{"query":"climate","results":[{"type":"ecosystem","title":"Flocean","summary":"Flocean AS is a Norwegian subsea desalination startup on a mission to deliver affordable, climate-resilient freshwater to people, farmers, and industry in the most ocean-friendly way possible. Founded in 2024 as a spin-out from FSubsea, the…","url":"https://www.thrivbe.com/ecosystem?node=Flocean","name":"Flocean","description":"Flocean AS is a Norwegian subsea desalination startup on a mission to deliver affordable, climate-resilient freshwater to people, farmers, and industry in the most ocean-friendly way possible. Founded in 2024 as a spin-out from FSubsea, the company combines over three decades of subsea engineering heritage with breakthrough clean-water technology. Named a TIME Best Invention of 2025 and one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2026, Flocean has also been selected as a winner of the World Economic Forum Water Resilience Challenge.\n\nFlocean's patented, modular systems are installed at 400–600 meters ocean depth, harnessing natural hydrostatic pressure to drive reverse osmosis desalination — delivering low-cost, low-carbon drinking water without toxic brine discharge or coastal land use. Compared to conventional desalination, the technology reduces energy consumption by 30–50%, cuts capital costs by up to 8x, and uses 95% less land. The company operates under a Build-Own-Operate model, selling water as a service under long-term offtake agreements to municipalities, industrial clients, and agricultural users.\n\nFlocean One, the world's first commercial subsea desalination plant, is set to launch in 2026 at Mongstad, Norway, producing 1,000 cubic meters of freshwater daily. Its modular design scales to 50,000 cubic meters per day, targeting over 90 water-stressed coastal markets globally across Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, and island nations. With $22.5M raised ","website":"https://www.flocean.green","linkedin":"https://www.linkedin.com/company/floceandesal","entity_type":"Company","country":"Norway","city":"Oslo","mission":"Deliver affordable, climate-resilient freshwater to people, farmers, and industry using subsea desalination technology.","network":"Katapult Future Fest","challenges":["Clean Energy Transition","Ocean & Water Stewardship"]},{"type":"ecosystem","title":"Katapult","summary":"Katapult is a Norwegian impact investment platform founded in 2016 by Tharald Nustad, headquartered in Oslo. Its mission is to mobilise technology, capital, and people for good — working to make impact investing mainstream and steering expo…","url":"https://www.thrivbe.com/ecosystem?node=Katapult","name":"Katapult","description":"Katapult is a Norwegian impact investment platform founded in 2016 by Tharald Nustad, headquartered in Oslo. Its mission is to mobilise technology, capital, and people for good — working to make impact investing mainstream and steering exponential technologies toward solving the world's most urgent challenges, including climate change, ocean health, food security, and sustainable development. Katapult operates across multiple pillars: Katapult Ocean (the world's most active ocean impact venture fund, recognised by the World Economic Forum), Katapult Africa (a pan-African fund investing in food, agriculture, and climate ventures), and the Katapult Foundation (its non-profit arm focused on education, community-building, and incubating system-level initiatives across the impact ecosystem).\n\nOver nearly a decade, Katapult has grown into a family of organisations collectively addressing different layers of systemic change — from early-stage capital and accelerator programs to knowledge infrastructure and community convening. The platform has made over 169 investments in impact ventures across more than 45 countries, backing founders building technologies at the intersection of planetary resilience and innovation. Katapult applies a systems lens to impact investing, believing that all investing needs to be impact investing and leading by example to attract new capital into the field.\n\nKatapult also hosts the annual Katapult Future Fest, described as the yearly gathering point for t","website":"https://katapult.vc","linkedin":"https://www.linkedin.com/company/katapultimpact/","entity_type":"Fund","country":"Norway","city":"Oslo","mission":"To mobilise technology, capital, and people for good and steer exponential technologies toward solving the world's most urgent challenges.","network":"Katapult Future Fest","challenges":["Clean Energy Transition","Ocean & Water Stewardship","Social Equity & Inclusion"]},{"type":"ecosystem","title":"Katapult Group","summary":"Katapult Group is a Norwegian impact investor founded in 2016 by Tharald Nustad, accelerating and investing in tech companies tackling the world's greatest challenges. Focused on ocean sustainability, African climate tech, and enabling doma…","url":"https://www.thrivbe.com/ecosystem?node=Katapult%20Group","name":"Katapult Group","description":"Katapult Group is a Norwegian impact investor founded in 2016 by Tharald Nustad, accelerating and investing in tech companies tackling the world's greatest challenges. Focused on ocean sustainability, African climate tech, and enabling domain experts, the firm pairs financial returns with measurable environmental and social impact — having screened over 19,500 startups and invested in 169 companies across 47 countries.\n\nKatapult Group is the for-profit investment arm of the broader Katapult system, which also includes Katapult Foundation (non-profit), Katapult Ocean, and initiatives like TWIST and Katapult Future Fest. Together these entities form an integrated platform bridging capital, technology, and movement-building in service of a regenerative future.","website":"https://katapult.vc/","linkedin":"https://www.linkedin.com/company/katapultaccelerator/","entity_type":"Fund","country":"Norway","city":"Unknown","mission":"Accelerate and invest in tech companies tackling the world's greatest challenges while pairing financial returns with measurable environmental and social impact.","network":"Katapult Future Fest","challenges":["Ocean & Water Stewardship"]},{"type":"ecosystem","title":"Katapult Impact Platform","summary":"Katapult Impact Platform (KIP) is the overarching investment and acceleration platform operated by Katapult VC, a Nordic impact investor founded in 2016 by Tharald Nustad. The platform's core mission is to make impact investing mainstream b…","url":"https://www.thrivbe.com/ecosystem?node=Katapult%20Impact%20Platform","name":"Katapult Impact Platform","description":"Katapult Impact Platform (KIP) is the overarching investment and acceleration platform operated by Katapult VC, a Nordic impact investor founded in 2016 by Tharald Nustad. The platform's core mission is to make impact investing mainstream by mobilizing capital and businesses to deliver measurable positive impact — operating on the principle of 'profit because of impact.' Through its investment vehicles, KIP accelerates and invests in early-stage tech startups solving the world's greatest challenges, with a focus on ocean tech, climate tech, and African food and agri-tech. To date, Katapult has screened over 19,500 startups from more than 100 countries and invested in 169 companies across 47 countries.\n\nKIP operates through two primary investment strategies — Katapult Ocean, recognized by the World Economic Forum as a top investor and the world's most active ocean impact venture fund, and Katapult Africa, a pan-African fund based in Kigali and Nairobi targeting food, agri, and climate ventures. Portfolio companies participate in a 90-day intensive accelerator program covering impact strategy, investor readiness, and growth, supported by a global network of mentors and partners.\n\nBeyond direct investment, KIP also enables domain experts to launch lean, AI-driven investment vehicles through its The Impact Platform (TIP) initiative, lowering barriers to entry for the next generation of expert-led impact fund managers. 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The organization invests in and accelerates impact-driven startups that restore ocean health, combat climate and biodiversity loss, and ensure access to sustainable food and clean water. Believing in a world where a thriving ocean exists in harmony with economic development, Katapult Ocean backs visionary founders building technologies across transportation, circularity, ocean data, energy, and food and water systems — stewarding ocean tech startups toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with a primary focus on SDG 14: Life Below Water.\n\nThrough its flagship Ocean Accelerator Program, a three-month intensive, Katapult Ocean provides early-stage startups with capital, hands-on mentorship from global subject matter experts, access to pilot customers, and connections to a network of over 100 mentors and partners across five continents. To date, the fund has backed companies from more than 25 countries, and has committed to mobilizing $1 billion in capital to support over 400 new ocean ventures by 2035, catalyzing an additional $10 billion into the blue economy. The fund also operates globally through initiatives such as the Asia Ocean Fund and a NORAD-supported pipeline in Africa.\n\nKatapult Ocean is a founding member of the 1000 Ocean Startups coalition and serves as an official nominator for The Earthshot Prize. 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