?? Last week in climate (#82) by ClimateU

Happy Tuesday from COP28 in Dubai,

Today, we'll cover last week's:

?? closed rounds (22),

?? new dealflow,

?? new jobs,

?? climate news, and

?? events.

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?? Closed Rounds

???????? Koa - €15M Series B

?? Switzerland & Ghana

?? Cocoa fruit products.

Investors: Mirova, Regenerative Growth Fund 1, Haltra

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???? Blue World Technologies - €11M Series C

?? Aalborg, Denmark

?? Methanol fuel cell manufacturer as alternative fuel.

Investors: Cycle Group, Export and Investment Fund, Maersk Growth

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???? Enerpoly - $8.4M Grant

?? Stockholm, Sweden

?? Sustainable zinc-ion batteries for energy storage solutions.

Investors: Swedish Energy Agency

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???? HURR - ￡7.9M Venture - Series Unknown

?? London, United Kingdom

?? On-demand wardrobe rental.

Investors: Ascension, D4 Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Praetura Ventures

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???? SunSave - ￡5.4M Seed

?? London, United Kingdom

?? Solar and storage for households.

Investors: Bill Nussey, IPGL, Michael Spencer, Norrsken VC, Plug and Play Tech Center, Roland Rudd, Sir Stuart Rose

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???? Farmless - €4.8M Seed

?? Amsterdam, Netherlands

?? Planet-friendly proteins.

Investors: Revent, Vorwerk Ventures, World Fund

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???? Strong by Form - €4.8M Seed

?? Stuttgart, Germany

?? Timber-based biocomposites.

Investors: Citi Ventures, Climate Insiders, CMPC Ventures, COREangels, Finsa, GSBackers, MAIF Avenir, Savia Ventures, Saviu Ventures, Symbia VC, Teampact ventures, VX Ventures

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???? UP Catalyst - €4M Seed

?? Tallinn, Estonia

?? Carbon nanomaterials and graphite.

Investors: Extantia Capital, Little Green Fund, Scottish Baltic Invest, SmartCap, Sunly, UniTartu Ventures

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???? Velca - €3.5M Series A

?? Madrid, Spain

?? Electric motorcycles.

Investors: BeHappy Investments, Noso Capital, sherry ventures

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???? Carbon Maps - €3M Seed

?? Lille, France

?? Climate management platform for the food industry.

Investors: Breega, Daphni, Samaipata

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???? BioFluff - $2.5M Seed

?? Paris, France

?? Plant-based fur.

Investors: Astanor Ventures

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???? Lignovations - €2.2M Seed

?? Vienna, Austria

?? Sustainable biomaterials.

Investors: Borregaard ASA, Valnon Holding

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???? Innovasion Labs PINC - $2M Seed

?? Turkey

?? Lithium-ion battery technology.

Investors: APY Ventures, Cihan Elbirlik, Kerim Kotan, Keshif Ventures

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???? Noriware - CHF 1.4M Grant

?? Aargau, Switzerland

?? Seaweed-based packaging film.

Investors: InnoSuisse

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???? Ki Hydrogen - €1.1M Pre-Seed

?? London, United Kingdom

?? Unlocking the green hydrogen revolution.

Investors: Desai Ventures, SFC Capital, HICO, G-Force, Carbon13

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???? level nine. - €1M Pre-Seed

?? Berlin, Germany

?? Biomanufacturing.

Investors: Zero Carbon, Entrepreneur First, Rockstart, Maarten Alblas, Jonas Ruyter, Ferdinando Randisi

Article , Company

???? Clean Food Group - ￡1M Grant

?? London, United Kingdom

?? Sustainable food ingredients.

Investors: Innovate UK

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???? LIND - ￡900k Seed

?? Kinross, United Kingdom

?? Battery storage.

Investors: Green Angel Ventures, Scottish Enterprise, University of Strathclyde

Article , Company

???????? Ogre AI - €625k Seed

?? Romania / UK

?? The ultimate energy management platform.

Investors: Soulmates Ventures

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???? About:Energy & Eatron Technologies - Grant

?? London, United Kingdom

?? Unlocking the potential of battery technology.

Investors: UK Research and Innovation

Article , About Energy , Eatron Technologies

???? R8 TECHNOLOGIES - Corporate Round

?? Tallinn, Estonia

?? AI for more sustainable commercial buildings.

Investors: Encevo, M?ller Eiendom, Panasonic

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?? New Dealflow

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

Last week, another round was announced:

???? Seed - 2024 Q1 (?? Solar Energy / Distributed Energy Resources)

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?? New Jobs

Last week, 1,750 new jobs were posted on the ClimateU job board .

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?? Climate News

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

Some COP28 News:

?? COP28: Draft agreement drops phaseout of fossil fuels .

?? CarbonBrief's COP28 Negotiation Tracker .

?? COP 28: Brazil proposes $250 billion “Tropical Forests Forever” fund

?? COP28: mobilizes over $57 billion in first four days

?? COP28: Global food companies tackle dairy methane emissions

?? COP28: Over 30 countries back global initiative to protect, restore freshwater

???? COP28: The Money Food Badly Needs for Climate Fight Is Rolling In

Some News News (by Sector):

?? Wavemaker Impact closes debut fund at $60m.

?? Vanagon Ventures launches new climate software fund.

?? UK launches ￡1m AI prize for energy and climate tech.

?? UK built world climate tech attracts $1.1bn from VCs in 2023.

?? Resolve Ventures launches new Climate Impact Fund for Irland.

?? Partech's new Impact Growth Fund.

?? Forget IPOs, climate tech investors are chasing a different exit.

?? Dutch renewable energy investor Return secures €100M investment.

?? Climate tech dominates built world VC investment.

?? Breakthrough Energy Catalyst announces €240 for Europe.

?? Amsterdam’s Rockstart launches its second AgriFood fund.

?? UK bans airline adverts for airline greenwashing

?? McLaren's new carbon removal partnership with UNDO

?? Former SpaceX engineers build ‘vegetarian rocket engine’

?? Paris to triple parking prices for SUVs.

?? Joint Project to Develop Largest Green Methanol Plant in Europe.

?? Circular packaging comes to the spirits industry.

?? Collateral Good launches a HUGO BOSS-backed sustainable fashion fund.

?? US set to slash methane levels by 80%.

?? Frontier buyers sign world’s first enhanced weathering offtake agreements with Lithos Carbon.

?? Dairy giants pledge to disclose methane emissions for first time.

?? How fish oil could help boost solar panel efficiency.

?? Chinese shipyard unveils design for world's largest nuclear-powered container ship.

???? Innovation turns waste wood into seafood.

?? US joins 56 nations in kicking out coal.

?? 10 built environment startups to watch.

?? Tips for Building a Successful Hardware Company .

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?? Upcoming Events

Events this Week:

?? Let's Talk About Climate Anxiety in Impact Work

???? Climate Techies Vancouver Meetup

2024 Events:

???? Can we leverage technology to achieve education equity?

?? Your business' carbon footprint: what it is and how to measure it?

???? Nature and your business: why it matters and how to take action.

???? Greentech Festival

???? HackSummit

???? ICSD 2024 : International Conference on Sus. Development

???? The Drop 2024

???? impact day

???? IMPACT FESTIVAL 2024

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That’s it for this week!

Big hug from Dubai,

Tim

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