🇪🇺🌲 Last week in climate (#49)

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

April 25, 2023

Good morning, Europe 🌳

This week we cover:🌳 ClimatEU updates,💰 13 closed rounds,💵 climate news,💸 upcoming rounds, and💼 many jobs.

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🌳 ClimatEU Updates

💼 Free job posts & matching talent:All climate companies and impact investors can now post a free job post via their employer profile. When you’ve posted the job, you can instantly see and contact matching talents as well.

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💰 Closed Funding Rounds

🇫🇷 Woodoo - $31M Venture

📍 Paris, France🏭 Synthetic biology & organic chemistry to design new materials.

🇳🇱 E-magy - €15M Series A

📍 Broek Op Langedijk, Netherlands⚡️ Nano-porous silicon for high-energy batteries.

Investors:Invest-NL, Norsk Hydro ASA, PDENH, Rubio Impact Ventures, SHIFT Invest

🇩🇪 Sunvigo - €12M Series B

📍 Cologne, Germany⚡️ Provider of residential solar systems.

🇬🇧 Cranfield Aerospace Solutions - £10M + Merger

📍 Cranfield, United Kingdom🚗 Hydrogen fueled aircrafts.

Investors:Alawi Zawawi, Cranfield University, HydrogenOne Capital, Motus Ventures, Safran Corporate Ventures, Strategic Development Fund

🇬🇧 Pivotal Future - £5M Seed

📍 Cambridge, United Kingdom🌳 Biodiversity measurement platform.

Investors:AENU, Octopus Ventures, Pale Blue Dot, The Clearing Ventures

🇪🇸 Plexigrid - €5M Seed

📍 Stockholm, Spain⚡️ Reinventing electricity grids.

Investors:Polar Structure, TheVentureCity, Vargas Holdings

🇩🇪 Tanso - €4M Seed

📍 Munich, Germany💡 We enable companies to reach climate neutrality by leveraging the power of data.

Investors:Capnamic Ventures, UVC Partners

🇬🇧 Perceptual Robotics - £3M Venture

📍 Bristol, United Kingdom⚡️ Automation for wind turbine inspections.

Investors:Brookstreet Equity Partners, Deeptech Labs, Metavallon VC, One Planet Capital, TSP Ventures

🇩🇰 Donkey Republic - DKK 12M Post-IPO Equity

📍 Copenhagen, Denmark🚗 Bike and ebike sharing.

🇩🇪 Rabot Charge - €2M Seed

📍 Hamburg, Germany🚗 Smart EV charging.

Investors:High-Tech Grunderfonds, vent.io

🇨🇭 OPTIML - CHF 2M Pre-Seed

📍 Zurich, Switzerland🏠 Software for real estate owners’ CO2 strategies.

Investors:Planet A Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, WSG AG

🇸🇪 Retein - SEK 11M Venture

📍 Göteborg, Sweden🌳 Recovery of raw materials from water.

Investors:Butterfly Ventures, Chalmers Ventures, Industrifonden, Navigare Ventures

🇬🇧 Reactive Technologies Limited - £780k Grant

📍 Oxford, United Kingdom🏠 Accurate grid measurement tools.

Investors:Australian Renewable Energy Agency

🇪🇸 Nabrawind Technologies - Venture

📍 Pamplona, Spain⚡️ Technologies for wind turbine components.

Investors:Fortescue Future Industries

📰 Climate News

💨 Volcanic microbe eats CO2 (article)💨 Climeworks confirms US expansion (article)👖 Lululemon launches products with nylon from plants (article)📢 TikTok to remove climate change denial videos (article)💸 Banks and fossil fuel funding (article)💸 Europe’s top climate tech angels (article)💸 New $130M pre-seed fund (article)💸 Zero Carbon closes first £10m of £30m fund (article)

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💸 Upcoming funding rounds

Investors can view and filter all rounds here.Investors can view and filter all pitch decks here.Companies can add their next round here.

New Rounds:🇩🇪 Seed - 2023 Q3 (💡 Carbon Accounting)🇵🇱 Seed - 2023 Q2 (💨 Direct Air Capture)🇮🇹 Seed - 2024 Q1 (💡 Carbon Accounting)🇿🇦 Pre-Seed - 2023 Q3 (🧑‍🌾 Vertical Farming)

39 rounds will be closing in Q2, 2023.

💼 Climate Jobs in Europe

You can filter through 10k+ monthly jobs on the job board.OR just set up your preferences to receive tailored job recommendations.

A few jobs to check out:🇨🇭 Buildings & Energy analyst for Climate Tech Startup (details)🇩🇪 VC Summer Intern (details)🇩🇪 Strategist - Climate and Nature (details)🇩🇪 Passionate Technical Lead for a Sustainability Intelligence Startup (details)🇩🇪 Working Student - Sustainability Consulting (details)🇪🇸 Startup Internship (details)🇩🇪 Senior Manager Nature based Solutions (details)🇩🇪 Senior Product Manager (details)🇩🇪 Head of Climate Team (details)🇩🇪 Full-Stack Software Developer (details)

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