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- 🌳 Last Week in Climate #112
Hey friend,
📩 Here is your weekly digest of everything that happened in European climate(-tech) last week.
We'll cover last week’s:
💚 Community updates,
🌳 ClimateU updates,
🇪🇺 12 closed rounds,
🚀 Deal of the week,
🗓 Events & Meetups,
📰 News, and
💼 2,227 jobs by 653 employers.
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💚 Community Updates
Last week, 82 new members joined ClimateU, including the founders and teams of:
You can view and contact all new members via the community directory.
🌳 ClimateU Updates
💼 The job board looks a bit sexier now, especially on mobile, making saving and filtering jobs much easier.
🎟 We created a new climate events page. You can now indicate what events you’re attending, and you can view and contact other attendees.
🇪🇺 Closed Rounds
🇬🇧 44.01 - $37M Series A
📍 London, United Kingdom
💨 Carbon removal via mineralisation.
Investors: Air Liquide, Alumni Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Climate Investment, Climate Pledge Fund, Equinor Ventures, IDO Investments, Planet A Ventures, Salica, Shorooq Partners, Siemens Financial Services, Sumitomo
🇬🇧 Naked Energy - €17M Series B
📍 Crawley, United Kingdom
⚡️ Hybrid solar tech generating heat & power.
Investors: Barclays, E.ON
🇩🇰 Dynelectro - €11M Venture
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark
🚗 Transforming fossil fuels into green fuels.
Investors: European Investment Bank, Export and Investment Fund, PSV, The Footprint Firm, Vsquared Ventures, Yara Growth Ventures
🇩🇪 epilot - €10M Venture
📍 Cologne, Germany
⚡️ SaaS platform for energy suppliers, network operators & solution providers.
Investors: Expedition Growth Capital
🇬🇧 Switchee - £5M Venture
📍 London, United Kingdom
🏠 Smart home solution for residential landlords.
Investors: AXA Investment Managers, Octopus Ventures
🇸🇪 Arkion (formerly Skyqraft) - $4M Venture
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
⚡️ Inspections of energy infrastructure.
Investors: Antler, Neptunia Invest, Subvenio Invest
🇬🇧 Kuva Systems - $3M Grant
📍 Cambridge, United Kingdom
💡 Emissions monitoring in upstream oil & gas operations.
Investors: Prairies Economic Development Canada
🇫🇷 Yama - $3M Pre-Seed
📍 Paris, France
💨 Direct air capture.
Investors: Grantham Foundation, Susquehanna, Kibo Invest, VOYAGERS, Plug and Play Tech Center
🇳🇱 Aurea Imaging - €2.8M Series A
📍 Utrecht, Netherlands
🧑🌾 Smart farming technology.
Investors: BarUni, Goeie Grutten Impact Fund, Knop Ventures, Pymwymic, ROM Utrecht Region
🇫🇷 Orus Energy - €2.2M Pre-Seed
📍 Paris, France
🏠 Electrical flexibility in commercial buildings
Investors: Asterion Ventures, b2venture, Myriam Maestroni, Pierre Tremolieres, Ring Capital
🇩🇪 kolum.earth - €2.1M Pre-Seed
📍 Münster, Germany
🏠 Software for Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms compliance.
Investors: Alexander Brand, Anna Alex, Christian Peters, Florian Gottschaller, FoodLabs, Franz Maier, Henning Emmrich, Janine Lampprecht, Markus Linder, Markus Sudhoff, Michal Bartmanski, Thomas Gottheil
🇹🇷 Myth AI - Corporate Round
📍 Istanbul, Turkey
🏭 AI tool to reduce waste in fashion design.
Investors: Basefy
🚀 Deal of the Week
🇩🇪 HYTRA is currently raising €1.3M pre-seed to scale their advanced liquid hydrogen transportation solutions and accelerate their impact on the hydrogen economy. They’re looking for investors with experience in clean energy, hydrogen technology, or sustainable transportation sectors.
Context:
“Hydrogen is poised to play a critical role in the transition to a low-carbon economy, and efficient transportation is a key challenge in its adoption. HYTRA UG's innovative tankers address this challenge by providing a sustainable, cost-effective solution for large-scale hydrogen logistics. Our technology has been validated through successful pilot projects, and we are now positioned to scale rapidly with the right investment support.”
🗓 Upcoming Events
⭐️ = favorites
🆕 = added last week
🎟️ = community discount
🌍 Deep Dive into Low Carbon Fertilizers (Jul 18)
🇰🇪 ClimateHack Nairobi (Jul 20) 🆕
💡 Climate Emergency Day (Jul 22)
🇬🇧 Climate Tech Time (Jul 24) 🆕
🇪🇸 ClimateU - Barcelona Climate Drinks (Jul 24) ⭐️
💡 How to Get Started on Your Net Zero Journey (Aug 7)
🇧🇷 ClimateHack Sao Paulo (Aug 15) 🆕
🇨🇦 Climate Change AI Summer School (Aug 12)
🇬🇧 Cambridge Tech Week 2024 (Sep 1)
🇮🇹 International Conference on Sus. Development (Sep 11)
🇸🇪 The Drop 2024 (Sep 17) ⭐️
🇬🇧 THE HEAT by Voyagers (Sep 20) - “FRIENDOFCLIMATEU” ⭐️🎟️
🇺🇸 Climate Week NYC (Sep 22) 🆕
🇪🇪 impact day (Oct 10)
💡 SOSV Climate Tech Summit (Oct 14)
🇵🇹 Planetiers 2024 (Oct 20)
🇩🇪 Impact Festival (Oct 30) ⭐️
🇪🇸 Impact Week (Nov 6) 🆕 ⭐️
🇦🇿 COP29 Azerbaijan (Nov 11)
🇨🇭 Tech for Impact Awards (Nov 21)
🇬🇧 London Climate Technology Show (Nov 27)
🇺🇸 New York Climate DeepTech Summit (Dec 12)
📰 Climate News
💼 New Climate Jobs
Last week we had 2,227 new jobs posted on the job board by 653 employers. Below, you’ll find all jobs with salary ranges and all featured jobs. You can head to the job board to explore all posted opportunities.
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Jobs with Salaries
🇫🇷 Associate, Energy Systems (Paris, €55k-75k)
🇫🇷 Principal (Paris, €100k-130k)
🇫🇷 Program Analyst (Paris, €35k-45k)
🇪🇸 Community Lead (Barcelona, 28k+)
🇩🇪 Absorption Engineer (Munich, €60k+)
🇩🇪 Data Engineer (Munich, €60k+)
🇩🇪 Electrician (Munich, €50k+)
🇩🇪 Electrochemical Stack Development & Test Engineer (Munich, €60k+)
🇩🇪 HR Associate & Office Manager (Internship) (Munich, €45k+)
🇩🇪 Junior Engineer to the CTO (Munich, €60k+)
Featured Companies
Global Changer
Global Changer accelerates complex organizations' decarbonization with intuitive software.
🇩🇪 Sr. Software Engineer (Germany, Remote)
🇩🇪 Working student: Sales Analyst in Sustainability (Germany, Remote)
Noriware
Noriware created a seaweed-based packaging film that is entirely composed of natural materials.
🇨🇭 Polymer Scientist (Lupfig, On-site)
🇨🇭 Process Development Engineer (Lupfig, On-site)
🇨🇭 Research and Development Intern (Lupfig, On-site)
Phlair
Phlair is an early-stage startup developing a first-of-a-kind, low-cost Direct Air Capture technology to remove CO2 from the air. They permanently store the CO2 in rock carbonates and are currently building up the team around Munich.
🇩🇪 Absorption Engineer (Munich, €60k+)
🇩🇪 Data Engineer (Munich, €60k+)
🇩🇪 Electrician (Munich, €50k+)
🇩🇪 Electrochemical Stack Development & Test Engineer (Munich, €60k+)
🇩🇪 HR Associate & Office Manager (Internship) (Munich, €45k+)
🇩🇪 Junior Engineer to the CTO (Munich, €60k+)
Reev
Reev is an expert in intelligent EV charging solutions.
🇩🇪 (Junior) Content Marketing Manager (Munich, On-site)
🇩🇪 (Senior) Product Marketing Manager (Munich, Hybrid)
🇩🇪 (Senior) Product Manager E-Mobility - Partner Domain (Munich, Hybrid)
🇩🇪 (Senior) QA Engineer (Munich, Hybrid)
🇫🇷 Country Manager France (Paris, Remote)
🇳🇱 Countrymanager Benelux (Netherlands, Remote)
🇭🇷 Platform Engineering Manager (Zagreb, Hybrid)
🇩🇪 Praktikant/Werkstudent Sales (Munich, On-site)
🇩🇪 WerkstudentIn Hardware Integration (Munich, Hybrid)
🇩🇪 WerkstudentIn UX/UI Design (Munich, Hybrid)
Sparkmate
Sparkmate is the first venture studio 100% Climate, 100% Hardware.
🇭🇰 Graduate Product Engineer (Hong Kong SAR, On-site)
Tree.ly
Tree.ly is a diverse team founding a new technology venture that unlocks the carbon capture potential of our forests by bringing together forest owners, carbon offsetters and public authorities.
🇩🇪 Internship in Forest Management Sales (Munich, On-site)
🇩🇪 Spontaneous application (Germany, Remote)
🔔 Don’t forget to set up a weekly job alert on ClimateU so we can send you matching roles.
Final Note
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Big hug,
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