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☆ Fishing startups are making the industry more sustainable by repelling bycatch, recycling nets, and tackling dredging — but they need more cash to stay afloat
  + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
But overfishing has left some fish stocks depleted, while destructive fishing practices like dredging have harmed ecosystems . Ocean tech has the additional challenge of "dealing with this chemically rich liquid that basically eats everything that goes into it," Watson said of the ocean. Blue Ocean Gear's data-collecting buoy. Blue Ocean GearFishing for fundingBut Falconer is competing with buzzy tech sectors in the pursuit of venture capital. Without cash flowing in, fishing tech could face a brain drain.
Persons: Daniel Watson's, SafetyNet, Daniel Watson Dan, Eric Li, James Dyson, Enki, Watson, Ed Phillips, Phillips, Dado Ruvic, Kortney Opshaug, Opshaug, it's, Ava Ocean, Maren Hjorth Bauer, Ava Ocean's, Hjorth Bauer, Ian Falconer, I'm, Falconer, haven't Organizations: Venture, Service, SafetyNet Technologies, European Union, Future Planet Capital, Aquaculture, REUTERS, NASA, Ocean, Investors, multibillion, Strategic Locations: London, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Bering, Cornwall
☆ How Y Combinator-backed Seabound is using carbon-capture tech to tackle the shipping industry's problematic emissions
  + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
The Y Combinator-backed Seabound believes its on board carbon-capture tech can play a key role. Fredriksson is the cofounder and CEO of Seabound, a climate-tech startup that aims to lower the greenhouse-gas emissions produced by the shipping industry. Seabound, backed by the famed accelerator Y Combinator, has built a carbon-capture machine that can be retrofitted onto ships. Having tested it on land, Seabound is now using a commercial container ship as its lab in a pilot project with the London-based shipping company Lomar Shipping. Fredriksson added that Seabound's reaction was exothermic, meaning it needed an injection of heat to get started but then was self-sustaining.
Persons: Seabound, Alisha Fredriksson didn't, Fredriksson, It's, Stephen Turnock, Ed Phillips, Alisha Fredriksson, Wen, Turnock, Alisha Fredriksson Decarbonization, we're, We're, Capital's Phillips, Leapfrogging Organizations: Shipping, Maritime Organization, Service, University College London, University Maritime Advisory Services, Southampton University, International Maritime, Planet Capital, Lomar Shipping, Ships Locations: Wall, Silicon, London, Yalova, Turkey
☆ How Sam Altman's $850 million SPAC could help turn nuclear power into a mainstream energy source
  + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
OpenAI's Sam Altman is taking nuclear startup Oklo public through a SPAC expected to close in 2024. The Oklo SPAC deal will mark a watershed moment for the energy source, industry experts told Insider. The public debut of Oklo, a nuclear startup chaired by Sam Altman, could be a watershed moment for the power source, industry experts say. Fission versus fusionThere are two types of nuclear power: fission and fusion. All existing nuclear energy is created via fission, which makes up around 10% of the world's electricity supply, per the International Energy Agency.
Persons: OpenAI's Sam Altman, Altman, Sam Altman, Matthew Honeyben, Douglas Hansen, Luke, we've, " Hansen, Victoria McIvor, SPAC, McIvor Organizations: CMS, CNBC, Planet Capital, International Energy Agency, Energy, Microsoft Locations: Ukraine, France, Germany, SPAC
☆ Jeremy Hunt's pension fund reform plans are a 'game changer,' says venture capital firm
  + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailJeremy Hunt's pension fund reform plans are a 'game changer,' says venture capital firmDouglas Hansen-Luke, executive chairman of Future Planet Capital, discusses U.K. chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt's pension fund reform plan to help the country's startups.
Persons: Jeremy, Douglas Hansen, Luke Organizations: Future Planet Capital
☆ How Biden's $369 billion sell to the climate tech industry is luring Europe's hottest startups to the US
  + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
President Biden's $369 billion climate sell is attracting some of Europe's biggest startups. Battery maker Northvolt and carbon removal firm Climeworks are both lining up US expansions. President Biden's $369 billion play to make the US the new hub for climate-friendly companies caused consternation among international allies. Europe's EV battery darling Northvolt is set to announce its highly anticipated US expansion in the coming weeks while carbon removal company Climeworks has already revealed plans to scale up Stateside. The company is also watching Europe's efforts to create a regulatory framework for the certification of carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
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