MUUS Climate Partners

Congratulations to our portfolio company, Rock Rabbit on winning additional funding and recognition via the DeltaClimeVT Business Accelerator! Rock Rabbit's software makes the rebate process fast, accurate, and efficient so contractors, homeowners, and incentive providers can focus on their projects. Feel free to reach out directly to learn more and connect with the team.

https://lnkd.in/eEKsViKB Congratulations to Aepnus Technology on its recent seed round funding announcement. We are excited to continue to support Lukas Hackl, Bilen Akuzum, Ph.D., as Aepnus helps battery factories springing up across North America manufacture in a circular and decarbonized manner.   Aepnus is electrifying the production of key battery input chemicals via its novel and ultra-efficient electrolyzers. This technology cuts costs, eliminates emissions, and ensures a decarbonized and circular domestic battery supply chain in the United States.

Now that’s some good in-flight entertainment! Nice to see Steve Wolf on the Today Show this morning, talking about the technology that Team Wildfire built to combat wildfires. MUUS Climate Partners invested in Team Wildfire last year. Wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, and, unfortunately, they also accelerate climate change due to the deforestation and emissions released in combustion. Team Wildfire is building products to reduce the severity of these fires, using jet engine technology to spray water and fire suppressant hyper-efficiently and at ultra-high speeds, while controlling microclimate conditions such as wind. Deserving of the national coverage it received today!

Congrats Aimee Gotway Bailey, PhD and MCP Portfolio Company Rock Rabbit for being selected as a finalist in the NextEra Energy Investments Seed Competition!

We're pleased to announce that not just one, but two, of our team members at MUUS Climate Partners have been recognized as Crain's New York Business 2024 Notable Leaders in Sustainability. Congratulations to MCP Principal Kavita Patel and Co-Founding Partner Benjamin Wolkon on being honored! #CrainsNotables

"These startups help busy contractors get electrification rebates faster" Check out this article from Canary Media Inc. which mentions MCP portfolio companies Rock Rabbit and Sealed, which are making it easier to capture incentives for clean energy upgrades. https://lnkd.in/eVWxSadH

We’re excited to share our very own Logan Grizzel’s recent podcast feature on the CleanTechies Podcast with Somil Aggarwal and Silas Mähner 🔍🌎🎙️ Here are our favorite parts: 🌱 Avoiding herd mentality in climate VC and pursuing distinctive investment opportunities  🌱 Understanding the time scale in venture investing, particularly for hardware-focused investments, is crucial 🌱 Logan's time at Toyota and how the Prius transformed the EV industry 🌱 The vibrant Denver climate scene 🌱 How founders can attract investors by mastering their narrative, showing foresight in team building, and embracing adaptability Check it out ‼️👇🏽 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eh9cbUd4 #energy #podcast #venturecapital

Last week, I spoke at SXSW about solutions to climate change, and why those solutions represent the most exciting business opportunity of our generation. Eliminating greenhouse gas emissions will require transformations across electric power, transportation, buildings, industry, and agriculture. Those transformations are driven by technological advancement, and the companies deploying the most effective decarbonization technologies will likely create trillions of dollars in value. The talk included examples of climate solutions from MUUS Climate Partners portfolio companies, including BrightNight, Panthalassa, Harvest, WideSense, Rock Rabbit, and Amperon. After I spoke, Ellie Johnston from Climate Interactive took over, to facilitate a session in which the audience used the En-ROADS climate simulator to "solve climate change." Our group has been working with En-ROADS alongside Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, to teach business and political leaders about climate solutions. Unfortunately the En-ROADS session is not included in this video due to LinkedIn video length constraints, but you can see the first part of the talk here.

Incentives for solar, battery, heat pump, and EV charging installation can come from multiple sources and be overwhelming for a homeowner or contractor to navigate. Such incentives are becoming too lucrative to ignore, yet bury contractors under complex paperwork with ever-changing eligibility requirements and fund availability. Utilities and states spend significant resources on administering such programs, yet aren’t able to achieve equity goals due to the complex process. Rock Rabbit leverages AI to make incentive capture for green home upgrades fast, easy, and reliable, all the way from incentive discovery to submission of claims. Contractors can now ensure eligibility and optimize for savings in a streamlined workflow that produces accurate submissions and timely claims. MUUS Climate Partners is excited to partner with Aimee Gotway Bailey, PhD and Riyad Murad who have built a software platform to make future-proofing homes easy and affordable. https://lnkd.in/egVjiXu8

On Monday, I’ll be at DISTRIBUTECH International for a talk with Pierre Delforge, co-founder of Harvest. Harvest is the world’s most climate friendly electric home heating system. By combing smart controls with heat pump technology, Harvest is able to dramatically reduce the energy costs and carbon footprint of a building. Heating and cooling of buildings is one of the major drivers of climate change. Harvest is one of the most promising companies that can address the problem. Follow the link below for more information on the talk Pierre and I are giving on Monday. https://lnkd.in/e2Dpakap