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Equinor Ventures invests in Green Li-ion

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Green Li-ion, a revolutionary lithium-ion battery recycling technology company based in Singapore.

Equinor Ventures invests in Powertrust

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce a convertible note investment in Powertrust — a Vancouver, Canada-based startup that is unlocking a new model for clean energy procurement for corporate climate leaders who have net zero ambitions. By aggregating small scale renewable energy projects, the company is enabling a faster and fairer energy transition.

Equinor invests in HySiLabs – a novel hydrogen carrier with no energy needed for the release of hydrogen

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in HySiLabs SAS, a France-based company developing a novel silica-based carrier for transportation and storage of hydrogen. Equinor Ventures led the €13 million Series A financing round.

Equinor Ventures invests in Captura Corporation

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Captura, a California-based carbon removal company. The USD 12 million raise was led by Equinor Ventures, and joined by Aramco Ventures, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Future Planet Capital, Hitachi Ventures, and mTerra Ventures.

Equinor Ventures invests in Sol Clarity

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce a convertible note investment in Sol Clarity, a Boston-based startup that offers water-free automated non-contact solar cleaning, thereby increasing the energy yield and development feasibility of solar plants while decreasing their operating costs. Equinor Ventures participated in their $920k Seed I round.

Equinor Ventures Invests in Patch

Via the Energize Ventures Fund II, Equinor Ventures is investing in Patch, a digital backbone for carbon markets and other regulated emissions. Patch Raises $55M Series B, Embedding Climate Action Directly Into the Global Economy.

Equinor Ventures invests in Elestor BV

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Elestor BV, a Netherlands based company developing the next generation flow batteries for grid scale energy storage. Equinor Ventures led the €30 million Series A financing round.

Equinor Ventures enters into agreement with Nicoustic AS

Equinor Ventures has provided an early phase convertible funding agreement with Nicoustic AS to support the development of their guided ultrasonic waves technology for level measurements.

Equinor Ventures invests in Inherit Carbon Solutions AS

In July 2022 Equinor Ventures successfully closed a seed investment in Inherit Carbon Solutions AS, an Oslo, Norway based startup that will support biogas producers participating in the emerging CO2 removal market (CDR). Co investors are Stratel and StartupLab.

Equinor Ventures invests in Saferock AS

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Saferock AS, a Stavanger, Norway based company aiming to produce carbon neutral geopolymer concrete for the building and construction industry.

Equinor Ventures invests in Rovco and Vaarst

In March 2022 Equinor Ventures successfully closed an investment in Seque Global Ltd supporting development of the subsidiaries Rovco and Vaarst. The £15,2M Series B raise was co-lead by Equinor Ventures and the financial services company Legal & General.

Equinor Ventures invests in Revterra

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Revterra, a Houston, Texas based company that is creating the next generation kinetic battery system.

Equinor Ventures invests in Electric Hydrogen

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Electric Hydrogen, a Massachusetts based company developing electrolyzer technology for the production of hydrogen.

Equinor Ventures invests in H2Site

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in H2Site, a Bilbao based start-up developing technologies to produce cost-competitive, on-site, renewable H2 for industry and low carbon mobility.

Equinor Ventures invests in Booster Fuels

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Booster Fuels, a San Mateo, California-based company decarbonizing transportation by simplifying access to low carbon fuels.

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Equinor Ventures invests in Nth Cycle

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Nth Cycle, a Massachusetts-based company developing electro-extraction technology for reliably recovering critical minerals from e-waste, low-grade ore, and mine tailings using electricity.

Equinor Ventures invests in Context Labs

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Context Labs, a company developing technology for asset grade data and analytics, cryptographically secured with blockchain.

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Equinor Ventures invests in Lithium de France

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce its investment in Lithium de France, marking an entry both into France and into the domain of raw material production for batteries.

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Equinor Ventures has acquired a minority share in Eelume AS

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in the Norwegian subsea drone company Eelume AS, after having supported Eelume through Equinor Ventures early phase project funding since 2016.

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Equinor Ventures invests in RayGen

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce its first investment in Australia, in the Melbourne based company RayGen, developing a combined solar and long-duration storage technology to improve the profitability of solar energy and make renewable energy truly dispatchable.

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Equinor Ventures invests in Sapphire Technologies

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Sapphire, a California based company developing technology to convert the energy wasted in pressure reduction processes into clean electric power.

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Equinor Ventures invests in Energize Ventures fund II

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Energize Ventures, a leading global alternative investment manager that funds digital-first solutions accelerating the sustainable energy transition, today announced the closing of a second flagship fund with total capital commitments of $330 million.

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Equinor Ventures invests in all solid-state battery company Solid Power

Solid Power, an industry-leading producer of all solid-state batteries, recently announced a $130M Series B. Equinor Ventures is delighted to join as an investor.

Equinor Ventures invests in AP Ventures

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in AP Ventures Fund II, the world's largest venture fund dedicated to the growing hydrogen industry. Nysnø Climate Investments, Yara Growth Ventures and Equinor Ventures are the only Norwegian Limited Partners in the fund.

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Equinor Ventures invests in Syzygy Plasmonics

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Syzygy, a Texas based company developing technology to power low-emission chemical reactions for production of hydrogen and other chemicals.

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Equinor Ventures invests in Scout Drone Inspection AS

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Scout Drone Inspection AS, a Trondheim based technology company that develops and offers a complete drone based inspection system for indoor industrial inspection.

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Equinor Ventures invests in Hydrophilic AS

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Hydrophilic, a Stavanger based technology company that aims to reduce the need for appraisal well and sidetrack drilling during exploration campaigns.

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Equinor Ventures invests in Beyonder

Equinor Ventures completes the investment in the Stavanger based technology company, Beyonder, developing the world’s most sustainable high-power battery cells for industrial applications.

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Equinor Ventures enters into agreement with Staveng Transfera

Equinor Ventures has entered an Early Phase Project Funding agreement with Staveng Transfera AS to develop new lifting technology for the offshore and onshore industry.

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Equinor invests in Earth Science Analytics

Equinor Ventures has completed an investment in Earth Science Analytics AS — a company at the forefront of artificial intelligence in petroleum geoscience.

Equinor invests in Water Linked AS

Equinor Ventures has completed an investment in Water Linked AS.

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Equinor Ventures invests in Carbon Clean

Equinor Ventures is pleased to announce an investment in Carbon Clean – a company at the forefront of offering affordable carbon capture technology.

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Equinor invests in fusion energy

Equinor Technology Ventures has acquired a minority shareholding in Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a leading developer of fusion energy technology.