EmergeOne | Fractional CFO services

EmergeOne is a leading consultancy providing fractional CFO support to venture backed tech startups from seed to Series B.

We help founders get the most out of their capital, streamline financials, and manage investor relations so they can focus on scaling. Examples of our support:

- Strategic Finance Execution and Oversight over finance operations
- Financial Planning and Analysis
- Board reporting, Investor relations and management
- Capital Raising, Fundraising Support, Due Diligence and Data room management
- Capital Management and Structuring
- Capital Allocation
- Financial modelling, forecasting, scenario planning, KPIs, metrics and reporting

Our clients are some of the fastest growing startups backed by funds like Hoxton Ventures, Stride, Playfair, Octopus, Outlier Ventures, Founders Factory and more.

Fractional CFO

Blue Ridge Partners

I've worked with DeepTech (mainly) founders for over 5 years, building the business and financial muscle behind their technology!

After exiting the angel group I cofounded, I found that I just couldn't stay away from startups, but I knew I didn't want to be a founder again...
So I started consulting for founders and quickly found that the business and finance stuff I knew so well was actually really hard for them. From deep in the weeds of building project management to creating and maintaining financial models to creating pitches for complex tech, I thoroughly enjoyed the nights-and-weekends work of supporting founders.

When my family moved from the US to the UK in 2022, I transitioned my "hobby" from nights-and-weekends into a real job, and now, I help founders make sense of their strategy, business, and finances full time!

DeepTech Fractional CFO and Venture Builder

Octiocor

Leading finance and product teams for AI image analysis start up spun out of Cambridge University.
Building product management function and larger company operations to translate academic research into commercial-grade technology
Projecting complex cash needs to inform hiring employees, onboarding contractors, fundraising, and completing grant applications.
Pitching with CEO to potential venture and angel investors for seed round fundraising.
Working with accountants to ensure all regulatory filings (e.g. VAT, R&D, etc) are accurate and timely to maximize cash in the bank.

Fractional CFO / COO

MCA funding company

Provided financial and operational leadership as fractional CFO of fast growing Merchant Cash Advance (MCA) funder.
Advised strategic changes to adapt to quickly changing economic conditions in high risk business lending environment.
Created detailed financial models to inform internal decision making and communicate business / economics to potential outside investors.
Created cash management systems to better understand cash inflows and outflows and better manage ongoing operations.
Led push for a data-first culture using analytics to make better decisions.
Informed strategy by identifying previously-unseen opportunities using existing data.
Guided and built full analytical stack, from data stores through visualizations.

Capital One

Intrapreneurially built and ran analytics function inside ~$80M Identity Services business unit from scratch.
Directly managed 4 analysts and influenced the work of 6 data scientists, 7 data engineers / analysts, and multiple tech teams; officially and unofficially mentored numerous team members.
Built and managed credit governance process for $10M's in marginal enterprise value from over 20 credit decisions. 
Product Manager for AI / ML team, influencing internal and external stakeholders on strategy by demonstrating value generated by and potential value from new products.
Represented Digital Identity analytics group in monthly VP+ Authentication Council Working Group; created and presented numerous data-centric VP+ presentations on strategy, value-added, enterprise partnership needs, etc.
Created and maintained data sets and visualizations sourcing data from across the enterprise, including customer, fraud, behavioral analytics, credit card transaction, click-stream / UI data, etc.
Worked extensively with product managers, fraud analysts, and tech teams to understand needs and deliver solutions.

Analytics Lead: CIO Tech Excellence award 2019 (top 3 of over 1,800 tech teams) 
Analytics Lead: Circle of Excellence award 2021 (top 2 of over 1,000 product teams)

Senior Analytics Lead - Digital Identity

University of Virginia

Taught entrepreneurial topics as adjunct faculty at UVA's School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Lecturer for New Product Development and Entrepreneurial Finance courses, creating numerous adaptations and improvement to course curricula.

Lecturer

CAV Angels

Operationalized, managed, and grew UVA-oriented angel investment network.
Performed in depth due diligence on companies and write comprehensive memos on investibility of startups. 
Negotiated deal terms, execute investments, and lead ongoing efforts to provide support to portfolio companies in business development, hiring, additional fundraising, etc.
Formed and executed strategy for creating educational material for first-time angel investors.
Created and ran program to train and manage over twenty student fellows and interns responsible for augmenting due diligence efforts.
Built data-centric platform to manage deal pipeline, due diligence data, and member input; created roadmap to expand platform to scale to other universities and angel groups with the goal of using ML to automate portions of deal process.

Co-Founder, President

S&P Global

Leader on implementation team of newly launched product: semi-custom business intelligence software for regional and community banks. 
Co-created operational model and scrum set up allowing product to scale from 5 to 42 customers in under two years.
Advised C-suite customers / stakeholders on product adoption and usage as a technical project manager.
Advised management on reorganization of ~20 person implementation team.
Mentored and instructed tech colleagues in the nuances of the banking and finance industries.
Created custom and semi-custom ETL's and presentations to integrate disparate data silos into a single source of truth.

Manager / BI Implementation Consultant and Engineer

FI Consulting

Built multiple custom software systems in Freddie Mac's Multifamily division as technology and data engineer.
Owned deal management system organizing and analyzing data for over $20b in deals each year.
Interfaced with executive-level clients on application requirements, functionality, and enhancements.
Designed, developed, implemented, and maintained custom IT and reporting solutions.
Actively involved in SDLC, including system specification and design, programming, testing, documenting, user-training, deploying, and post-implementation activities.
Managed junior colleagues through multiple enhancement projects.

Technology and Data Consultant

Foxhall Capital Management

Member of Investment Committee managing over $750 million in quantitative investment strategies
Proactively identified and researched quantitative investment ideas using back testing and data mining techniques on large historical price datasets; presented findings to Investment Committee
Implemented quantitative investment strategies requiring monthly rebalancing of over 5,000 separately managed accounts and daily monitoring of global stock, bond, and commodity index prices

Portfolio Manager

I partner with world class researchers, visionaries, and entrepreneurs to turn their DeepTech technology into highly scalable startups.
From pre-formation to scaling, I come along side founders to augment their efforts, teach new skills, and establish rigor and structure.
Through fractional and project-based work, I have enabled my pre-Series A clients to raise over $30m combined through equity, debt, and grant funding.

David Sade, CFA

VCo2 | The Climate Investing Podcast

A weekly show at the intersections of venture capital and climate tech innovation. 

Followed by 30k+ founders and investors across all platforms. Listen to VCo2 | The Climate Investing Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and YouTube.

Podcast Host

The Impact Circle

Co-Founder

Microsoft

Aug 2024 - May 2025 - Cloud Economics (Manager)
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Financial Analyst at Microsoft | Early-Stage Startups and VC insights at Explore podcast

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JUST IN: Peter Carlsson and Siddharth Khullar emerge from stealh with a $10.7M pre-seed to launch Aris Machina the agentic OS for modern manufacturing. 🤖

The Stockholm-based startup is developing an agentic OS that unifies factory data and enables real-time reasoning, adaptive workflows, and self-improving production.

Here are the details:

🔥 $10.7M pre-seed led by Earlybird Venture Capital, with Village Global, AENU, Planet A Ventures, SNÖ Ventures and top angels.

🔥 Agentic OS that connects machines, systems, and data streams into one unified platform.  

🔥 Two core workspaces: Gemba (real-time factory intelligence) and Protos (R&D, design & physics-informed modelling).  

🔥 Founders: Siddharth and Peter previously built and scaled systems at Tesla and Northvolt.

Congrats to Siddharth, Peter, and the team! 👏

Let’s go 🇪🇺

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Climate and Venture Capital | Host of New Wave.

JUST IN: Einride, Sweden’s autonomous & electric freight pioneer, is going public at a $1.8B valuation via SPAC!⚡

The company plans to list on the NYSE via a business combination with Legato Merger Corp. III, marking one of Europe’s biggest climate-tech success. 

Here are the details:

🔥 Commercial traction: 25+ enterprise customers across 7 countries; ~200 electric vehicles; 11M+ miles driven; 350k executed shipments with 99.7% on-time performance.

🔥 Revenue base: $65M contracted ARR and over $800M+ potential long-term ARR via Joint Business Plans with customers. 

🔥 Einride was the first company to receive permits for cab-less heavy-duty autonomous vehicle operations on public roads (EU 2019, US 2022)

Congrats to Robert, Filip, Linnéa, and the entire team! 👏
And to EQT Group, Norrsken VC, NordicNinja VC. 🙌

Let’s go 🇪🇺

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Meet Alex Bakir, ex-operator who's gone through 2 acquisitions and 1 IPO, now GP at Norrsken Evolve. 🌱

Alex lived through the first cleantech wave as an investor, then spent a decade in Silicon Valley building, scaling and selling companies. 
 
Today, he leads Norrsken Evolve. 

A pre-seed fund he co-founded with Johan and Rebecka to invest where climate, economics, and European re-industrialisation collide.
 
At Norrsken impact week, we sat down to unpack:

🔥 How they convinced institutions like European Investment Fund (EIF), Saminvest AB, and SmartCap.

🔥 Why economic cycles, geopolitics, and regulatory realism will define the next decade of climate investing.

🔥 Meeting and collaborating with Taavet Hinrikus (co-founder of Wise), and Sten Tamkivi from Skaala.

🔥 The “pre-seed sophistication gap”, and why operator-led funds matter now more than ever

Alex is one of the rising stars in European climate VC.

This episode will change how you think about early-stage investing and climate-tech. 

Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eDfTXTjP

And if you’re building at pre-seed:
Alex is someone you want to meet. 🙌

Meet Hampus Jakobsson, the founder who scaled TAT into a €100M+ exit, & now general partner at Pale blue dot. 🟠

Hampus started his first company with six friends while still at university. They scaled it to 180 people across 6 countries before selling to BlackBerry.

He became one of EU's most active angels (100+ deals).
And founded Pale blue dot, alongside Heidi and Joel.

At The Drop, I sat down with Hampus to unpack:

🔥 The “pirate mindset” that he likes in founders
🔥 Building a fund with 3 extremely different profiles 
🔥 Why he's investing in climate and not anywhere else
🔥 And so much more.. 

Hampus is one of the most unique thinkers in European VC. 

Part operator. 
Part futurist.
Part force of nature. 

If you’re building in climate, this is someone to meet.

Comment "New Wave - Hampus" and I'll send you the link to this episode. 

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The Renewables Ops & Maintenance Startup Map.⚡
 
As wind and solar fleets scale, startups are transforming how operators collect, interpret, and act on data to reduce maintenance costs and boost uptime.

This excellent map by EDF pulse shows where to play: 
 
𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 

ONYX Insight, Inion software, EOLOGIX-PING, Tribosonics, Sensing360, Clever Solar Devices, Skyfri and more! 
 
𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

Visplore, Neuron Soundware, Green Eagle Solutions, Renewable Dynamics, Sitemark, Power Factors and more!
 
𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 

Avathon, ANNEA, Sentient Science, Turbit, Enging - Make Solutions, AIMPERIUM, SenseHawk and more!

𝗧𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀

SkySpecs, Aerones, BladeRobots, Zeitview, Rosenxt Group, Instadrone, SolarCleano, Ecoppia and more!
 
Explore the full startup map below. 👇

And reach out to Ninon, Loic or Delphine if any questions!
 
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BREAKING: Just Climate secures $375M for its Natural Climate Solutions strategy! 🌱
 
The climate-focused investment firm (founded by Generation Investment Management) will invest in natural climate solutions across land, water, and waste.
 
Here are the details:
 
🔥 $375M raised from leading global LPs including Achmea Investment Management, Environment Agency Pension Fund, and RBC.
 
🔥 Strategy focused on transforming land use, a sector responsible for ~1/3 of global emissions and the biggest driver of biodiversity loss.
 
🔥 Portfolio aims to scale solutions from biological fertilisers to water management tech, biodiversity measurement, and nature-positive farming models.
 
Huge congrats to Clara, Eduardo, Gustavo, Siddarth, Vinicius, Raphael, Milena and the entire team! 👏 
 
Let’s go 🇪🇺

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BREAKING: Oyster Bay Venture Capital closes €100M+ Fund II to back the next generation of foodtech startups! 🌾

The Hamburg-based VC has raised an oversubscribed second fund to invest in startups reinventing the global food system. 

Here are the details:

🔥 €100M+ Fund II, following a first fund that delivered 25%+ annual returns.

🔥 Backers include European Investment Fund (EIF), KfW Capital, FlowFund, and leading European family offices.

🔥 Focus: Foodtech, and climate impact.

🔥 Portfolio from fund I: Oatly, air up®, and others!

Congrats Christoph, Felix, and team!👏

Let’s go 🇪🇺

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JUST IN: Teampact.ventures closes its first fund at €20M+, bringing Europe’s top athletes to back climate & health! 🏅

Teampact Ventures blends elite sport with entrepreneurship by bringing 60+ world-class athletes like Raphaël Varane and Nikola Karabatic to support Europe’s next champions.

Here are the details:

🔥 €20M+ final close for Teampact Fund I to back early-stage climate & health startups.

🔥 60+ pro athletes mentoring founders on resilience, stress management, leadership & performance.

🔥 Portfolio already includes 12 startups, including MORFO, Beyond Aero, Genomines, Generare, and SquareMind.

🔥 Investment strategy: 30 early-stage checks up to €1M and a co-investment platform with 150+ private investors.

Huge congrats to Benjamin, Basile, Romain, Hugo, Louis, and Laura! 👏

Let’s go 🇪🇺

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AI for Energy Startups by Axeleo Capital (AXC)⚡🤖
 
From smart grids to predictive maintenance, AI is becoming the invisible layer powering Europe’s energy transition.
 
This map will help you understand the key layers: 👇

▪️ Production Intelligence
 
Vind AI, Spoor, VOLTQUANT, Re-Twin Energy, encosa energy, enspired, Steadysun, Ravenwits, Gridraven, rebase.energy, STOWAI, Enlitia, ANNEA
 
▪️ Flex & Trading
 
Dexter Energy, Gridio, avoltra, Elum Energy, Flower, MODULARITY GRID, Orus Energy, Tilt Energy, Highcast, Marmot EnergyPowernaut, NOX Energy 
 
▪️ Industrial & Infrastructure Optimization
 
SCorp-io, Zerotude AB, Enersee, Tibo Energy Management Software, GaussML, Juna AI, Entropic, Energiency by epsa, aiomatic, spogen.ai

Explore the full startup map below. 👇

And reach out to Dimitri or Paul if any questions!

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BREAKING: Carbon Direct acquires Pachama! 🌳🤖

The deal combines Carbon Direct’s scientific expertise with Pachama’s forest monitoring tech, creating one of the most advanced platforms for carbon projects.

Here are the details:

🔥 Acquisition expands Carbon Direct’s digital MRV (Monitoring, Reporting & Verification) capabilities for nature-based carbon projects.

 🔥 Pachama’s team, including co-founder Diego Saez Gil, joins Carbon Direct to scale digital forest carbon solutions.

 🔥 The combined platform enhances data-driven diligence, transparency, and integrity across the voluntary carbon market.

Congrats Jonathan, Diego, and both teams!👏

Let’s go climate!

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JUST IN: Fuse Energy is set to raise a new round at a $5B valuation, just 4 months after its previous $1B valuation!⚡
 
The UK startup, founded by former Revolut execs, is in advanced talks to raise $100M led by Lowercarbon Capital, with participation from Balderton Capital.
 
Here are the details:
 
🔥 Valuation jumping 5× in four months, from $1B to ~$5B.
 
🔥 Serving 200,000+ households with tariffs beating the UK price cap, saving customers up to £200/year.
 
🔥 Hitting $300M ARR, with rapid rollout across home energy, EV charging & renewables.
 
🔥 Building its own clean power assets, including its first solar farm in Hampshire.

🔥 Investors include: Balderton Capital, Accel, Creandum , Lakestar & more!
 
🔥 Founded by Alan Chang (ex-CRO, Revolut) and Charles O.
 
If the round closes, Fuse would become one of Europe’s highest-valued next-gen energy startup! 
 
Let’s go 🇪🇺
 
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How Deep Tech VCs Assess Companies. 🤖

This week on New Wave, I brought together three of Europe’s top deep tech VCs: Maxi (HV Capital), Jordan (IQ Capital), and Jake (Voyager Ventures). 

In this episode, we unpack: 

👉 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

Data centers are hitting thermal limits. Nvidia says liquid cooling is inevitable, and European companies are leading the charge (Corintis 👋). 

👉 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵

From techno-economic models to hyperscaler roadmaps, Maxi, Jordan, and Jake break down how investors separate real breakthroughs from nice demos.

👉 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

Is Europe better positioned to build the next climate mega-companies than in the software era?

Comment "New Wave - Deep Tech" to receive the episode.

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Let’s go!

How LPs pick climate funds in Europe. 💸

GPs, this one's for you. 

This week on New Wave, I brought together three of Europe’s most active climate LPs: Anniken (Ferd Impact Investing), Bas (Carbon Equity), and Jan (Aurum Impact). 

In this episode, we unpack: 

👉 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗟𝗣𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀

From 500 decks to a handful of checks, LPs reveal how they go about screening at the top of the funnel.  

👉 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁)

Cold emails rarely work. Warm intros, great context, and timing do. Learn what actually catches their eye. 

👉 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲

The real marathon: deep dives and months of follow-ups. Here’s how to keep momentum alive until the check lands.

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Let’s go!

The Manufacturing Stack (by Planet A Ventures) 🤖

Manufacturing is evolving fast as automation, AI, and robotics finally become reliable at scale. Planet A just released a great map of the space.

Here's how manufacturing is shaping up 👇
 
▪️ Decision Intelligence

Makersite, remberg, Prewave, Emmi AI, Synera, Magentic, Manex AI, Cognite, Aris Machina
 
▪️ Ops Intelligence

context/fab, Workerbase, Azumuta, ONIQ, Juna AI, EthonAI, Intelecy, Enao Vision
 
▪️ Physical Interface Layer

Neurala, Micropsi Industries, Fuzzy Logic Robotics, Hive Autonomy, Inbolt, Cerrion, Vernaio
 
Explore the full startup map below. 👇

Ping Jessica, Christoph, Sam or Kim if any questions!

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Meet Douglas Sloan, Managing Director at Better Society Capital, the LP behind 120+ funds and £1B committed. 🌍

Dougie leads BSC's venture program.
And he is also the founder of the ImpactVC community. 

At Norrsken impact week, we sat down to unpack:

🔥 BSC's model: evergreen, impact-intentional, and backed by UK dormant accounts + high-street banks.

🔥 Why Dougie believes “impact drives value”, and how he’s helping major LPs adopt that mindset.

🔥 How he filters ~100 pitches per year into just a handful of investments, and what great managers do differently.

Dougie is the most committed impact LPs in Europe.

This episode will reshape how you think about raising or investing in impact funds.

Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ea_Gi2hq

If you're an impact VC: 
Douglas is someone you want to meet. 

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JUST IN: XAnge announces a €200M first close to invest in AI, deeptech, and a sustainable future! 🌿

The Franco-German VC is launching its 5th early-stage fund with a European thesis and an ambition to build world-class tech champions.

Here are the details:

🔥 €200M first close, backed by historical LPs (European Investment Fund (EIF), Siparex, Bpifrance, CNP Assurances).

🔥 Ticket sizes from €1-15M, targeting AI, deeptech, and sustainability-focused innovation.

🔥 Pan-European strategy: expanding beyond FR/DE/BE into Spain, Italy, Benelux, Nordics.

🔥 Track record: Greenly | Certified B Corp, Sirona Technologies, Pina Earth, Estuaire and more!

Congrats to Cyril, Nicolas, Guillaume, and the full team! 👏

Let’s go 🇪🇺

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JUST IN: Future Energy Ventures closes €235M Fund II to back the next gen of EnergyTech across Europe!⚡
 
The Berlin-based VC, focused on digital, asset-light tech accelerating the energy transition, is cementing its position as one of Europe’s largest specialised EnergyTech VC.
 
Here are the details:
 
🔥 Anchor LPs: E.ON & European Investment Fund (EIF), joined by KfW Capital, ABN AMRO Ventures and more!
 
🔥 Fund thesis: Software-first, AI-enabled, asset-light solutions in grid optimisation, flexibility, storage, e-mobility and energy-efficiency.
 
🔥 Portfolio includes: Chloris Geospatial, enspired, feld.energy, Piclo, Station A - all pushing forward flexibility, electrification & industrial optimisation.
 
🔥 Team: Led by Jan Lozek, Veronique Hördemann, Ohad Mamann, Patrick Elftmann, Moritz Jungmann & Jan Palasinski.
 
Let’s go 🇪🇺

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗮𝘃𝗲 EP08 is live - AI for Manufacturing. 🤖

Anyone in climate tech will have heard of Aris Machina, the startup founded by two former Northvolt executives that just raised a $10.7M pre-seed.

But what's really happening with AI and manufacturing?

This week, we talk about: 

👉 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮’𝘀 $𝟵.𝟮𝗠 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗱, can an agent OS unify chaotic factory data and unlock global maxima? 

👉 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀-𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀, which strategy wins: deep in one industry or broad across many?

👉 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁-𝘁𝗼-𝗔𝗥𝗥 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹, why manufacturers say “yes” to pilots but rarely sign meaningful contracts.

...and more! 

Listen now on your podcast platform: https://lnkd.in/e2fVCGXy

Thanks for the chat, Yair, Matthew, Jonny! 🙌

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⚡This episode is supported by The Climate COO 
👋 Voyager Ventures, Marble, Extantia

Stronger together - DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF) will merge into HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds to form a public-private VC. 💸

DTCF will be integrated into HTGF creating a single continuum of financing for deeptech startup, from first cheque to scale-up to exit.
 
Here are the details:
 
🔥 DTCF to be managed under HTGF starting Feb 1, 2026, consolidating equity financing for key technologies across climate, deeptech, industrials, biotech & materials.
 
🔥 The German government has also commissioned HTGF V, launching mid-2027 as the next generation of its flagship seed fund.
 
🔥 The new platform builds on proven co-investments: Proxima Fusion, The Exploration Company, cylib & others.
 
Germany is moving toward a single deeptech platform. 
Combining public mandates with private LPs.

Is this a new form of venture capital?
 
Let’s go 🇪🇺

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Meet Maex and Philip, 2x unicorn founders, 20-year best friends, and now climate investors with 100+ deals. 🌿

They're the founders behind Taulia (acquired by SAP) and Centrifuge. In the last 20 years, they've seen it all - the ups, the downs, the failures, and the wins.  

They’re now backing the rebuild of our industrial stack.

At The Drop, I sat down with them to discuss:

🔥 The secret to great co-founder relationships
🔥 Why being too early is their superpower
🔥 How ex-founders think about startup investments
🔥 Why they believe climate will build the next decacorns

If you haven't met with Maex and Philip, you should. 

Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/exrdH4nT

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