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Our planet has got some serious issues. This podcast has got some serious solutions. Norrsken and Spotify are proud to present How We Fix This - a new podcast series hosted and narrated by Alexander Skarsgård. From cow farts to cocoa-free chocolate to carbon-free cement, this series spotlights eight pioneering startups - selected from the Norrsken Impact/100 list - and their innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Because if they win, we all win. Featured in season 1: Brimstone (USA) Planet A Foods (Germany) Volta Greentech (Sweden) Neoplants (France) SunFi (Nigeria) Commons (USA) Nilus (Argentina) Plan A (Germany) Special thanks to our friends at the Stockholm Resilience Centre for helping us navigate these complex issues. New episodes every Wednesday - listen exclusively on Spotify. https://lnkd.in/deXJwZA4

We're thrilled to welcome Zoe Peden to Impact/Week 2024. London-based Zoe Peden is a partner at Ananda Impact Ventures, a pioneering impact fund that has been backing seed- and series A founders for over a decade. An ex-founder herself, Zoe leads deals in healthtech, nature and biotech. She is a massive Star Wars-fan and known to her friends as Zobiwan. Impact/Week 2024, November 6-7, at Norrsken Barcelona. Get your ticket here, and may the force be with you: https://lnkd.in/dM3NvHai

We're delighted to welcome Anna Koivuniemi to Impact/Week 2024. 🎉 Anna leads the Google DeepMind Impact Accelerator, an organization set up to accelerate the social impact of Google DeepMind's technologies and expertise to benefit humanity. She joined Google DeepMind in June 2023, prior to which she was a partner in McKinsey & Company, where she worked for almost 17 years, leading the largest AI alliance and the global Growth Strategy practice with the purpose to raise aspirations and support companies to drive sustainable and inclusive growth. Impact/Week 2024, November 6-7, Norrsken House Barcelona. Get your ticket here: https://lnkd.in/dM3NvHai

On this week's episode of How We Fix This: Super Scary Super Plants 🧬🌱 What if you could solve problems through nature itself? Lionel Mora and Neoplants are trying exactly that, using something called synthetic biology. They’re hacking the DNA of plants to make them do new things. Scary and cool in equal measure. How We Fix This, a podcast by Norrsken and Spotify, is available now. New episodes drop every Wednesday. Listen here! https://lnkd.in/grJGT4_Y

Renewable energy has some issues. Assets are aging, in remote locations, and failing in unpredictable climates. These challenges are increasing cost and risk, but wait - Kavaken has entered the chat. 🦸♂️ Meet Norrsken Accelerator 2023 alumni Bora, co-founder of Kavaken, the renewable energy whisperer. They extract data from renewable assets and use A3I—Artificial, Automated, and Augmented Intelligence - to boost production, uptime, efficiency, and reduce risks. More green energy, fewer headaches. Kavaken just secured a $1.1M seed-round to supercharge their mission. Congrats, Kavaken team! Here’s to a future where renewable energy assets can grow old gracefully . 🌍 🔗 Press release in comments

The Norrsken Accelerator 2024 cohort is now complete!!  🎉 Join us in welcoming 20 of the world's most promising impact startups and their visionary founders. • Selected from over 3000 applicants (the most we’ve ever had!) • Working on some of our most pressing challenges - climate change, circularity, biodiversity, disease prevention, trust and economic growth • They’ll be joining us from 9 countries • 50% of founding teams are mixed gender (compared to an industry average of 15%) Get to know them here: https://lnkd.in/dXJNbmDr We can’t wait to see you all in Stockholm 🇸🇪 BeChained - Stefano Melchior, Bardia Rafieian DREV - Arelys Sosa, Thomas Tingelöf Nobody Engineering - Ville Ilkkala, Iridian Kiiskinen Net Zero Build - Kristijan Jordanov , Ludvig Klasman  BrainZell - Petra Szeszula, Robin Pronk Startbutton Africa - Bolake Mallick, Kelechi Oti Beans - Louis Paulet, Ines Sánchez-Castillo Velge Algoma - Josef Bromovsky, Kyle MertensMeyer, Seyfihan Usarer Crane Biosciences Inc. - Luca Bolondi, Sujaan Das Rye - Diego Vega, Raul Ferreira, Joshua Comley Engrate - Anna Engman, Patrik Fagerfjäll, Christopher Engman  tappi - Kenfield Griffith, Louis Majanja AI Bob - Petter Wallberg, Elin Mårtensson Cellstack - Nana Afriyie, Seema Chouhan, Bikash Sah Leeana - Lewis Pierson, Denis Frischmann PryvX - Gaspar Wosa, Jayesh K, Margit Arctaedius RemoteSolar GmbH - Michael Schmitz, Patrick Muller, Mathias Kühne FLOX Robotics - Sára Nožková, Tomas Becklin, Marco Moletta LexEnergy - Robin Andersson, Matilda Thorsell Aerleum - Sébastien Fiedorow, Steven Bardey

Last week, Almedalsveckan unfolded in Visby, Gotland, where Sweden’s top politicians and industry leaders gathered to discuss the future of our country and society. It’s a week dedicated to connecting over political, trade, and industry initiatives, defining roles in moving Sweden forward. Representing Norrsken, Sofia Lindelöw shared our vision in a series of panel discussions alongside Spotify, Eidra, and Charly Equity. Many thanks to everyone who participated and listened, and a big shoutout to all our nordic members that was spotted gracing the stages, hosting events, and mingling with other top dogs and decision-makers. Special shoutout to our friends at Flower (John Diklev), Norrsken House Stockholm alumni, who won the Techarenan challenge in the prestigious industrial award category. Highlighting Flower as the leading solution to push the industry towards renewable power reliance. 🎉

On this week's episode of How We Fix This: 🐄 💨 Making cows burp and fart less, that's what Fredrik Åkerman of Volta Greentech has set out to do. Why? Because we have around one billion cows on the planet, and they produce around 10% of all emissions. How We Fix This, a podcast by Norrsken and Spotify, is available now. New episodes drop every wednesday. Listen here! https://lnkd.in/dU7jruaZ

We're thrilled to welcome Alessa Berg to Impact/Week 2024. Alessa Berg is the founder and CEO of Top Tier Impact, a global network of leaders with more than 600 members spanning over 50 countries, aimed at accelerating the mainstream adoption of impact and sustainability. Alessa is also an advisor and investor in startups building solutions ranging from synthetic biology to alternative proteins. Alessa is fluent in six languages and has a background as a windsurf- and snowboard instructor. Impact/Week 2024, November 6-7, Norrsken House Barcelona. Get your ticket here: norrsken.org/impactweek

We are so excited to tell you about the final five phenomenal impact startups joining us this summer!!! 🚀 Join us in welcoming: Engrate - Anna Engman, Patrik Fagerfjäll, Christopher Engman  FLOX Robotics - Sára Nožková, Tomas Becklin, Marco Moletta LexEnergy - Robin Andersson, Matilda Thorsell Aerleum - Sébastien Fiedorow, Steven Bardey (PhD) BrainZell - Petra Szeszula, PhD, Robin Pronk, PhD More company info in comments. 👇