Pauliina Meskanen

Co-Founder & CEO

2023 - Current

Electrifying heavy industry with high-temperature thermal storage Backed by Activate / Cyclotron Road, DOE-funded Cradle to Commerce, NYSERDA's Venture for Climate Tech and MIT The Engine's Blueprint Winner of the Venture For Climate Tech's Global Innovation Challenge in "Future of Energy" Finalist at the Extreme Tech Challenge's Global Deep Tech Startup Competition

Activate Fellow, Activate Berkeley at Berkeley Lab’s Cyclotron Road

2024

Venture Partner at Climate Capital Bio

2022

Advisory Board Member

2021

Übermorgen Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backing entrepreneurs, who develop innovative solutions to mitigate climate change.

Member, Inaugural cohort

2023

Founder

2021 - 2023

Survivaltech.club is your newsletter on deeptech climate innovation. Join the +3400 curious minds and start learning! Survivaltech.club consultancy offers business development projects focused on climate technologies and startups. Past customers include Carbo Culture (a carbon removal startup), Helen Ventures (the venture arm of Helen, one of Finland's largest energy companies), and VTT (a leading European research institution).

Entrepreneur in Residence

2023 - 2023

Decarbonizing high-temperature industrial heat. Lifeline Ventures is a Helsinki-based early-stage VC. Their portfolio includes several deeptech climate startups, such as Carbo Culture, Solar Foods, and Norsepower.

Co-Lead, Climate Horizontal

2021 - 2023

I launched and built The Climate Horizontal at Sigma Squared, a global community of young entrepreneurs. The Climate Horizontal facilitates knowledge-sharing and networking among Sigma Squared fellows building climate startups and organizations. We organized community meetups and learning sessions with leading climate experts. I grew the Climate Horizontal to +130 people.

On Deck Climate Tech

2022 - 2022

Country Managing Director, Finland

2020 - 2021

Sigma Squared Society is a non-profit organization and global community of the world’s most ambitious young founders selected for their impact-driven initiatives and their ability to transform broken industries.