Valo Ventures

Today, we are keen to share our 2023 Impact Report, which describes Valo's impact framework for startups and showcases the technology solutions that our portfolio companies are developing. https://lnkd.in/gwWdgf3e To set our portfolio in the context of the broader climate tech ecosystem, we categorize our investments across three dimensions of impact that are aligned with the Impact Management Project’s “5 Dimensions of Impact.” As we put forward our impact framework and share the progress our individual companies have made to date, we welcome your thoughts on this important and often difficult task of impact measurement for early-stage startups. We are proud of the impact you are making! ARRIS Basecamp Research BioSqueeze Inc. Boston Materials Clever Carnivore eduMe Equilibrium Energy Fluus Granular Energy Inlyte Energy Landit Modern Hydrogen Novoloop Optera PlanetiQ RoadRunner Simbe SINAI Technologies UrbanFootprint Visby Medical Wise Systems, Inc.

Today, we're celebrating Optera's new partnership with SPS Commerce to accelerate retail supply chain sustainability by launching the Retail Sustainability Collective. https://lnkd.in/guCN5wWH This initiative will transform retailer and supplier #sustainability collaboration by combining Optera's proven emissions management platform with SPS's two decades of retail supply chain expertise. Through the Collective, suppliers can share emissions data once to reach multiple retail customers, while retailers gain comprehensive primary data coverage across their supply chain. This all enables: - Primary emissions data to flow seamlessly between partners - Sustainability integrated with core supply chain infrastructure - Ending organizational silos Congratulations to Tim Weiss and the whole Optera team on this noteworthy milestone!

Fortum 💚 Innovation. Thrilled by our #US friends at Valo Ventures making it onto HackSummit’s list of 100+ Climate VCs in the US to know, and our #European venture capital partner Energy Impact Partners’s portfolio companies myenergi and Instagrid making it onto the Sifted 250 list, ranking Europe’s 250 startups with the highest revenue growth over the past three financial years. In Europe alone there is 24 million small enterprises, and entrepreneurs have been recognized as the main source of innovation and job creation. In general SMEs are considered important to the #EU economy as they account for 99.8% of non-financial enterprises and employ 2/3 of the workforce, i.e. over 100 million people, in the EU. Entrepreneurship and the development of small-to-medium-sized enterprises are key drivers of economic growth and job creation also in the Nordic region. Fortum being the 2nd cleanest energy provider in #Europe, and being the most popular energy solutions provider for #consumers and #SMEs in the #Nordics, having some of the highest energy consumptions per capita in the world, we really appreciate the opportunity to help our customers be successful in their business. Fortum success has always depended on the success of our innovations and our partners. Proud of all our partners and all our teams who continuously innovate on behalf of our millions of customers – both #consumer, #entrepreneur, #enterprise and #corporate customers. Excited to push forward with our partners and teams, on our joint quest to innovate ways to improve our planet #Earth for next generations to come. 🔌🛴🚙🏢🏦🏨🏩🏭🦾🌍 #sustainability #climatetech #energytech #creating #growth #innovation #startups #entrepeneurs #electrifiction #decarbonization #poweringathrivingworld @ Fortum Markus Rauramo Tiina Tuomela Nebahat Albayrak Gustav Eilertsen

From the Valo team, we wish you all a bright holiday season and a prosperous year ahead.

Thank you to everyone who has voted for our #SXSWLondon 2025 session! If you haven't, there is still a day left (until 11:59, Dec. 19) to help put Basecamp Research on stage at the first European edition of the legendary tech, health, and culture conference. You can vote in the link below (you'll need to log in to vote): 👇 https://bit.ly/3VDFBn8 (you can also find our session by searching for "digital twin" Glen Gowers 👉 Earth's Digital Twin: What AI needs to unlock the Medicine of the Future Thanks again! #sxswlondon2025 #biotech #AI #healthcare

Next-generation geothermal energy technologies will play an important role in achieving a 100 percent clean energy grid that is cost-effective and reliable. To unlock its full potential, the World Resources Institute outlined actionable recommendations for state and federal policymakers to foster the responsible development and commercialization of next-gen geothermal energy in its recent Issue Brief.    XGS’s Lucy Darago, Ph.D. participated in a WRI roundtable earlier this year to help inform the generation of this report. Thanks to Katrina McLaughlin, Joel Jaeger, Joseph Womble, Lori Bird and Karl Hausker for leading this effort. #geothermal #geothermalenergy #cleanenergy

In noteworthy progress from Inlyte Energy, last week the company announced milestone achievements in their iron-sodium battery technology. In a significant advance, Inlyte has revealed that its cells have achieved over 700 cycles with no loss in energy capacity and 90% roundtrip efficiency, using its iron-sodium chemistry in today's commercially-produced sodium metal chloride cell format. These results, representing over a year of testing, project a battery life of at least 7,000 cycles or 20 years — matching the proven performance of traditional sodium nickel chloride batteries but at a fraction of the cost. https://lnkd.in/gtm75iGb

🌍 Reflecting on 2024: A Year of Shared Action and Community 🌟 Before unveiling next year’s event dates, let’s take a moment to reflect on the incredible milestones we’ve achieved as a community this year. 📊 2024 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬: - 5 events in Berlin, Paris, Malmö, NYC, and Helsinki - + 1500 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 - 23 hours of networking, bringing together 800+ attendees - An average LP-to-GP ratio of 3:1 - 82 𝐕𝐂 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨-𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 $90 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐔𝐌 - Investments spanning globally, across all stages - + 250 𝐋𝐏 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 $30 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐔𝐌 ✨ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬? Our shared commitment to advancing climate tech and building meaningful connections across the investment ecosystem. Together, we’re shaping a brighter, more sustainable future. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us this year — your passion, insights, and support make this community truly extraordinary. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 2024? 𝐖𝐞’𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬! 2150, 360 Capital, Active Impact Investments, AENU, Ananda Impact Ventures, Anterra Capital, ArcTern Ventures, Azolla Ventures, blisce/,Blume Equity, Burnt Island Ventures, Capagro, Cerulean Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures, Climentum Capital, Collaborative Fund, Collateral Good, Course Corrected, CurvePoint Capital, Earth, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Energy Impact Partners, Eurazeo, Extantia, Fifth Wall, FoodLabs, Forbion, Future Energy Ventures, G2 Venture Partners, Galvanize Climate Solutions, GET Fund, Greencode Ventures, Green Generation Fund, Icos Capital, Impact Science Ventures, KOMPAS VC, kopa ventures, LifeX Ventures, Lightrock, Lowercarbon Capital, more tags in the comments #SuperClimate

We're starting the week energized after a beautiful holiday gathering last week at Turbow Farms, working with their locally sourced materials to craft our own wreaths.

An incredible two days in Carthage, TN. Here are some of many facts shared: - Hurricane Helene dropped 40 trillion gallons of water and did $7B in damages to agriculture - Each 1° increase in warming increases water vapor by 7%  - The US experienced $21B in crop losses in 2023 because of extreme weather  - The world lost $3.5T in crop and livestock because of extreme weather - 40% of crops are lost to pests and plant disease globally each year  - 70% of global water goes to agriculture, then 20% to industrial uses - Plastics production is now 500M metric tons/year up from 0 in 1950 - Microplastics inhibit plants’ ability to take up water and nutrients - Levels of many minerals decrease in food as CO2 rises in the atmosphere