?? Last week in climate (#81) by ClimateU
Tim Steppich
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Good morning and happy Tuesday from COP28,
It has been a wild week of non-stop meetings, side events, networking, and 30,000+ steps a day in the heat of Dubai, but of course, you get your weekly summary of everything that happend in climate last week.
Today, we'll cover last week's:
?? 100 COP28 participants,
?? closed rounds (17),
?? new dealflow, ??
new jobs,
?? climate news, and
?? events.
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?? 100 COP28 Participants
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?? Closed Rounds
???? mylight150 - €100M PE
?? Jonage, France
?? Smart energy management systems & solar self-consumption solutions.
Investors: Andera Partners, Azora, Eiffel Investment Group, Elevation Capital
???? Braincube - €83M Series B
?? Issoire, France
?? Manufacturing sustainability analytics company.
Investors: Bpifrance, Scottish Equity Partners
???? TechMet - $50M Debt Financing
?? Dublin, Ireland
?? Critical metals.
Investors: U.S. International Development Finance Corp
???? One Click LCA - €40M Venture
?? Helsinki, Finland
?? Building life cycle metrics software.
Investors: InfraVia Capital Partners, PSG Equity
???? Energy Dome - €35M Grant
?? Lonate Pozzolo, Italy
?? Long-duration electricity storage using liquid CO2.
Investors: Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, European Investment Bank
???? Adionics - €25M Series B
?? Thiais, France
?? Salt separations, lithium, and iodide extractions.
Investors: Bpifrance, Celeste Management, Ovive, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera (SQM), Supernova Invest
???? Xlinks - ￡20M Corporate
?? Billericay, United Kingdom
?? 3,800km cable from the Sahara to the UK.
Investors: TotalEnergies
???? Carbo Culture - $18M Series A
?? Helsinki, Finland
?? Biochar carbon removal.
Investors: GenZero, Tesi, True Ventures
???? Karos - €17M Series C
?? Paris, France
?? Carpooling.
Investors: Citizen Capital, Ring Capital
???? Modo Energy - ￡11.8M Series A
?? Birmingham, United Kingdom
?? Optimises battery energy storage systems.
Investors: Catalyst Capital, Fred. Olsen & Co., MMC Ventures, Triple Point Ventures
???? Again - $10M Seed
?? Copenhagen, Denmark
?? Carbon-negative chemicals for a cleaner future.
Investors: ACME Capital, Atlantic Labs, Google Ventures
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???? Hyme - €8M Venture
?? Copenhagen, Denmark
?? Large-scale long-duration energy storage.
Investors: Heartland A/S, Nordic Makers, North-East Venture
???? Impossible Materials - CHF 2M Grant
?? Hamburg, Germany
?? Cellulose white pigment solutions.
Investors: InnoSuisse
???? BeCause - $1.9M Seed
?? Copenhagen, Denmark
?? AI-powered sustainability management for travel.
Investors: Sean Brown, Sean Evans, Superangel, Ugly Duckling Ventures
???? Envirly - €1.4M Seed
?? Lublin, Poland
?? Help businesses analyse their environmental impact.
Investors: Aligo Venture Capital, Angels 4 Impact, Bank Bg? Bnp Paribas, Tangent Line Ventures
???? Floatech - €1.2M Seed
?? Madrid, Spain
?? High-performance silicon anodes.
Investors: Big Sur Ventures, CDTI Innovación's INNVIERTE program, Grow Venture Partners
???? GRZ Technologies - Venture
?? Sion, Switzerland
??Modular waste management solution.
Investors: Sabanc? Ventures
?? New Dealflow
We’re finalizing our updated insights, dealflow, and data access on ClimateU - more on that soon.
Last week, three new rounds were announced:
???? Seed - 2024 Q1 (?? Biomass Energy / ?? Chemicals, ?? CCU)
???? Pre-Seed - 2024 Q1 (?? Biodiversity / ?? ESG Software / ?? Regulation)
???? Seed - 2023 Q4 (?? Carbon Markets / ?? Climate Investing)
?? New Jobs
Last week, 1,857 new jobs were posted on the ClimateU job board.
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?? Climate News
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This week we’ll focus on COP28 news:
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?? Upcoming Events
Events this week:
Future events:
???? Greentech Festival
???? HackSummit
That’s it for this week!
Big hug from Dubai,
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