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June 26, 2024

Tesla alumni raises €6m to build cheaper and bigger direct air capture plants

"What matters the most is how quickly you can iterate on a technology” says founder

Sirona Technologies, a Belgian climate tech founded by former Tesla engineer Thoralf Gutierrez, has raised a €6m equity seed round led by global investor LocalGlobe and Franco-German VC XAnge.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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