๐ŸŒณ Last Week in Climate #114

Your weekly climate digest.

Hey friend,

๐Ÿ“ฉ Here is your weekly digest of everything that happened in European climate(-tech) last week.

We cover last weekโ€™s:

๐Ÿ’š Community updates,
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ 6 closed rounds,
๐Ÿš€ Deal of the week,
๐Ÿ—“ Events & Meetups,
๐Ÿ“ฐ News, and
๐Ÿ’ผ 1,973 jobs by 592 employers.

๐Ÿ‘‹ Important: If you read this on Gmail, you might not see the full email. Iโ€™d recommend reading it online instead.

๐Ÿ’š Community Updates

๐Ÿฅณ Last week, we hosted our first โ€œClimate Drinksโ€ at Norrsken House Barcelona. Over 80 climate professionals came together to connect and exchange ideas. You can view and connect with all participants here.

With 200 people wanting to come and great feedback, weโ€™ve decided to host two more of these events this year - but more on that soon.

New Members

85 new members joined ClimateU last week, including:

Companies:

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Climate Catalyst
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช klerra
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช manaomea
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Mittilabs
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Nido
๐ŸŒณ Pack Energy
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ PWRJoule
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช retraced
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Rondo Energy
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Solfy
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ South Pole
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Storegga
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Toucan Protocol

Investors:

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Bcombinator
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Earth Venture Capital
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช PropTech1 Ventures
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Voyager Ventures

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Closed Rounds

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ H55 - CHF 65M Series C

๐Ÿ“ Sion, Switzerland

๐Ÿš— Electric propulsion systems for aviation.

Investors: Government Of Quebec

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Micropep Technologies - โ‚ฌ27M Series B

๐Ÿ“ Ramonville-saint-agne, France

๐Ÿญ Biological alternatives to agrochemicals.

Investors: Bpifrance, Fall Line Capital, FMC Ventures, IRDI, Sofinnova Partners, Supernova Invest, Zebra Impact Ventures

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Greenely - โ‚ฌ8M Series A

๐Ÿ“ Stockholm, Sweden

โšก๏ธ Household energy platform.

Investors: Korys, Luminar Ventures

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น ecop Technologies GmbH - โ‚ฌ8.5M Equity + Grant

๐Ÿ“ Neuhofen An Der Krems, Austria

๐Ÿ  High-temperature heat pump for industrial use.

Investors: EIC Accelerator

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Transcend Packaging - Venture

๐Ÿ“ Ystrad Mynach, United Kingdom

๐Ÿญ Sustainable packaging solutions.

Investors: Innovation Investment Capital, ITOCHU Corporation

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Renewabl - Seed

๐Ÿ“ London, United Kingdom

โšก๏ธ Energy procurement platform.

Investors: Encevo, Helen Ventures, Nesta Impact Investments, PortfoLion Capital Partners, QVentures, South Pole, Toyota Ventures

๐Ÿš€ Deal of the Week

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Allan at CarbonHQ is raising a $3M seed round.

โ€œWe are an Australian company building software for carbon project developers.

We raised a $400k USD pre-seed round from Australian VCs end of 2023, and are now close to PMF in our initial niche.

We are looking to raise money from European investors who understand the carbon industry."

Allan Fan

๐Ÿ—“ Upcoming Events

โญ๏ธ = favorites
๐Ÿ†• = added last week
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ = community discount

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Road to COP29 - Dubai to Baku (Aug 1)
๐Ÿ’ก How to Get Started on Your Net Zero Journey (Aug 7)
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท ClimateHack Sao Paulo (Aug 15)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Climate Change AI Summer School (Aug 12)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Cambridge Tech Week 2024 (Sep 1)
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sustainable Road Transport Europe 2024 (Sep 3) ๐Ÿ†•
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Innovate4Climate (Sep 10) ๐Ÿ†•
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Carbon Unbound Europe (Sep 11) ๐Ÿ†•
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น International Conference on Sus. Development (Sep 11)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช The Drop 2024 (Sep 17) โญ๏ธ
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง THE HEAT by Voyagers (Sep 20) - โ€œFRIENDOFCLIMATEUโ€ โญ๏ธ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Climate Week NYC (Sep 22) โญ๏ธ
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง How the Circular Economy can Revolutionise your Business (Oct 2)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Climate Innovation and Social Justice Summit (Oct 2) ๐Ÿ†•
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช impact day (Oct 10)
๐Ÿ’ก SOSV Climate Tech Summit (Oct 14)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Planetiers 2024 (Oct 20)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Impact Festival (Oct 30) โญ๏ธ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Impact Week (Nov 6) โญ๏ธ
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ COP29 Azerbaijan (Nov 11)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Tech for Impact Awards (Nov 21)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง London Climate Technology Show (Nov 27)
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ New York Climate DeepTech Summit (Dec 12) โญ๏ธ๐Ÿ†•

๐Ÿ“ฐ Climate News

โšก๏ธ The Battery Mineral Loop

๐Ÿ’ผ New Climate Jobs

Last week we had 1,973 new jobs posted on the job board by 592 employers. Below, youโ€™ll find jobs with salary ranges and all featured jobs. You can head to the job board to explore all posted opportunities.

To feature your jobs in this section, join here.

Climate Connectionโ€™s mission is to bring the climate and innovation ecosystem together, to accelerate the speed at which this ecosystem connects, collaborates, and creates impact on our common challenge: climate change.

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Partnerships Manager (London Area, Hybrid)

Noriware created a seaweed-based packaging film that is entirely composed of natural materials.

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Polymer Scientist (Lupfig, On-site)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Process Development Engineer (Lupfig, On-site)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Research and Development Intern (Lupfig, On-site)

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.

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Absorption Engineer (Munich, โ‚ฌ60k+)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Data Engineer (Munich, โ‚ฌ60k+)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Electrician (Munich, โ‚ฌ50k+)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Electrochemical Stack Development & Test Engineer (Munich, โ‚ฌ60k+)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช HR Associate & Office Manager (Internship) (Munich, โ‚ฌ45k+)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Junior Engineer to the CTO (Munich, โ‚ฌ60k+)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Internship | Break into HR (Munich, On-site)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Internship in electrochemical Direct Air Capture (Ismaning, On-site)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Master Thesis in Mechanical Engineering for Direct Air Capture (Ismaning, On-site)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Master thesis on direct air carbon capture through electrochemistry (Ismaning, On-site)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Working Student in electrochemical Direct Air Capture (Ismaning, On-site)

Sparkmate is the first venture studio 100% Climate, 100% Hardware.

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Founder (Paris, On-site)
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Graduate Product Engineer (Hong Kong SAR, On-site)

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.

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Internship in Forest Management Sales (Munich, On-site)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Junior Forest Sales Representative (Dornbirn, On-site)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Marketing Manager (Berlin, On-site)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Sales Manager:in (Austria, Remote)
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Senior Forest Sales Manager (Dornbirn, On-site)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Spontaneous application (Germany, Remote)

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