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This week we cover:
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💰 13 closed rounds,
💵 climate news,
💸 upcoming rounds, and
💼 many jobs.
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💰 Closed Funding Rounds
🇫🇷 Woodoo - $31M Venture
📍 Paris, France
🏭 Synthetic biology & organic chemistry to design new materials.
Investors:
Lowercarbon Capital, One Creation, Purple Ventures
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇳🇱 E-magy - €15M Series A
📍 Broek Op Langedijk, Netherlands
⚡️ Nano-porous silicon for high-energy batteries.
Investors:
Invest-NL, Norsk Hydro ASA, PDENH, Rubio Impact Ventures, SHIFT Invest
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇩🇪 Sunvigo - €12M Series B
📍 Cologne, Germany
⚡️ Provider of residential solar systems.
Investors:
Eneco Ventures, Future Energy Ventures, High-Tech Grunderfonds, Sparta Capital, Triodos Investment Management, Übermorgen Ventures
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇬🇧 Cranfield Aerospace Solutions - £10M + Merger
📍 Cranfield, United Kingdom
🚗 Hydrogen fueled aircrafts.
Investors:
Alawi Zawawi, Cranfield University, HydrogenOne Capital, Motus Ventures, Safran Corporate Ventures, Strategic Development Fund
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇬🇧 Pivotal Future - £5M Seed
📍 Cambridge, United Kingdom
🌳 Biodiversity measurement platform.
Investors:
AENU, Octopus Ventures, Pale Blue Dot, The Clearing Ventures
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇪🇸 Plexigrid - €5M Seed
📍 Stockholm, Spain
⚡️ Reinventing electricity grids.
Investors:
Polar Structure, TheVentureCity, Vargas Holdings
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇩🇪 Tanso - €4M Seed
📍 Munich, Germany
💡 We enable companies to reach climate neutrality by leveraging the power of data.
Investors:
Capnamic Ventures, UVC Partners
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇬🇧 Perceptual Robotics - £3M Venture
📍 Bristol, United Kingdom
⚡️ Automation for wind turbine inspections.
Investors:
Brookstreet Equity Partners, Deeptech Labs, Metavallon VC, One Planet Capital, TSP Ventures
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇩🇰 Donkey Republic - DKK 12M Post-IPO Equity
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
🚗 Bike and ebike sharing.
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇩🇪 Rabot Charge - €2M Seed
📍 Hamburg, Germany
🚗 Smart EV charging.
Investors:
High-Tech Grunderfonds, vent.io
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇨🇭 OPTIML - CHF 2M Pre-Seed
📍 Zurich, Switzerland
🏠 Software for real estate owners’ CO2 strategies.
Investors:
Planet A Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, WSG AG
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇸🇪 Retein - SEK 11M Venture
📍 Göteborg, Sweden
🌳 Recovery of raw materials from water.
Investors:
Butterfly Ventures, Chalmers Ventures, Industrifonden, Navigare Ventures
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇬🇧 Reactive Technologies Limited - £780k Grant
📍 Oxford, United Kingdom
🏠 Accurate grid measurement tools.
Investors:
Australian Renewable Energy Agency
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇪🇸 Nabrawind Technologies - Venture
📍 Pamplona, Spain
⚡️ Technologies for wind turbine components.
Investors:
Fortescue Future Industries
Article, For Investors, For Talent
📰 Climate News
💨 Volcanic microbe eats CO2 (article)
💨 Climeworks confirms US expansion (article)
👖 Lululemon launches products with nylon from plants (article)
📢 TikTok to remove climate change denial videos (article)
💸 Banks and fossil fuel funding (article)
💸 Europe’s top climate tech angels (article)
💸 New $130M pre-seed fund (article)
💸 Zero Carbon closes first £10m of £30m fund (article)
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💸 Upcoming funding rounds
Investors can view and filter all rounds here.
Investors can view and filter all pitch decks here.
Companies can add their next round here.
New Rounds:
🇩🇪 Seed - 2023 Q3 (💡 Carbon Accounting)
🇵🇱 Seed - 2023 Q2 (💨 Direct Air Capture)
🇮🇹 Seed - 2024 Q1 (💡 Carbon Accounting)
🇿🇦 Pre-Seed - 2023 Q3 (🧑🌾 Vertical Farming)
39 rounds will be closing in Q2, 2023.
💼 Climate Jobs in Europe
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A few jobs to check out:
🇨🇭 Buildings & Energy analyst for Climate Tech Startup (details)
🇩🇪 VC Summer Intern (details)
🇩🇪 Strategist - Climate and Nature (details)
🇩🇪 Passionate Technical Lead for a Sustainability Intelligence Startup (details)
🇩🇪 Working Student - Sustainability Consulting (details)
🇪🇸 Startup Internship (details)
🇩🇪 Senior Manager Nature based Solutions (details)
🇩🇪 Senior Product Manager (details)
🇩🇪 Head of Climate Team (details)
🇩🇪 Full-Stack Software Developer (details)
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