Venture capital for AI in the energy, infrastructure, and climate industries.
LA | Jackson | SF | Houston
Joined March 2017
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Blue Bear Capital retweeted
We’re less than a month out from #LATechWeek and I couldn’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. It’s going to be one for the ages. (1/6)
Space-scale manufacturing software! 🛸🛸🛸What does that mean & how does it accelerate the energy transition? Read on. & congrats @firstresonance @ktal90 @NealSarraf on a 💪 Series A led by @craft_ventures, joining our crew incl @shorelinevc @stagevp @fikavc @mikalkhoso
First Resonance brings its space-scale manufacturing OS to hardware makers with $14M A round tcrn.ch/30eOpq6 | by Devin Coldewey
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-…
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 ⚡️💎🌳💰
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
We’re excited to back @PaniEnergy and @Deve6h in bringing operational AI to industrial and city-scale water plants 🌊🤖🌊. Huge *proven* energy and water savings for impact on all the bottom lines.
📢Pani 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
#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
It’s only Thursday.😍
🎊💰📈@AccureBattery 🔥🚫🔋
🔋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
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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-investors⚡️:
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
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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. 🔋🚀⚡️
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Crypto-mining EV (electric mobility x distributed finance x grid efficiency x ... tricycles?)
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Blue Bear Capital retweeted
Every now and then oil rigs will be hidden in plain sight
Here’s a thread of a few “disguised” oil rigs in California:
You. Are. Not. Air-gapped. Featuring @MissionSecureIn : bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @technology
Worker mental health in high-pressure industries like energy and infrastructure is a big overlooked issue. Great post here from @urbint ‘s Lindsay Jenkins:
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/b…
#ConstructionSafetyWeek
It’s hard to appreciate how much room for improvement & impact there still is in “AI-for-climate” without looking at how fast this tech stack is evolving. (An actual metaverse...) 🤯💚
How NVIDIA Are Making Science Fiction Real bit.ly/3g60CD1 #ai #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #deeplearning #nvidia
Blue Bear Capital retweeted
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-techsta…
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 !
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Unhappy but important reporting on solar supply chain exposure to coal-intensive Xinjiang production. As it scales, the #energytransition won’t run out of need for investment in better solutions. @BloombergNEF bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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 ...)