PM

Pauliina Meskanen

Co-Founder & CEO at Calectra | Decarbonizing heavy industry

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $25,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $37,500.00

Work Experience

2023

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2023

    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

2024

  • 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

2021 - 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).

2023 - 2023

  • 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.

2021 - 2023

  • 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.

2022 - 2022

  • On Deck Climate Tech

    2022 - 2022

2020 - 2021

  • 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.