (144 Derech Menachem Begin) #backingthebuildersoftomorrow #kompasvc #microsoft #arcimpactfund #morevc #quantumhub #planeTECH