We're thrilled to celebrate five of our portfolio companies being named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024! Each of these innovators are reshaping critical industries and driving impactful, sustainable change: 🌱 Windfall Bio – Transforming methane into valuable products to combat climate change. 🧬 Prolific Machines – Pioneering advancements in bio-manufacturing that streamline complex production processes. 🔋 Electra – Revolutionizing zero-emission iron production for a cleaner industrial landscape. 🌋 Fervo Energy– Leading the way in geothermal energy innovation, harnessing sustainable power from beneath the Earth’s surface. 🏔️ WNDR Alpine / Checkerspot – Melding biotechnology with outdoor adventure by crafting high-performance, sustainable materials for sports equipment. These groundbreaking solutions show the power of collaboration between science, technology, and mission-driven innovation. Congratulations to each team for this well-deserved recognition, and here’s to continued growth and impact! Read more about TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024: https://lnkd.in/ekZTJCpd #ClimateTech #Innovation #SustainableFuture #BestInventions2024 #Cleantech #BaruchFutureVentures
Baruch Future Ventures
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
San Francisco, California 997 followers
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BFV is a venture capital and family office fund that works with innovators and entrepreneurs to address pain points in climate sensitive and resource limited markets in: 1. clean and efficient energy generation, infrastructure, and storage; 2. water treatment and conservation; 3. air quality; 4. food security and sustainable agriculture and 5. health care diagnostics and therapeutics. BFV’s investment strategy is based on the hypothesis that population growth up to a peak of 11 to 12 billion people (vs. 7+ billion currently) will place a tremendous burden on resource availability for a growing earth population having increasing amounts of discretionary spending capability. All nations must have access to energy, food, and water free from threat of shortages and with minimal impact on the environment. BFV defines the superordinate limitations in each market we address. BFV also applies both impactful and multidisciplinary technologies to transform the way people do things or think about things. The outcome is to realize potential for growth, crisis resilience, and strong returns. We believe that competently organized and executed multidisciplinary technologies are usually four times more likely to achieve disruptive outcomes by also changing the context, and the way we do things. An individual technology more often does not disrupt than does disrupt. When multidisciplinary technologies are combined, it is disruptive when the outcome results in new ways of making products, new businesses, or services.
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Exciting News from LuxWall! ✨🌍 LuxWall, a leader in transparent insulation technology, has closed a $51 million Series B funding round to further scale its innovative window solutions that reduce energy use and lower carbon emissions in the built environment. Backed by Climate Investment, Barclays, and other impact-driven investors, this funding will enable LuxWall to increase production and expand R&D facilities. Why it matters? Traditional windows contribute heavily to energy loss, a significant factor in greenhouse gas emissions. LuxWall’s Enthermal™ windows offer an insulation efficiency comparable to opaque walls, cutting energy loss by up to 45%. As Tom Baruch, CEO of Baruch Future Ventures put it: “Building and construction account for 40% of global GHG emissions. LuxWall’s insulated window solutions are essential to reducing this impact, supporting equitable energy justice, and addressing surging power demands across sectors.” Learn more about LuxWall’s journey toward a more sustainable future. https://lnkd.in/ezjzE_pP #CleanEnergy #SustainableBuilding #LuxWall #Innovation
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Exciting News from LuxWall! ✨🌍 LuxWall, a leader in transparent insulation technology, has closed a $51 million Series B funding round to further scale its innovative window solutions that reduce energy use and lower carbon emissions in the built environment. Backed by Climate Investment, Barclays, and other impact-driven investors, this funding will enable LuxWall to increase production and expand R&D facilities. Why it matters? Traditional windows contribute heavily to energy loss, a significant factor in greenhouse gas emissions. LuxWall’s Enthermal™ windows offer an insulation efficiency comparable to opaque walls, cutting energy loss by up to 45%. As Tom Baruch, CEO of Baruch Future Ventures put it: “Building and construction account for 40% of global GHG emissions. LuxWall’s insulated window solutions are essential to reducing this impact, supporting equitable energy justice, and addressing surging power demands across sectors.” Learn more about LuxWall’s journey toward a more sustainable future. https://lnkd.in/ezjzE_pP #CleanEnergy #SustainableBuilding #LuxWall #Innovation
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🔥 Breaking: The latest Berkeley SkyDeck newsletter just dropped - check it out for exciting updates! 🚀 Meet the startups gearing up to pitch at Batch 18 Demo Day! 🌍 August Fern is SkyDeck’s new Climate Tech Track Chair 🤝 Exciting new partnership with Intel® Liftoff 💸 HDAX Therapeutics secures $3.2M in funding! 📰 Read the full scoop & more here: https://lnkd.in/gyqUWGfU Intel Corporation, Jade Worrall #BerkeleySkyDeck #UCBerkeley #Startups #DemoDay #ClimateTech #Innovation #Funding #IntelLiftoff #Startupsuccess #sustainablity #Verge24
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Check out some big news from our one of our portfolio companies, Fervo Energy!
Big news from Fervo's second annual Technology Day! We just completed the world's most successful Enhanced Geothermal System well test, tripling our output from last year's Project Red, and we have secured a transformative $100M construction loan from X-Caliber Rural Capital to accelerate our development at Cape Station. The successful well test announced today establishes Cape Station as the most productive enhanced #geothermal system in history and is yet another data point that technology performance of geothermal is decades ahead of schedule. Fervo has proven itself as a leader of enhanced geothermal, uncapping the industry’s potential and making future goals a reality today. Thank you to everyone who celebrated these successes with us at Technology Day! More about Technology Day here: https://lnkd.in/e83979E2 More about the $100 million loan here: https://lnkd.in/emeC-49f
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🚨 Attention Berkeley Entrepreneurs, Cal Catalyst is a one-day entrepreneurship conference and competition, as part of the Startup World Cup regional series. Hear from seasoned VC speakers and watch an exciting pitch competition unfold. This is your chance to showcase your startup and compete for a spot at the Startup World Cup Grand Finale, co-hosted with Pegasus Tech Ventures, on October 4th in San Francisco, with a $1 million grand prize. Open to Berkeley entrepreneurs or startups with a Berkeley grad on the founding team. 📍 Location: Spieker Forum, Chou Hall, UC Berkeley Haas 📅 Date: September 13th ✨ Apply to pitch here: https://lnkd.in/gXX----9 🗓️ Submission Deadline: September 6th 🎟️ Buy tickets here: https://lnkd.in/g-b__ZJK. Use promo code: gobears Sanjay Velappan, August Fern, Anup Goel, David Bloom, and Chinedu Udeogu will be joining the panel to crown the UC Berkeley regional champion Note: This is a student-run event and is not sponsored by the I&E Office. -------------------------------- #calcatalyst #startupworldcup #berkeleyentrepreneurs #venturecapital #pitchcompetition #berkeleyhaas
Two more confirmed judges for Startup World Cup at University of California, Berkeley on September 13, 2024, in partnership with Berkeley SkyDeck and Berkeley Haas Venture Capital Club. Apply to showcase your innovative ideas! 🗓 Deadline: Sep 6, 2024 🔗 Apply Here: https://lnkd.in/e6VTpNKv #innovation #entrepreneurship #investors #funding #pegasustechventures #networking #siliconvalley #anisuzzaman #cvc #pitch #vc #prize #ucberkeley #berkeley
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We’re thrilled to share the 30th episode of #DeepTechCatalyst, where science meets venture, hosted by The Scenarionist. In this special episode, Tom Baruch, venture capitalist and founder of Baruch Future Ventures explores the concept of exponentiality and the key ingredients for a successful Deep Tech startup. Tune in to discover: • Understanding Exponential Challenges • The Need for Scalable Solutions in ClimateTech • Aligning Impactful Solutions with Financial Returns • Leadership and Fundraising • Scaling Challenges in New Ventures Don’t miss this insightful discussion! Watch the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/dQWB8uZk
From Exponential Challenges to Deep Tech Unicorns | Deep Tech Catalyst
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Exciting news from one of Baruch Future Ventures’ portfolio companies! Fervo Energy has announced two groundbreaking power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Southern California Edison (SCE) totaling 320 MW. These 15-year agreements will deliver 24/7 carbon-free geothermal energy, powering 350,000 homes across Southern California. Fervo’s innovative geothermal technology is leading the charge toward a cleaner energy future, providing reliable, clean, and affordable power. This milestone highlights the growing utility demand for renewable firm power to support California’s transition away from fossil fuels. Read more about this major step in advancing geothermal energy: https://lnkd.in/dTkRDs2P
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Exciting News from Prolific Machines! Baruch Future Ventures is thrilled to share that our portfolio company, Prolific Machines, announced their Series B/tech debut on June 6, 2024. Prolific Machines is revolutionizing biotechnology with their groundbreaking use of light. This innovative platform provides unprecedented control over cellular behavior, making the production of food, lifesaving drugs, and novel biosolutions more efficient and sustainable. What excites us most about Prolific’s technology is its ability to deliver direct and dynamic control over virtually any cellular function in any cell type. This game-changing innovation enhances efficiency, quality, reproducibility, and sustainability—paving the way for the future of biotechnology. Are you in the cellular agriculture, food, or pharma industries? Join Prolific Machines in co-developing the future of biology! Learn more about this revolutionary technology at prolific-machines.com. #ProlificMachines #Biotechnology #Innovation #CellularAgriculture #Pharmaceuticals #Sustainability Prolific Machines, Inc. Deniz Kent, PhD Max Huisman Declan Jones
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Exciting News from Prolific Machines! Baruch Future Ventures is thrilled to share that our portfolio company, Prolific Machines, announced their Series B/tech debut on June 6, 2024. Prolific Machines is revolutionizing biotechnology with their groundbreaking use of light. This innovative platform provides unprecedented control over cellular behavior, making the production of food, lifesaving drugs, and novel biosolutions more efficient and sustainable. What excites us most about Prolific’s technology is its ability to deliver direct and dynamic control over virtually any cellular function in any cell type. This game-changing innovation enhances efficiency, quality, reproducibility, and sustainability—paving the way for the future of biotechnology. Are you in the cellular agriculture, food, or pharma industries? Join Prolific Machines in co-developing the future of biology! Learn more about this revolutionary technology at prolific-machines.com. #ProlificMachines #Biotechnology #Innovation #CellularAgriculture #Pharmaceuticals #Sustainability Prolific Machines, Inc. Deniz Kent, PhD Max Huisman Declan Jones
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