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Today, we’re excited to officially launch Terradot with $58.2M in funding! We’re transforming Earth’s most powerful natural carbon removal process—silicate rock weathering—into a scalable climate solution through Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW). 🌍 Why we’re excited: $58.2M in funding led by John Doerr, joined by Sheryl Sandberg & Tom Bernthal, George Roberts, Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund, Google, Cisco Foundation, Kleiner Perkins, Floodgate, Acre Venture Partners, Gigascale Capital, Valor Capital Group, Ponderosa Ventures and others. Nearly 300,000 tonnes of carbon removal sold, including a $27M purchase by Stripe's Frontier Climate buyers for 90,000 tonnes and Frontier member Google’s largest-ever single CDR purchase—200,000 tonnes. Starting in Brazil, an optimal location thanks to its tropical climate, agricultural scale, and clean energy grid. We believe ERW has the greatest potential to deliver gigaton-scale, permanent carbon removal this decade. But achieving that potential will be far harder than most realize. That’s why we built Terradot: to advance the hard science and build the technology required to activate the thousands of existing silicate rock quarries worldwide into scalable CDR hubs. Backed by the world’s strongest coalition—spanning industry, academia, and government—we’re taking a bold bet on unlocking ERW’s massive potential. The road ahead won’t be easy: millions of soil samples, snake-filled fields, and no guarantees of success await. The stakes couldn’t be higher. 🚀 This is just the beginning. If you’re a scientist pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, an engineer ready to build, or an operator obsessed with execution—come join us. Let’s work together to stabilize Earth’s climate. 🔗 Join Us: https://lnkd.in/gm-7gCEf 🔗 Google’s Blog Post: https://lnkd.in/grVPg65J 🔗 Frontier’s Blog Post: https://lnkd.in/gG--y6xn 🔗 Bloomberg: https://lnkd.in/gHBMqsb2 🔗 Brazil Coverage: https://lnkd.in/gjBQS6rQ #ClimateTech #CarbonRemoval #EnhancedRockWeathering #Terradot #ClimateSolutions #CDR

On December 5th at 9 AM PT, Floodgate is teaming up with Deel and Global Founders Capital for a virtual panel on how startups can achieve outlier success. Floodgate Partner Mike Maples, Jr will share insights from Pattern Breakers, and Deel COO Dan Westgarth will discuss Deel’s journey to becoming one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies. The two will be joined by Floodgate partner Arjun Chopra and GFC partner Don Stalter who will share their respective lessons learned from meeting Deel in the early days before their breakthrough. All attendees will receive a free copy of Pattern Breakers. Register here: https://lnkd.in/guhAndqZ

On December 5th at 9 AM PT, Floodgate is teaming up with Deel and Global Founders Capital for a virtual panel on how startups can achieve outlier success. Floodgate Partner Mike Maples, Jr will share insights from Pattern Breakers, and Deel COO Dan Westgarth will discuss Deel’s journey to becoming one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies. The two will be joined by Floodgate partner Arjun Chopra and GFC partner Don Stalter who will share their respective lessons learned from meeting Deel in the early days before their breakthrough. All attendees will receive a free copy of Pattern Breakers. Register here: https://lnkd.in/guhAndqZ

Looking forward to catching up with college students throughout Southern California this week to talk about breakthrough startups and Pattern Breakers.

I’m filled with gratitude & excitement to share a quick life update! At the beginning of the summer, I pivoted away from my investing role with Floodgate in pursuit of a new venture. I am so appreciative for my two years with Ann Miura-Ko and the Floodgate team - it was an immense privilege to work alongside this insightful, talented, and fun group of folks. I loved every moment. So what’s next? Many will confirm that I have long been obsessed with peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, and over the last several months, I have channeled that passion into building a startup called Friends Know Best (aka FKB). While much is still in the works (and TBA), Friends Know Best is a social platform that unlocks collective intelligence by empowering the curation & exchange of opinions among friends. By mapping human taste & preferences, FKB strives to amplify trustworthy and authentic knowledge, simplify decision making, and nurture our most meaningful relationships. FKB has early support from Floodgate, and we are looking to hire 2 team members: a Founding Engineer & UI/UX Designer. More details linked below! If you (or someone you know) are interested in learning more, please reach out to brooke@friendsknowbest.ai. Lastly, I could not be more thankful for the wonderful friends who have shared their wisdom & encouragement on this journey so far - you all inspire me, and definitely ~know best~. ✨OPEN ROLES✨ https://lnkd.in/gxFaR5p7

Ann Miura-Ko, Co-founding Partner, Floodgate, talks about the future that’s coming quickly, sparked by inflections in technology, regulation, and culture. #intersect24 #automotivetech #artificialintelligence

Enjoyed doing this "Practice of the Practice" podcast with the legendary Joe Sanok. Thanks for having me on the show! It was one of the most fun to date. https://bit.ly/4dJhkmq