?? Last week in climate (#83) by ClimateU

Good morning and happy Tuesday,

For the last time in 2023…

Today, we'll cover last week's:

?? closed rounds (20),

?? new jobs (1.6k),

?? new dealflow,

?? climate news, and

?? events.

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?? Closed Rounds

???? Tacto - €50M Series A

?? Munich, Germany

?? Sustainable procurement for mid-sized industrial firms.

Investors: Cherry Ventures, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, UVC Partners, Visionaries Club

Article, Company

???? ecoworks - €40M Series A

?? Berlin, Germany

?? CO2-neutral building modernization.

Investors: Haniel, ISAI Cap Venture, KOMPAS VC, World Fund

Article, Company

???? Lhyfe - €28M Post-IPO Debt

?? Nantes, France

?? Developer, investor, & supplier of green hydrogen for mobility and industry.

Investors: Bpifrance, Credit Mutuel, Groupe BPCE, HSBC

Article, Company

???? Plan-B Net Zero - €9.2M Series A

?? Zug, Switzerland

?? Serves the entire value chain in the renewable energy sector.

Investors: Yamato Capital

Article, Company

???? HYDROGRID - €7.7M Series A

?? Vienna, Austria

?? Software solutions for hydro power plants.

Investors: CNB Capital, Inven Capital, Karma Ventures, SET Ventures

Article, Company

???? Metafuels - €7.4M Seed

?? Zürich, Switzerland

?? Sustainable aviation fuel.

Investors: Contrarian Ventures, Energy Impact Partners

Article, Company

???? Arbonics - €5.5M Seed

?? Tallinn, Estonia

?? Carbon & ecosystem platform for forest and landowners.

Investors: NordicNinja VC, Plural Platform, Tilia Impact Ventures

Article, Company

???? METYCLE - €4.7M Seed

?? Cologne, Germany

?? B2B trading platform for secondary metals.

Investors: Anne-Marie Gro?mann, Christoph Cordes, Dutch Founders Fund, Gisbert Ruehl, Market One Capital, Partech, Philipp Andernach, Project A Ventures

Article, Company

???? NeoCarbon - €3.2M Seed

?? Berlin, Germany

?? Direct Air Capture via existing infrastructure.

Investors: Antler, Christian Vollmann, Matthias Gotta, PT1 - PropTech1 Ventures, Raise Ventures, Speedinvest

Article, Company

???? ANNEA - €2.8M Seed

?? Hamburg, Germany

?? Performance optimization of renewable energy infrastructure.

Investors: Faber, Innoport, Voyager Ventures

Article, Company

???? Woola - €2.5M Seed

?? Tallinn, Estonia

?? Uses leftover sheep wool to replace bubble wrap.

Investors: Future Ventures, Lemonade Stand, Metaplanet

Article, Company

???? Ecobase - €2.5M Seed

?? Tallinn, Estonia

?? Develops afforestation and other forestry carbon projects.

Investors: Combiwood Grupp

Article, Company

???? RTI Blockchain - €2.5M Seed

?? Delft, Netherlands

?? Sustainability in logistics.

Investors: Borski Fund

Article, Company

???? montamo - €2.1M Pre-Seed

?? Berlin, Germany

?? Upskilling workers to construction workers in the energy sector.

Investors: Project A Ventures

Article, Company

???? 4QT - CHF 1.9M Pre-Seed

?? Zurich, Switzerland

?? Electrifying heavy-duty machines.

Investors: Unruly Capital

Article, Company

???? Seasony - €1.5M Seed

?? Copenhagen, Denmark

???? Feeding the world on full auto.

Investors: Barbara Taudorf Andersen, Export and Investment Fund, Klaus Holse, Nicolaj Reffstrup, North Ventures, Torben Wind, Vagn S?rensen

Article, Company

???? Myth AI - $1.3M Seed

?? Istanbul, Turkey

?? Reducing waste in the fashion design process.

Investors: Birkan Kül, Emre Kozlu, Faik Uluta?

Article, Company

???? FineCell - €1M Seed

?? Link?ping, Sweden

?? Sustainable cellulose microfibers.

Investors: Metsa Spring

Article, Company

???? Over Easy Solar - €800k Venture

?? Oslo, Norway

?? Flat roof solar.

Investors: Hafslund Venture, Eidsiva, Stratel, Aura

Article, Company

???? Nexam Chemical - ￡100k Grant

?? Sk?ne, Sweden

?? Enhances properties and performance of plastics.

Investors: Innovate UK

Article, Company

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?? New Jobs

Last week, 1,623 new jobs were posted on the ClimateU job board.

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?? New Dealflow

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

Last week, one round was announced:

???? Bridge - 2024 Q2 (?? Climate Investing)

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?? Climate News

As the year is coming to an end, we’ll keep it simple this week with just a few articles:

?? COP28: Countries reach ‘historic’ deal to transition from fossil fuels

?? 011h is building a startup within a startup to clean up construction

???? 12 Food System Insiders Share Their Takeaways From COP28

???? EU to Invest €50M in Startups to Scale Up Precision Fermentation in 2024

?? BCG Inks Major Deal to Remove Carbon From the Air

?? Norrsken Launcher raises €100m impact fund

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

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?? Upcoming Events

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 2023…

After two years of running ClimateU, and 83 newsletters, I'll finally take a little break to wind down, rest, and reflect, without Wi-Fi, in a little hut in South Africa ????

Big hug from Cape Town, Merry Christmas, and a happy new year!

See you in 2024!

Tim

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