🇪🇺🌳 Last week in climate (#70) by ClimateU

All new deals, upcoming rounds, news, jobs and events from last week.

September 19, 2023

Good morning, Europe 🌳

Today we’ll look at last week’s:💰 closed rounds,💸 upcoming rounds,💼 new jobs,📰 climate news, and🗓 events.

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💰 Closed Rounds (Europe)

🇫🇷 Verkor - €2B Series C

📍 Grenoble, France⚡️ Amplifying battery cell production.

Investors:Bpifrance, CMA CGM Ventures, Credit Agricole Assurances, EIT InnoEnergy, EQT Ventures, Government of France, Macquarie Group, Meridiam, Renault Group

🇬🇧 Open Cosmos - £40M Series B

📍 Harwell, United Kingdom💡 Low-earth orbit satellites providing data and images.

Investors:A&G Energy Transition Tech Fund, Accenture Ventures, Claret Capital Partners, ETF Partners, Kheng Nam Lee, Santander Climate Tech Fund, Taavet Hinrikus, Trill Impact

🇫🇷 TOOPI ORGANICS - €11M Series A

📍 Loupiac-de-la-réole, France🧑‍🌾 Turns urine into crop biostimulants.

Investors:BNP Paribas, Edaphon, IRDI SORIDEC Gestion, Johes, MAIF Impact, MakeSense, Meusinvest, VisVires New Protein

🇬🇧 Raylo - £5M Venture

📍 London, United Kingdom🏭 Leases for consumer electronics.

Investors:Channel 4 Ventures, Macquarie Capital

🇬🇧 Q-Bot Ltd - £4M Venture

📍 Wandsworth, United Kingdom🏠 Robotic underfloor insulation solutions for energy-efficient homes.

Investors:Adjuvo, EMV Capital, Wealth Club

🇬🇧 Treefera - $2M Pre-Seed

📍 London, United Kingdom💸 Restoring trust in the carbon market.

Investors:Concept Ventures, Greg Lavender, January Ventures, Twin Path Ventures

🇬🇧 ClimateAligned - £2M Pre-Seed

📍 Liverpool Street, United Kingdom💸 AI-driven platform for a climate view on financial products.

Investors:Pale Blue Dot, Frontline Ventures

🇨🇭 Viboo - CHF 2M Seed

📍 Dubendorf, Switzerland🏠 Reduces heating costs & carbon footprint.

Investors:HTGF, Rainmaking Impact, Swisscom Ventures

🇸🇪 Uniti Electric Car - $2M Corporate

📍 Lund, Sweden🚗 Swedish electric car company.

Investors:ARC Group

🇬🇧 Better Nature - $1M Crowdfunding

📍 London, United Kingdom🍴 Protein without compromise.

🇬🇧 SKOOT - £1M Venture

📍 London, United Kingdom💡 Identify, offset, & avoid CO2. B2B & B2C.

Investors:Low Carbon Innovation Fund

🇳🇱 Tap Electric - €1M Seed

📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands🚗 Connects EV drivers to charger owners.

Investors:Fair Capital Partners Impact Investing, LUMO labs, Shamrock Ventures

🇬🇧 Zak Mobility - £520k Venture

📍 Kettering, United Kingdom🚗 Wheel technology that integrates a hub motor & suspension within the wheel.

Investors:British Design Fund, Kero Development Partners

🌍 Anthesis Group - Private Equity

📍 London, United Kingdom💡 Sustainability advisory.

Investors:The Carlyle Group, Tikehau Capital

🇸🇪 Grönska - Debt

📍 Stockholm, Sweden🧑‍🌾 Systems for indoor vertical farming.

Investors:Nefco

🇬🇧 CarbonBright - Venture

📍 London, United Kingdom🚗 Decarbonizing supply chains in the CPG industry.

Investors:FortyTwo.VC

🇫🇷 Accenta - Venture

📍 Palaiseau, France🏠 Helps property owners reduce heating & AC.

Investors:EREN Groupe, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa

🇩🇪 theion - Corporate

📍 Berlin, Germany⚡️ Quasi-solid state lithium/sulfur & silicon/sulfur batteries.

Investors:Enpal

🇩🇪 VIDA - Venture

📍 Munich, Germany💡 Helping companies identify & monitor climate risks & impact opportunities.

Investors:Cusp Capital

🇩🇪 Dance - Venture

📍 Berlin, Germany🚗 Ebikes & mopeds with a flexible subscription.

Investors:4P Capital, Alexander Asseily, Carl Pei, GDTRE, Mads Fosselius, Simon Hähnel

💸 Upcoming Rounds

One new round was announced last week:🇺🇸 Seed - 2023 Q4 (💨 Techn-Based CC)

Investors, corporates, and service providers can access these companies via the platform.

💼 New Jobs

We sent out our weekly job recommendations to 4,800+ talents yesterday. Last week we saw a total of 1,453 new jobs posted on the ClimateU job board.

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We just welcomed a few new employers who signed up for premium and are now hiring via ClimateU:

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international non-profit, that promotes responsible management of the world's forests via timber certification.🇪🇺 Senior Advisor - Ecosystem Services (EU - Remote)🇩🇪 Communications Student Assistant (Bonn - Hybrid)🇩🇪 Products Manager - Carbon and Biodiversity (Bonn - Hybrid)🇩🇪 Legal Counsel/ Legal Officer (Bonn - Hybrid)🇩🇪 Trademark Officer (Bonn - Hybrid)

We Do Solar

We Do Solar is a smart balcony solar system that saves up to 25% on electricity bills and reduces CO2.🇩🇪 Founder Associate (Berlin - Hybrid)

Axle Energy

Axle is an energy flexibility startup. Their platform connects EVs and home energy devices to electricity markets to help kick fossil fuels out of the grid.🇬🇧 Software Engineer (London - Hybrid)

HellGruen Energie

HellGruen accelerates green energy investments with a digital one-stop-shop for energy installers & investors.🇩🇪 (Senior) Business Development Manager (Cologne - Hybrid)

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