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🇪🇺🌳 Last week in climate (#69) by ClimateU
All new deals, upcoming rounds, news, jobs and events from last week.
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)
🇸🇪 H2 Green Steel - €1.5B Venture
📍 Stockholm, Sweden🏗 Fossil-free steel production.
Investors:Altor, AMF, Andra AP-fonden, Cristina Stenbeck, FAM AB, GIC, Hitachi Energy, Hy24, IMAS Foundation, Just Climate, Kinnevik, Schaeffler Group, Temasek Holdings, Vargas Holdings
🇸🇪 Polarium - SEK 562M Venture
📍 Stockholm, Sweden⚡️ Lithium battery solutions for telecom.
Investors:Alecta, AMF, Vargas Holdings
🇩🇪 nuventura - €25M Series A
📍 Berlin, Germany⚡️ GIS that uses air instead of SF6.
Investors:ADB Ventures, Cycle Group, DOEN Participaties, EIC Accelerator, FORWARD.one, Future Energy Ventures, IBB Ventures, Mirova
🇫🇮 Paptic Ltd - €23M Series A
📍 Espoo, Finland🏭 Plastic alternative.
Investors:Ecolab, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, ITOCHU International
🇩🇪 E-Mobilio - €10M Series A
📍 Munich, Germany🚗 Platform to help drivers switch to electric mobility.
Investors:Gateway Ventures, kopa ventures, seed + speed Ventures, SET Ventures, ZAKA VC, Zwei.7, Übermorgen Ventures
🇳🇱 Phycom - €9M Venture
📍 Veenendaal, Netherlands🍴 Algae.
Investors:Corbion, Invest International, Invest-NL, Phase2.Earth
🇩🇪 Ostrom - €8M Series A
📍 Berlin, Germany⚡️ Energy management platform.
Investors:Adjacent, J12 Ventures, SE Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Übermorgen Ventures
🇫🇮 Solar Foods - €6M
📍 Helsinki, Finland🍴 Natural protein for food industry.
Investors:EIC - European Innovation Council
🇩🇪 volytica diagnostics - €6M Venture
📍 Dresden, Germany⚡️ Battery management solutions for EVs.
Investors:Atlantic Labs, EnBW New Ventures, FTTF, SHIFT Invest, TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen
🇬🇧 Opna - £5M Seed
📍 London, United Kingdom💸 Financing platform for climate projects.
Investors:Allison Pickens, Angel Invest, Atomico, Cristina Stenbeck, Luke Griffiths, MCJ Collective, Pale Blue Dot, Stijn Christiaens, Tiny VC
🇬🇧 Mocean Energy - £3M Grant
📍 Edinburgh, United Kingdom⚡️ Machines that harness wave energy.
Investors:European Union
🇪🇪 VOOL - €3M Venture
📍 Tallinn, Estonia🚗 EV charging solution.
Investors:Amalfi Capital, Kaamos, Kuldar Väärsi, Specialist VC, Taavi Veskimägi
🇳🇱 zepp.solutions - €2M Grant
📍 Paardenmarkt, Netherlands⚡️ Hydrogen fuel cell systems.
Investors:Europe’s Just Transition Fund
🇬🇧 SolarisKit Ltd - £150k Seed
📍 Edinburgh, United Kingdom⚡️ Easy-to-install, flat-packable solar collectors.
Investors:British Design Fund
🇬🇧 Echion Technologies - Venture
📍 Cambridge, United Kingdom⚡️ High-power Li-ion anode materials for fast-charging batteries.
Investors:Volta Energy Technologies
🇬🇧 Perceptual Robotics - Venture
📍 Bristol, United Kingdom⚡️ Intelligent automation for wind turbine inspections.
Investors:Susten
💸 Upcoming Rounds
Three rounds were announced last week:🇬🇧 Seed - 2024 Q1 (🚗 Supply Chain)🇬🇧 Seed - 2023 Q4 (🏭 Packaging)🇨🇭 Series B - 2023 Q4 (🏭 Recycling /Plastics)
Investors, corporates, and service providers can access these companies via the platform.
💼 New Jobs
We sent out our weekly job recommendations to 4,700+ talents yesterday. Last week we saw a total of 1,340 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)
leonardo.impact
leonardo’s science-based solution streamlines impact data collection and verification, so that you can confidently report your impact to stakeholders.🇩🇪 Software/MLOps engineer (Frankfurt - Hybrid)🇪🇺 Senior Software Engineer (Frankfurt/Munich - Remote)
📰 Climate News
⚡️ The big guide to batteries by Ben James⚡️ Orsted may write-off over $2 billion⚡️ Batteries from crashed Teslas could power UK homes
🧑🌾 Steakholder Foods’ customizable 3D modeling software🧑🌾 Mosa Meat becomes B Corp🧑🌾 Food waste software deep dive
🌳 Maya Climate’s pre-Issuance risk assessment platform🌳 Lords to debate mandating swift bricks in new homes in England
💸 World Fund adds €50M to fund💸 Unconventional Ventures nears €30M fund close💸 The European startups in Y Combinator’s S23 cohort💸 KKR's inaugural climate strategy💸 Heirloom & Microsoft sign CO2 removal deals💸 Frontier facilitates 3rd round of carbon removal purchases💸 Founders Future reaches $80 million first close💸 EIT InnoEnergy secures €140M for its portfolio companies💸 15 climate software startups to watch💸 €40M first close by Greencode Ventures
💨 World’s first seaweed baling and sinking Test🏠 Green infrastructure key to net-zero cities🌍 Ellos Group selects Worldfavor for managing sustainability data
🗓 Upcoming Events
This week🇸🇪 Impact Week🇩🇪 Impact Festival🌍 Q&A: Find Your Climate Career🇩🇪 Mushlabs - Food Innovation Day
After this week🌍 Virtual Climate Café🇬🇧 SDGs and responsible business strategies🇬🇧 London Climate Tech Show🌎 SOSV Climate Tech Summit🇮🇹 Nature Based Solution🇬🇧 Carbon Unbound Europe🇺🇸 How to Win Climate Tech Grants🇪🇪 Impact Day🇧🇪 EU Tech for Climate Action🇬🇧 Investing better - why where you bank matters🇦🇹 Discover Vienna: Climate Tech🌎 ClimateTech Founders Summit 2023
That’s it for this week 💚
Big hug from Cape Town,
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