๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐ŸŒฒ Last week in climate-tech (#42)

9 closed rounds, 8 upcoming rounds, lots of climate news, and even more jobs.

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This week we cover:๐Ÿ’ฐ 9 closed rounds,๐Ÿ’ธ 8 upcoming rounds,๐Ÿ’ต Lots of climate news, and๐Ÿ’ผ 10k+ jobs in Europe.

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๐Ÿ’ฐ Closed Funding Rounds

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท SESAMm - โ‚ฌ35M Series B

๐Ÿ“ Paris, France๐Ÿ’ก ESG text monitoring platform.

Investors:AFG Partners, CEGEE Capital, Elaia, Elevator Ventures, NewAlpha Asset Management, Opera Tech Ventures, The Carlyle Group, Unigestion

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Enapter - โ‚ฌ25M Post-IPO Debt

๐Ÿ“ Berlin, Germanyโšก๏ธ AEM Electrolysers for low-cost green hydrogen.

Investors:Patrimonium Asset Management

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Hectare Agritech - ยฃ17M Series A

๐Ÿ“ Cosham, United Kingdom๐Ÿš— Powering agricultural supply chains.

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท PILI - $16M Series A

๐Ÿ“ Paris, France๐Ÿญ Sustainable alternative to create renewable inks.

Investors:Bpifrance, Elaia, Famille C Participations, SOSV, Startup Angels

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง WNWN Food Labs - โ‚ฌ5M Venture

๐Ÿ“ London, United Kingdom๐Ÿด Fermentation food tech.

Investors:Geschwister Oetker, HackCapital, Investbridge AgriTech, MSM, PeakBridge, PINC

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Inarix - โ‚ฌ3M Seed

๐Ÿ“ Paris, France๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŒพ Inarix has developed a technology based on the latest advances in artificial intelligence and image analysis.

Investors:AFI Ventures, Ankaa Ventures, Francis Nappez, Label Investment, Newfund, ResiliAnce.io

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Preoptima Ltd - ยฃ1M Pre-Seed

๐Ÿ“ London, United Kingdom๐Ÿ  The carbon hub for the built environment.

Investors:Climate VC, Carbon13, Nomea

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Qaptis - CHF 1M Pre-Seed

๐Ÿ“ Lausanne, Switzerland๐Ÿ’จ Tech-based Carbon Capture.

Investors:BlackWood Ventures, Cargill, Plug and Play

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Planqc - Venture

๐Ÿ“ Munich, Germany๐Ÿ’ก Quantum computing.

Investors:Amadeus APEX

๐Ÿ’ธ 8 upcoming funding rounds

Eight upcoming funding rounds have been announced via ClimatEU last week, including:

๐ŸŒฑ 3x Pre-Seed Round๐ŸŒฒ 5x Seed Round

Investors can view all new rounds here.

๐Ÿ“ฐ Climate News

Food & Agriculture๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŒพ Food companies look to measure how soil captures carbon (article)๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŒพ Kangaroo poo to stop cowsโ€™ methane releases? (article)๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŒพ Leather from banana crop waste (article)๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŒพ Is the vertical farming bubble popping? (article)

Nature:๐ŸŒณ UN high seas treaty to protect oceans finally agreed (article)๐ŸŒณ Machine learning for reef monitoring (article)

Industry:๐Ÿญ A new sustainable plastic upcycling process (article)๐Ÿญ The sustainability of the surfing industry (article)

Energy:โšก๏ธ Solar set to overtake other energy sources by 2027 (article)โšก๏ธ UK renewables produce more electricity than gas this winter (article)

Climate Finance:๐Ÿ’ธ Overview of climate-tech exits by CTVC (article)

Climate Intelligence:๐Ÿ’ก Europeโ€™s climate-tech hotbeds (article)

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๐Ÿ’ผ Climate Jobs in Europe

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