David Helgason
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Icelandic entrepreneur & climate investor. Partner @TransitionVC. Founder and former CEO of @Unity.
Reykjavik and everywhere
Joined April 2007
RT @Thom_Wolf: Thrilled to finally share what we've been working on for months at @huggingface š¤@pollenrobotics. Our first robot: Reachy Miā¦.
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OH You call it economic collapse, I call it rapid unscheduled degrowth.
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My friend David Wallerstein just produced this film explaining the nuances of how this may already be happening. Grab šæšæšæ and sit back, this is not easy content.
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the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC) might collapse, in which case the North Atlantic Ocean would cool by 20Ā°C (!!!). That is will be hard to survive.
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Itās almost Halloween, so sharing a scary film with you all š . Itās long been predicted that under serious global warming scenarios ā the 2+Ā°C that weāre hurtling towards ā āthe Gulf Streamā (but really a much larger system of currents called (continued).
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I had to cancel my trip to NYC last minute, but super happy how well this event that Transition & USV hosted at Climate Weekā¦ had some of my favorite people too!.
Better late than never! Last week @TransitionVC co-hosted a special event with @usv. We had the writer and documentary filmmaker @AndriMagnason present an incredible speech (accompanied by the talented musician Shahzad Ismaily). Andri discussed the climate crisis. It is a
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RT @jussil: Didnāt know our team wanted to publish this internal video recording. Total surprise. My first thought seeing it was: my eye cā¦.
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RT @TransitionVC: Is it an acceptable Twitter etiquette to retweet someone's retweet of your tweet? ššµāš« . We don't know. But what we doā¦.
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We are looking to collaborate with a brilliant PhD student.
š @TransitionVC IS HIRING A PART-TIME PHD FELLOW š . We are looking for the smartest PhD student to join us! If this is you, we would love to work with you! If you know a potential candidate, please send us your recommendations!. Here is the link to read more about the role.
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RT @mona_alsubaei: Read @TransitionVC latest post ā The climate crisis, our most urgent challenge, also presents aā¦.
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RT @TransitionVC: šWe are thrilled to announce our latest partnership with @corradio and the @ElectricityMaps team to lead their seed roundā¦.
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RT @mona_alsubaei: Great analysis from @leylaboulton at the @FT of the challenges, regulations and changes needed to make home heating moreā¦.
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RT @KristianBranaes: Thrilled to announce our partnership with @_heatgeek. Itās a platform by installers, for installers, with a mission toā¦.
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@TransitionVC @ReelEnergy @mona_alsubaei If you share the passion for what Reel is building, the team is HIRING. Come join them:
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We at @TransitionVC are super excited to work with @ReelEnergy as part of their Seed round to empower organizations of all sizes to access renewable electricity at the lowest costs. My partner @mona_alsubaei wrote more here
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RT @KristianBranaes: There is no question that @GaurabC is one of the best climate founders of our generation. Incredibly proud to welcomeā¦.
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RT @TransitionVC: Read from our partner @mona_alsubaei and our venture partner Henry McLoughlin about our thoughts following COP28 in Dubaiā¦.
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RT @TransitionVC: We are excited to welcome @GaurabC to our team. Being the best partner to climate tech companies takes a villageāor, at tā¦.
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The VC firm is fully operational and our first blog post is out. Read from our partner @mona_alsubaei on mixing old wisdom with new ventures
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