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Startups that aim to reduce emissions, like AtmosZero and Sublime Systems, are leading the charge to slow global warming.

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• AtmosZero
• Sublime Systems

On the heels of raising $145 million in fresh Series C capital funding, Lilac Solutions, Inc. will implement their groundbreaking lithium extraction technology at the Great Salt Lake to gather this in-demand resource faster and more efficiently while minimizing environmental damage.

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• Lilac Solutions

RISE™Robotics proudly announces the availability of limited licenses for its game-changing patent, EP 3 652 466 B1. This pioneering technology unlocks new possibilities for angular flat belt drive systems, proving that highly loaded belts at angles and around corners can outperform traditional designs without sacrificing service life.

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• RISE Robotics

Our General Partner, Michael Kearney, argues for a New Paradigm in Clean Energy in his new piece for Renewable Energy World.

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• Michael Kearney

Read Engine Ventures General Partner Milo Werner's bold prediction about the material future in Axios #Climate News

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• Milo Werner

This funding will support us as we pilot new electrolyzer innovations that will allow Sublime Systems to turn industrial wastes into cement more efficiently. It will accelerate our ability to turn recycled, demolished concrete into fresh, high-performing, low-carbon Sublime Cement, reducing our impact on natural ecosystems.

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• Sublime Systems

Osmoses has been selected among the recipients of the new DOE Voucher Program, which provides commercialization support for innovative clean energy companies moving from the R&D stage to the demonstration and commercialization stage. Osmoses will be partnering with RTI International to hone our techno-economic analysis for our novel membrane technology.

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• Osmoses

Engine Ventures portfolio company Syzygy Plasmonics was awarded significant funding from the coveted U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) voucher, kicking off the first round of their #VoucherProgram. This news comes as Syzygy Plasmonics ramps up their work around Rapid Life Cycle Assessments for Carbon Management and Clean Energy Hydrogen Technology.

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• Syzygy Plasmonics

Sublime Systems selected a site in Holyoke, MA for their first-commercial manufacturing facility. This plant will be critical for scaling production of their low-carbon Sublime Cement™ and has found an amazing home in Holyoke, which was once the center of the paper industry in the U.S.

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• Sublime Systems

How electricity could help tackle a surprising climate villain.

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• Sublime Systems

Axoft publishes tangible results that demonstrate a foundation for real-life Brain-Computer communication based on materials that enable long-term stable, high-density neural interfaces.

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• Axoft

Engine Ventures portfolio company and lithium startup Lilac Solutions, Inc., completes a one-year demonstration of their mineral extraction tech in Argentina.

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• Lilac Solutions

Listen in on Mateo Jaramillo’s conversation with Shayle Kann on Canary Media Inc.’s Catalyst podcast as they dive deep into the strengths and limitations of lithium-ion batteries on the grid today, what role multi-day storage plays for utilities beyond balancing renewables, and why Mateo thinks lithium-ion is here to stay.

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• Form Energy

Thanks to Engine Ventures’ portfolio company Amide Technologies and their breakthrough robotic peptide printing platform, drug discoverers can now order long, complex, and even non-natural peptides on demand with turnaround times measured in days, not weeks or months.

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• Amide

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• Osmoses

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• Atlantic Quantum

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that Engine Ventures’ portfolio company, Boston Metal, was awarded a $50M grant to build an advanced #manufacturing plant in West Virginia for chrome #metal, the material needed for inert anode technology, which can help lower carbon footprint.

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• Boston Metal

Sublime Systems and Form Energy co-founder Yet-Ming Chiang was named on TIME's list of 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business for 2023. Yet's style of innovating is working back from big, imaginative problem statements — an approach that has yielded many prolific startups working across important areas of climate impact.

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• Sublime Systems
• Form Energy

Reporter Bethany Halford thoughtfully detailed Sublime Systems's journey and the "broad problem statement—let’s use electricity to make cement in a completely new way" that catalyzed Sublime.

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• Sublime Systems

Engine Ventures is a part of Inc. Magazine’s 2023 Founder-Friendly Investors, a list of the best PE, VC, and debt firms with a track record of success backing entrepreneurs! Our team is honored to spend each day supporting driven Tough Tech founders on a mission to enact positive change.

Form Energy has been named one of TIME's 200 best inventions of 2023! Form's iron-air batteries can discharge power for about four straight days – lasting far longer than lithium-ion batteries, which, unlike Form Energy’s solution, require mining rare-earth minerals.

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• Form Energy

Form Energy is helping climate-change efforts by building massive iron-air batteries that could help store electricity produced by renewable energy sources. Watch Boston Globe's video following the team into their research and design warehouse in Somerville to see what they're charging up.

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• Form Energy

The future of electric is geothermal. Check out the recent The Wall Street Journal Future of Everything Podcast hosted by Alex Ossola, discussing the potential of geothermal energy and how electric cars, lights and cell phones may be powered by this source in the future. Quaise Energy co-founder and CEO Carlos Araque joins the conversation discussing the company's unique approach to drilling: vaporizing rock.

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• Quaise

Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Sublime Systems, and Form Energy have been named as key climatetech companies to watch in MIT Technology Review. Explore the full list, ranging from nuclear fusion to cow-free burgers.

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• Commonwealth Fusion Systems
• Sublime Systems
• Form Energy

Congratulations to CEO Francesco Maria Benedetti and the Osmoses team for closing $11M in seed funding!

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• Osmoses

Atlantic Quantum has developed a new type of quantum architecture exceeds industry standards. The team has announced promising research showing their fluxonium-based qubit architecture achieves the lowest error rates to date for superconducting qubits.

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• Atlantic Quantum

Weirton Steel in West Virginia has been turned into Form Energy's new battery plant.

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• Form Energy

Congratulations to Bharath Kannan, Co-Founder & CEO of Atlantic Quantum, for being named as one of this year's MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35! Atlantic Quantum is on a mission to usher useful quantum computing from vision to reality, by eliminating performance and scalability tradeoffs. This recognition is a testament to Bharath's dedication and vision.

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• Atlantic Quantum

“We are writing a new book on steel metallurgy,” says Boston Metal CEO Tadeu Carneiro. With ascending climate concerns, Boston Metal is pioneering a green revolution in steel production. The team's groundbreaking Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) technology promises to reshape the future of the industrial world, offering cleaner, greener steel.

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• Boston Metal

CEO & Co-Founder of Sublime Systems, Leah Ellis, describes how her team is using electrochemistry to decarbonize cement. Watch the full video on Bloomberg.com to learn about the ramifications of traditional cement production and how Sublime is making an impact.

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• Sublime Systems