Blue Bear Capital

Venture capital for AI in the energy, infrastructure, and climate industries.

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

@hayley_nystrom Congrats to us! We are delighted to have you on board @hayley_nystrom ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[Vaughn Blake @VaughnBlake]

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)

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

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

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

First Resonance brings its space-scale manufacturing OS to hardware makers with $14M A round https://t.co/zXVjsmqPyX | by Devin Coldewey

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

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: https://t.co/9mMBzDlWQB

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

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 ⚡️💎🌳💰

[Abatable @abatableuk]

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: https://t.co/PYrJ8p5DAx

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

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 @PaniEnergy]

📢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: https://t.co/E2NiwiXRjD

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

#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.😍

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

🎊💰📈@AccureBattery 🔥🚫🔋

[Capnamic @Capnamic]

🔋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

https://t.co/EmHKZQDcef

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

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⚡️:

[Urbint @urbint]

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

https://t.co/hIsYwr4bHL

[Gene Berdichevsky @SilaGene]

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. 🔋🚀⚡️

https://t.co/AhnR8DTym5

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

@VoyagerPortal COO Bret Smart on how to actually track & manage marine emissions (also saving 💰💰). Plus this is how 100ft+ wind turbine blades get offshore: https://t.co/S45WacNn2R

[Russell Gold @russellgold]

Imagine if a gallon of gas in OK City was $2.90 and $65 in Dallas. This is the situation for electricity right now. Because there is no national grid.

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

Crypto-mining EV (electric mobility x distributed finance x grid efficiency x ... tricycles?)

https://t.co/5OyZlAOnB7

[Mark Tomasovic @MarkTomasovic]

Every now and then oil rigs will be hidden in plain sight

Here’s a thread of a few “disguised” oil rigs in California:

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

You. Are. Not. Air-gapped. Featuring @MissionSecureIn : https://t.co/rXaeUhldHs via @technology

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

Worker mental health in high-pressure industries like energy and infrastructure is a big overlooked issue. Great post here from @urbint ‘s Lindsay Jenkins:

[Urbint @urbint]

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: https://t.co/olhyufsxEN

#ConstructionSafetyWeek

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

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...) 🤯💚

[Nige Roberts-Willson @nigewillson]

How NVIDIA Are Making Science Fiction Real https://t.co/PCxhOerTdJ #ai #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #deeplearning #nvidia

[Blue Bear Capital @BlueBearCap]

But it closed!

[Michael Grinich @grinich]

Actual video of startups selling their first enterprise deal

[𝙲𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚜 施俊挺 @codysimms]

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! https://t.co/eKmZYxw2fw

[Clockwork @clockworkapp]

Clockwork Investor Series:

Excited to share this profile of Vaughn Blake, Partner at @BlueBearCap focused on renewable energy and climate venture. Thanks @VaughnBlake !

https://t.co/3c0wKOOIJP