Analysis

March 6, 2019

How a tiny cleantech company won over the tech billionaires

European companies have so far failed to get the famous tech entrepreneurs’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures to notice them – until now.


Mimi Billing

4 min read

How do you attract the attention of people such as Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma and Bill Gates?

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Thomas Öström is cofounder of Climeon and was last year named Swede of the year by the Swedish magazine Fokus.
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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