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By 2030, we need 2 billion ClimateTech installations globally to reach our objectives. The challenge is immense, but so is the opportunity. 🌍 Proptly has built a SaaS platform enabling ClimateTech manufacturers and resellers to scale their operations and efficiently deploy EV chargers, heat pumps, solar panels, and smart home systems.    🇳🇴 Born in the ClimateTech capital of the world, Proptly is working with companies deploying renewable assets across Europe. Their customers have experienced a 45% increase in sales through strategic channel expansion and slashed overhead costs by 85% in managing external installer networks as they scale.   They're excited to connect! Kristoffer Gjerde and Gunnar Windsand Sem are eager to meet forward-thinking investors and innovative companies in the US. Feel free to learn more about Proptly here: https://lnkd.in/gBFQKrQJ We couldn't be more excited to have Proptly part of TINC Spring 2024! TINC Silicon Valley - Powered by Innovation Norway In partnership with Vinnova Business Finland KLAK - Icelandic Startups Åse Pettersen Bailey, Nellie Robertsson, Alexander Bergo, PhD, Anna Delin, Freyr Friðfinnsson, Hartti Suomela #accelerator #TINC #siliconvalley

𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑸𝒆𝒂 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉? 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅! Last year, Over Easy Solar soared high on the SET100 list, and QEA Tech made it to the top 15 as a SET Award finalist. But that was just the beginning. Thanks to our collaboration with E.ON Group Innovation, both startups took advantage of a unique "two-for-one" opportunity—they competed in the SET Award 2024 and the Free Electrons Program. And here’s the thrilling update: both are now among the 15 Free Electrons finalists, actively working on projects with several of the program’s leading utilities! That’s what we call doubling their impact, with half the effort. Way to go, team! 🚀 But wait, there's more! Our journey doesn’t stop here. ⚡ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑬.𝑶𝑵 𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝗅 ⚡ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧? - Connect with 25 promising clean energy startups - Engage with experts from leading energy utilities : CLP, EDP, E.ON, ESB, Hydro Québec, JERA Co., Inc., and Origin Energy - Discover 20+ cutting-edge pilot projects - Network with innovation leaders, investors, and like-minded partners from the global energy and cleantech ecosystem This is your golden ticket to join the conversation on integrating cutting-edge startup solutions into large-scale utilities. 📅 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒔: The Free Electrons Open Day is happening on 17 October 2024 in Hamburg. 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓: Thanks to our friends at E.ON, we can share a few free tickets with the SET community! 🎟️ Use code "SET&FreeElectrons" to claim one of the limited free tickets. But hurry—only the first 5 takers will snag this deal! Register here: https://lnkd.in/ejnFxWnu #FreeElectrons2024 #SET100 #CleanEnergy #Innovation

It’s been a big year for us so far at TURN2X! In the last 10 months, we: 👉 Inaugurated our first commercial plant in Spain 👉 Signed on major customers, including some of the largest utilities in Europe 👉 Won 17.5M euros in new funding  👉 Met with Bill Gates & Robert Habeck 👉 Met with the German Ambassadors to Spain and France 👉 Won multiple awards (Best Hydrogen Project Spain and Most Promising Startup at Vivatech) 👉 Built up a triple-digit pipeline of potential sites to deploy more modules 👉 We’ve doubled the size of our team 👉 Have almost reached gender parity at the company Real impact on climate doesn’t come from speeches or announcements but from tangible actions. With the successful inauguration of our first plant in March of this year, we didn’t just build a plant. We created a model for sustainable industry practices that is highly modular. It’s about making a positive impact on the climate and setting an example in the renewable energy industry. We’re proud of the progress made so far, and look forward to what else we’ll achieve before year-end! Together, we're not just dreaming of a greener future, we're building it, one molecule at a time. 🚀 #sustainability #renewableenergy #innovation #progress 

Working with Swarm has been a really exciting experience for me, our team, and Opencast as a whole. Read more about what we've been working on and what we've learned, as well as what we hope the future brings in this blog: https://lnkd.in/eW5bTfdb

COSolve together with Beyond Earth Technologies are incredibly proud to congratulate our partner HyWatts on their outstanding achievement! After a rigorous selection process, HyWatts has been chosen by Galp Upcoming Energies as the winner, securing the opportunity to present their solution at Web Summit 2024 in Lisbon and explore the development of a pilot project with Galp. This recognition underscores HyWatts' innovation and alignment with Pioneering Mobility Solutions & Connectivity. Alumnus of Techstars Los Angeles Accelerator & Plug and Play Tech Center Energy Innovation Program in 2024 HyWatts created cost-effective, reliable, zero-emission energy anywhere with HyWatts’ Power-Plant-In-a-Box™ without relying on the grid. HyWatts’ Power-Plant-In-a-Box™ addresses the needs of power-intensive, high-growth industries such as EV charging stations, data centers, warehouses, & manufacturing – for whom reliable, inexpensive and low carbon power is critical. Way to go, HyWatts team! #WebSummit2024 #ClimateTech #Decarbonization #Innovation

Innovations

🚨 Funding News: Synergi Secures €2M to Drive the Shift to Sustainable Energy! 🌍 Synergi, the Helsinki-based pioneer in sustainable energy tech, has just raised €2M in Seed funding! Backed by Greencode Ventures, Vaens, Lifeline Ventures, APX, and Wave Ventures, this round will fuel Synergi’s expansion into Nordic and central European markets 🌍⚡ 🌱 How Synergi is Powering a Greener Future: • New Talent: Hiring across engineering, sales, and marketing 👥💼 • Flexibility Markets: Expanding to new regions for greater grid stability 📈 🏡 What Synergi Offers: • Smart Energy App: Find optimal times to use electricity, reduce costs, and earn rewards 💡💰 • Unified Platform: Connects households, utilities, and grid operators for seamless energy balance ⚖️ • Sustainable Grid: Drives smarter, flexible energy use for a resilient future 🌱 Led by CEO Antti Hämmäinen, Synergi is building a connected, sustainable energy community. Let’s power the shift together! 📢 Stay tuned to Future Techly for the latest updates on this groundbreaking initiative and the latest in tech and business! 💥 Source: FinSMEs ♻️ Repost if you think this insight is worth sharing!

𝗪𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘁 €𝟮𝟬𝟬! 🙌🎉 At SET Ventures, we firmly believe that the physical technologies to transform our energy system have already reached the market. What is urgent now is innovation of business models and data-driven solutions to drive mass-adoption of this hardware at scale, by seamlessly integrating into our energy mix. Over the next several years, we will invest in 20 to 25 companies in Europe. We’ve invested already in four frontrunners led by visionary founders Tibo Energy Management Software, Fuchs & Eule, e-mobilio and vilisto GmbH. If you're a founder in energy looking for funding, looking forward to speaking with you soon! 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗻 on our thesis further by reading the full announcement 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eeVnh8wh or coverage in TechCrunch: https://lnkd.in/epavxmk9 and Sifted: https://lnkd.in/eMTTVDPY #SETVentures #carbonfree #energy #energytransition #climatetech

Our leadership sees the opportunity in #LastMile transit + the possible partnerships across industries + communities. Infrastructure for the future that is bold, innovative + scalable requires thoughtful interconnections with our energy systems. All of this underscores a future with less carbon.

🚀 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐮𝐩𝐬: 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐄-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 2025! 🌍 Join us at E-world energy & water 2025 in Essen, where visionary start-ups are shaping the future of urban energy solutions! Vireo Ventures is excited to co-host this year’s Call for Start-ups, inviting innovations in clean energy, electrification, and smart city solutions. 🌱 When we hosted our first start-up event at the E-world in 2022, we could have never imagined how fast it would grow. Last year alone, we attracted an audience of +170, including executives and innovation departments from DSOs, TSOs, large scale utilities and Stadtwerke as well as VCs, CVCs, and accelerators. This is your chance to pitch directly to those driving the energy transition forward. 📅 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: February 11, 2025 🌍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Essen, Germany 💡 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: - 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞: Present your solution to industry leaders and investors. - 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: Over the past three years, more than 30 start-ups have presented, and the vast majority have successfully arranged follow-on meetings and partnerships after their pitch. - 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡: Gain valuable feedback and access to investors and partners. Past participants, such as ACCURE Battery Intelligence, Amperecloud, Entrix, Green Fusion and Reverion, have thrived, scaling their solutions through our platform. Last year’s forum featured crucial discussions on sector coupling, digitalisation, and green mobility, fostering the innovation your start-up might be pioneering. As one participant reflected, “𝘌-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴.” 🎯 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬: - Electrification of cities and buildings - Smart energy systems and digitalisation - Green mobility solutions - AI-driven urban energy management This is your opportunity to contribute to building sustainable cities of the future. If your start-up is driving innovation in clean energy or urban decarbonisation, don’t miss this chance. 🔗 Apply Now: https://lnkd.in/e4YJtFBf #EnergyTransition #SmartCities #CleanTech #StartupInnovation #EWorld2025 Copyright: E-world energy & water GmbH