Pauliina Meskanen
Activate Fellow, Activate Berkeley at Berkeley Lab’s Cyclotron Road at Activate
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
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
Activate empowers entrepreneurial scientists and engineers to transform their research into world-changing products and businesses.
Raised $7,880,999.00.
Venture Partner at Climate Capital Bio
2022
Climate Capital is an investment firm that supports companies that directly or indirectly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
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
Climate Vine is technology, information and media service company.
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
On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.
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.
Education
Master's degree
2018 - 2021
Half-Year Exchange Program
2018 - 2019
Bachelor’s Degree
2015 - 2018
High School
2011 - 2014