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💡 What's up in the world of innovation today? Here is our daily news roundup 👇 🥇 OASYS NOW clinches €1M prize at Slush Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g7vM-TzW 🏭 Over a hundred interested parties listened to the Technology Update for the Autonomous Factory in the Experience Center of Brainport Industries Campus. Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gGABA4y8 💰 Battolyser Systems raises a further €1.5 million to boost hydrogen battery efficiency Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gNQVUDrG 📷 Slush

We are excited to announce that Antares Ventures co-led a CA$ 2.8 million investment round in Open Ocean Robotics (OOR), a Canadian maritime robotics and AI company transforming ocean monitoring. Traditionally, monitoring coastlines and open waters requires fixed assets on shore, satellites, crewed ships, or aircraft, which are expensive, labor-intensive, and polluting. OOR provides safe, affordable, sustainable, and scalable ocean monitoring solutions that are solar-powered. OOR's uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) can operate at sea for several months, collecting data with a suite of sensors without producing GHG emissions, noise pollution, or risking oil spills. We look forward to working with Julie Angus and our co-investors Spring Impact Capital, Katapult Ocean, Alacrity Canada and DTN Ventures LLC Antares Ventures' investment thesis centered around the huge opportunity for OOR to support maritime monitoring in Southeast Asia, a region with close to 30,000 islands, a massive 173,000 km coastline, and 9 million square km sea surface, representing 30% of global maritime trade. At the same time, Southeast Asia has a fragile marine ecosystem. For example, the region is a core part of the Coral Triangle, which represents 75% of all coral species and 40% of all reef fish species worldwide. Antares Ventures will support Open Ocean Robotics to expand across Southeast Asia, using Singapore is a basis. OOR's participation in the PIER71™ accelerator organized by Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has been a great start for enhancing its connectivity with the region. Read more about the investment round in https://lnkd.in/gi9ZYn8r Julie Angus Fritz Stahr Keith Ippel Tharald Nustad Ross Brooks Leah Perry Eng Dih Teo Heng-Tong CHOO Emily Liew Milena Nikolova Louis Christian V. #sustainability #oceantech #cleantech #deeptech #Singapore #SoutheastAsia #Antares #AntaresVentures

We are excited for Antares Ventures to co-lead the $2.8M investment round in Open Ocean Robotics (OOR) and support its founder Julie Angus' mission to revolutionize and decarbonize ocean monitoring through advanced technology. Open Ocean Robotics' solutions empower private and public organizations with safer, more affordable, and sustainable coastal and ocean oceanographic and maritime data collection, enhancing marine resource understanding and preservation for a sustainable future. We will be working with Julie and the OOR team to expand the company to Southeast Asia, which represents one the world's largest and most diverse marine ecosystems, while at the same time representing 30% of the world's maritime trade and marine industry. See Antares Ventures' post below to explain further why Southeast Asia is a key market for OOR. I look forward to serving on the board of Open Ocean Robotics together with Julie Angus and Keith Ippel from our co-lead investor, Spring Impact Capital, and collaborating with the teams from Katapult Ocean, Alacrity Canada and DTN Ventures LLC. As a Singapore based investor, we are particular grateful for the support of PIER71™ accelerator organized by Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) laying the foundations for OOR's expansion in the Southeast Asia region. See https://lnkd.in/gi9ZYn8r for the full press release #AntaresVentures #Deeptech #SoutheastAsia

Silesia, the historical heart of Poland and Central Europe, holds a treasure trove of industrial prowess and cultural heritage. Known for its coal mines, steel production, and vibrant manufacturing sector, this region paints a picture of innovation and resilience. ✨ Welding, the silent hero of Silesia's industrial landscape, stands tall in the construction and maintenance of machinery, infrastructure, and architectural marvels. Today, in the heart of Silesia, at the 2Forum of Innovative Technologies we're thrilled to unveil a groundbreaking initiative - COROB Project Open Call and FundingBox cascade funding! 🚀 Our goal? To revolutionise operational efficiency and flexibility in manufacturing! COROB Project (Cooperative robotics powered by AI and data for flexible production cells) initiative integrates a cooperative multi-robot system leveraging Inspection, Monitoring, Control, and AI techniques. Our aim is clear: to slash time, costs, energy consumption, and resource usage while elevating manufacturing prowess to new heights.💡 Join us as we embark on this journey towards a brighter, more efficient future, and learn more about the project on the website: https://lnkd.in/e6qNU9Us #TUV #ForumTuv #KonferencjaTuv #ForumInnowacyjnychTechnologii 

I’m excited to share my conversation with Amy Congdon, PhD, Chief Design Officer at Biofabricate, on the latest episode of Ecosystems. With over a decade at the forefront of biomaterials and biofabrication, Amy’s work has been featured globally, including at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and The Centre Pompidou. Now at Biofabricate, she works with startups, brands and investors to help drive the next generation of sustainable materials, built with biology. Some of the topics we cover are: • How brands are beginning to adopt biofabricated solutions • The challenges of bringing biofabricated materials to market • The importance of collaboration between designers, scientists, and investors • Why performance, not just sustainability, is key to success 👉 You can find the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/ewxtWTXz And you can check out more about Amy’s work at Biofabricate here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eR-eXUvc

The Captura team is proud to be named a Top 20 Finalist in The Elon MUSK FOUNDATION’s XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition, advancing us into the running for the $50M Grand Prize. Chosen among over 1,300 teams from 88 countries, our inclusion in the Top 20 Finalists highlights the great potential of Captura’s #DirectOceanCapture technology to be a major solution in the climate change toolbox. Inspired by nature, backed by science and powered by the ocean — Captura is making waves in the fight against climate change. See the clip below for an overview of the Top 20. #XPRIZECarbonRemoval #CarbonRemoval #ClimateChange #Sustainability

Big news in global innovation! Right now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology are making headlines across the world. According to a recent @Channel4News video, they’ve created the world’s strongest battery – powerful enough to potentially power an electric airplane!And it’s as thin as a credit card! What’s even more exciting is that the innovation is now being developed for commercial use by Sinonus AB - a company formed to bring this energy-storing carbon fiber technology to market. This could be a game-changer for the future of sustainable energy and transportation. It’s inspiring to see how this innovation is shaping the future – and I’m excited to follow the journey ahead! #LinkedInNewsEurope

It's the circle of life 🦁 Nature uses and reuses every available resource. The economy and industry must do the same to become circular and sustainable. But technical systems often struggle with inaccuracies or lack of information in recycling and refurbishing processes. Clemens Briese and his team research ways that intelligent technologies such as machine vision can support the transformation to a circular economy. Learn more about BioFusion 4.0 on the project website! The BioFusion 4.0 partners are Fraunhofer IPK, Technische Universität Berlin, Mercedes-Benz AG, Bral Reststoff-Bearbeitungs GmbH, budatec GmbH, ARBURG GmbH + Co KG, COLLIN Lab & Pilot Solutions, CONTACT Software, GreenDelta GmbH, KleRo GmbH Roboterautomation, ModuleWorks, 5thIndustry, Werner-von-Siemens Centre for Industry and Science e.V. #BioFusion #BiologicalTransformation #Industry40 #CircularEconomy #MachineVision

Fresh off the RECLAIM plenary in Munich with some new insights about our project technologies💡 You heard Jef Peeters from KU Leuven speak in the previous post about the multi-robot grasping approach in our project and why it is unique. Now, he has a message for waste processing facilities that could greatly benefit from KU Leuven's technologies. 🗨️"KU Leuven can also help other waste processing facilities to optimise their processes by optimising multi-robot collaboration" Re- & Demanufacturing Lab - KU Leuven Want more info on this? Send us a DM here! Alternatively, subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated on latest developments: https://lnkd.in/ezKM3W5A Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) ISWA International Solid Waste Association AIMPLAS · Technological Institute of Plastics Robenso IRIS Technology Solutions HELLENIC RECOVERY RECYCLING CORPORATION AXIA Innovation GmbH Ionian Islands Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta KU Leuven Research & Development #Robotics #AI #RECLAIMEUProject #CircularEconomy #MaterialRecovery #Recycling

TNO brings innovation Level UP: Carbyon, a pioneering spin-off company from TNO, is on a mission to revolutionise the fight against climate change. Their cutting-edge Direct Air Capture technology is designed to capture CO2 directly from the atmosphere, making a significant dent in global carbon emissions. Thanks to a recent €15.3 million Series A investment this mission is coming closer, enabling Carbyon to develop engineering-scale demonstrators and start commercial pilot testing. Hans De Neve, Founder and CEO Carbyon: ‘With this new investment we cannot only continue our growth. We can also rapidly and responsibly scale our technology, thanks to manufacturing and scaling knowledge of our partners.’ Discover more > https://tno.to/nqt #TNO #innovation #carboncapture #directaircapture Siemens Financial Services Omnes Invest-NL Global Cleantech Capital Innovation Industries Lowercarbon Capital (BOM (Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij) High Tech Campus Eindhoven