General Galactic revolutionize the energy supply chain by producing synthetic hydrocarbons from air and waste CO2 using renewable electricity, making clean fuel affordable and accessible. General Galactic is developing technology to enable democratization of access to critical fuels at the site of need through modular hardware.
Beyond Aero is building the first electric business aircraft powered by hydrogen propulsion, enabling six passengers to fly up to 800 NM (1,500 km)—five times farther than a battery-powered aircraft. Founded in December 2020, the company is redesigning the architecture of a CS23 aircraft around hydrogen-electric propulsion, focusing on fuel cell technology, hydrogen tank integration, and advanced cooling systems. With offices in Toulouse, Paris, and Los Angeles, the startup boasts a team of over 50 highly qualified engineers from leading aerospace companies, actively recruiting 40 more. Beyond Aero has raised more than $44 million, with investors including Giant Ventures, Bpifrance, Initialized Capital, Female Funders Found, and 7 Pourcent Ventures. Beyond Aero also completed Y Combinator in 2022. The company has secured $914 million in Letters of Intent (LOIs) for 108 aircraft and recently completed France's first manned, fully hydrogen-electric flight. Beyond Aero is a member of the World Economic Forum's First Movers Coalition and the Alliance for Zero Emission Aviation, underscoring its commitment to electrify aviation with hydrogen propulsion.
Bees & Bears is a Green FinTech from Berlin with the goal of facilitating capital to the heart of the green economy. We work with producers and vendors of Clean Tech (green hardware such as energy storage, heat pumps, PV, EV charging, etc.) and allows them to offer embedded financing to their customers. Thereby, producers can switch to a hardware-as-a-service model. Bees & Bears provides a digital platform that integrates into the sales of producers, operates the workflow and data, and bundles the assets. End clients don’t have to pay a high upfront and are charged a monthly rate (leasing or contracting), instead.
Matta is creating industrial AI for factories. We are a group of engineers, scientists, and builders developing manufacturing foundation models (MFMs) and a general-purpose manufacturing OS to improve the sustainability of manufacturing today and to unlock the unimaginable technologies of tomorrow.
Renaissance Fusion is a company that created superconductors that make straightforward fusion electricity affordable and MRIs a commonplace form of medical examination. The company's high-temperature superconductors for plasma devices and medical imaging enable customers to make fusion electricity affordable by bringing fusion energy to the grid.