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This week we cover:
🏠 The built environment,
💰 11 closed rounds,
💸 2 upcoming rounds,
💵 climate news, and
💼 many jobs.
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🏠 The built environment,
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💰 Closed Funding Rounds
🇩🇰 Agreena - €46M Series B
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
💸 Mints, verifies & sells carbon credits generated by farmers.
Investors:
AENU, Anthemis Group, Gullspång Re:food, HV Capital, Kinnevik
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Norsepower Oy - €28M Series C
📍 Helsinki, Finland
⚡️ Wind energy.
Investors:
Finnish Climate Fund, Mirova, Nefco, OGCI Climate Investments, Tesi, VNT Management
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🇫🇷 Effy - €20M Venture
📍 Paris, France
🏠 Energy renovation company.
Investors:
Felix Capital
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🇬🇧 Gen Phoenix (Eleather) - $18M Series B
📍 Peterborough, United Kingdom
♻️ Recycles materials to produce upholstery & cladding materials.
Investors:
Dr Martens, ETF Partners, Hermes GPE, InMotion Ventures, Material Impact Fund, Tapestry
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🇬🇧 Mixergy Ltd - £9M Venture
📍 Cassington, United Kingdom
🏠 Virtual battery of smart hot water tanks.
Investors:
Centrica Innovations, EDP Ventures, Foresight WAE Technology, Kiko Ventures, Nesta, Oxford Science Enterprises
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🇬🇧 Atlas Metrics - €5M Seed
📍 Berlin / London
💡 Helps companies collect, analyze & communicate ESG data.
Investors:
another.vc, b2venture, Cherry Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Redstone, Rivus Capital, TD Veen, and angels.
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🇬🇧 Connect Earth - £5M Seed
📍 London, United Kingdom
💡 Connecting carbon data to drive sustainable finance.
Investors:
Global Brain Corporation, Gresham House Ventures, Love Ventures, Market One Capital, Mustard Seed Maze, Portfolio Ventures, Super Capital VC, The Norinchukin Bank, Venista Ventures
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🇫🇮 Carbonaide - €2M Seed
📍 Joensuu, Finland
💨 Storing carbon dioxide in concrete.
Investors:
Lakan Betoni, Vantaan Energia
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🇩🇪 Recyda GmbH - €2M Seed
📍 Freiburg, Germany
🏭 Helps companies assess packaging recyclability.
Investors:
Auxxo, Benedikt Franke, Futury Capital, Martin Weber, Speedinvest, Stephan Rohr
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🇮🇹 Boom - Venture
📍 Centennial, Italy
🚗 Electric airline.
Investors:
Momentum Ventures
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🇬🇧 SHICKEN Foods - £2M
📍 London, United Kingdom
🍴 Plant based SHICKEN meals and kebabs.
Investors:
Veg Capital
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💸 Upcoming funding rounds
🇬🇧 Grant - 2023 Q4 (🌳 Biodiversity Restoration)
🇪🇪 Seed - 2022 Q3 (💸 Carbon Offsetting)
Investors can view all new deals here.
Companies can announce their next round here.
📰 Climate News
💸 Asset managers take aim at ‘unstable’ EU green fund rules (article)
💸 Hundreds of funds to be stripped of ESG rating (article)
💸 'Big oil' bankrolls more climate VC deals (article)
📢 UK’s ‘Green Day’ Package (article)
📢 Why climate ‘doomers’ are replacing climate ‘deniers’ (article)
🏭 Why electrifying industrial heat is such a big deal (article)
💼 Laborshortage of electricians (article)
💼 Want to choose a climate-friendly college? (article)
🚗 Where do EV batteries go when they die? (article)
💨 Circular carbon market report (article)
💨 The promise of biochar (article)
⚡️ Wind industry is recovering from a 2022 drop (article)
💡 100+ German Climate Tech Startups To Know (article)
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💼 Climate Jobs in Europe
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