Good morning, Europe 🌳
This week we cover:
💰 closed rounds,
💸 upcoming rounds,
💼 new jobs,
📰 climate news, and
🗓 events.
As always:
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💰 Closed Rounds
🇸🇪 Midsummer - €32M Grant
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
⚡️ Solar energy company.
Investors:
EU Innovation Fund
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇬🇧 Isometric - $25M Seed
📍 London, United Kingdom
💸 Carbon removal registry & science platform.
Investors:
David Helgason, Ilkka Paananen, Lowercarbon Capital, Niklas Zennström, Plural, Ross Mason
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇳🇱 Sensorfact - €25M Venture
📍 Utrecht, Netherlands
🏭 Resource efficiency for manufacturers.
Investors:
Blume Equity, FORWARD.one, Korys, SET Ventures
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇮🇹 Energy Dome - €15M Series B
📍 Lonate Pozzolo, Italy
⚡️ Long-duration electricity storage via liquid CO2.
Investors:
360 Capital, CDP Venture Capital, IDO Investments, Vopak Ventures
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇳🇱 Leap - $12M Venture
📍 San Francisco, US
⚡️ Platform for energy market access.
Investors:
Congruent Ventures, DNV, National Grid Partners, Standard Investments, Sustainable Future Ventures, Union Square Ventures
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇩🇪 CYCLE (formerly GetHenry) - €10M Series A
📍 Berlin, Germany
🚗 Last mile delivery.
Investors:
APX, EnBW New Ventures, Founder Collective, LocalGlobe, Scania Growth Capital, SpeedUp Venture Capital Group, Third Sphere, Visionaries Club
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇦🇹 subdron - €1M Pre-Seed
📍 Lauterach, Austria
🚗 Decarbonize the shipping industry.
Investors:
Faber, Saber, xista science ventures
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇨🇭 Gaia Tech - CHF 480k Pre-Seed
📍 Bern, Switzerland
🍴 Valorizing agricultural sidestreams.
Investors:
Foundation for technological innovation, SICTIC, Venture Kick
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇺🇸 Group14 Technologies acquires Schmid Silicon
📍 Woodinville, United States
⚡️ Silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets.
Article, For Investors, For Talent
🇩🇪 constellr - Seed
📍 Freiburg, Germany
💡 Land surface temperature monitoring.
Investors:
Amathaon Capital, Einstein Industries Ventures, EIT Food, FTTF, Karista, Lakestar, Natural Ventures, OHB Venture Capital, Vsquared Ventures
Article, For Investors, For Talent
💸 Upcoming Rounds
🇬🇧 Pre-Seed - 2023 Q3 (💸 Carbon Markets)
💼 New Jobs
Last week, 1,800+ jobs were added to our job board and were sent out to matching talents.
Talents: set up your preferences and get tailored job recommendations here.
Employers: Set up your employer profile and add your roles here.
📰 Climate News
🌳 Amazon sees decline in carbon emissions (article)
🌳 The value of natural capital (article)
💸 Carbon13 closes seed round (article)
💸 Invest in Climate Tech like a VC (article)
💡 Worldfavor forms partnership with NorthPeak (article)
🚎 NLcomp launches recyclable composite sailing boat (article)
🏭 Recycled Plastics Make Asphalt More Durable (article)
🗓 Upcoming Events
🇩🇪 Summer Party & Picnic in Berlin (details)
🇬🇧 Should you be buying carbon offsets? (details)
🇸🇪 The Drop (details)
🇸🇪 Impact Week (details)
🇩🇪 Impact Festival (details)
🇬🇧 SDGs and responsible business strategies (details)
🇬🇧 London Climate Tech Show (details)
🌎 SOSV Climate Tech Summit (details)
🇬🇧 Carbon Unbound Europe (details)
🇧🇪 EU Tech for Climate Action (details)
🇬🇧 Investing better - why where you bank matters (details)
That’s it for this week 💚
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