🌳 Last week in climate (#84) by ClimateU

2023's last funding rounds, jobs, dealflow, news, and events.

January 03, 2024

Good morning and Happy New Year! 🥳

Sending out a newsletter on January 2nd felt like too much too soon, so, happy Wednesday it is instead.

After a week off in the mountains, I can’t wait to dive back into work, starting by updating you on everything that happened these past two weeks in climate across Europe - short and sweet as always:

Today, we'll cover 2023’s last:💰 closed rounds,💼 climate jobs,🚀 dealflow,📰 news, and🗓 events.

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💰 Closed Rounds

🇬🇧 Octopus Energy - £625M Private Equity

📍 London, United Kingdom⚡️ Large-scale renewable energy platform.

Investors: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Generation Investment Management, Origin Energy, Tokyo Gas

🇸🇪 Exeger - €35M Debt Financing

📍 Stockholm, Sweden⚡️ New materials that enhance the efficiency of solar cells.

Investors: European Investment Bank

🇫🇷 SWEETCH Energy - €25M Series A

📍 Lorient, France⚡️ Osmotic power.

Investors: Crédit Mutuel Impact, Demeter, Future Positive Capital, GO CAPITAL

🇳🇱 SolarDuck - €15M Venture

📍 Nijmegen, Netherlands⚡️ Offshore floating solar.

Investors: Energie transitie fonds Rotterdam, Green Tower, Invest-NL, Katapult

🇪🇸 Green Eagle Solutions - €6M Series A

📍 Madrid, Spain⚡️ RPA-based software for renewables.

Investors: A&G Energy Transition Tech Fund, Kibo Ventures, SET Ventures

🇩🇪 suena - €3M Seed

📍 Hamburg, Germany⚡️ AI-based trading for energy storage.

Investors: Business angels, EIT InnoEnergy, Raakwark Kaptaal, Santander Climate Tech Fund, SmartEnergy Innovation Fund

🇩🇪 The Mobility House - $2.9M Grant

📍 Munich, Germany🚗 Smart charging solutions.

Investors: California Energy Commission

🇫🇷 Velco - €2M Venture

📍 Nantes, France🚗 Connected e-bikes.

Investors: Existing investors

🇬🇧 Open Climate Fix - $600k Grant

📍 London, United Kingdom⚡️ Using computers to fix climate change.

Investors: Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

🇨🇭 WBCSD – $500k Grant

📍 Geneva, Switzerland💡 Coalition of businesses aiming for sustainable development.

Investors: Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

🇪🇸 Libre Foods - €335k Grant

📍 Barcelona, Spain🍴 Low-cost mycelium for meat alternatives.

Investors: NEOTEC

🇹🇷 Agrovisio Official - €260k Corporate Round

📍 Ankara, Turkey👩‍🌾 Satellite-based decision-making services for farmers.

Investors: Turk Traktor

🇦🇹 World Data Lab - $100k Grant

📍 Vienna, Austria💡 ESG forecasting.

Investors: Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

🇳🇱 Lightyear - Venture

📍 Helmond, Netherlands🚗 Solar electric car company.

Investors: Lighthouse Combined Investment, Sunbo Angel Partners

🇩🇪 Circle-Hand - Grant

📍 Berlin, Germany🏭 ERP for second-hand stores.

Investors: Inco

💼 New Climate Jobs

Check out some of the latest featured jobs below. If you don't see anything that speaks to you, you can always head to ClimateU to explore thousands of other opportunities.

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“Restoring peatlands by unlocking their value - for landowners, corporations, investors and the planet.“

🌍 Head of Operations (Berlin, Munich, or Remote)🌍 Senior Carbon Project Developer (Berlin, Munich, or Remote)🌍 Projektentwickler*in (Berlin, Munich, or Remote)

“Cambrium's mission is to trigger the next wave of material innovation by harnessing nature’s protein building blocks.“

🇩🇪 Head of Finance & Operations (Berlin, On-site)🇩🇪 Business Development Intern (Berlin, On-site)

“We support founders tackling the world's largest environmental problems.“

🇩🇪 Investment Analyst - Engineering Background (Berlin, On-site)🇩🇪 (Senior) Investment Associate (Berlin, Hybrid)

That’s all featured jobs for this early first week of 2024! Remember, you can view thousands of more jobs on ClimateU.earth.

🚀 New Climate Dealflow

We’re finalizing our updated insights, dealflow, and data access on ClimateU - you’ll hear more about that soon.

Last week, one round was announced:🇳🇱 Series A - 2024 Q1 (⚡️ Hydrogen)

📰 Climate News

Here are a few articles from the last two weeks that you might want to check out to stay on top of things:

PS: We’re looking for a volunteer to lead our weekly news section this year. If that is you, please contact us ([email protected]).

🗓 Upcoming Events

A Final Note to Start the Year in Style

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