🌳 Last week in climate (#80) by ClimateU
15 closed rounds, new dealflow, news, jobs, and events.
Hey there,
Good morning and happy Tuesday to all you climate enthusiasts. I can’t believe this is the 80th time you’re reading this. Anyway…
Today, we'll cover last week's:
🔎 COP28 participants showcase,
💰 closed rounds (15),
🚀 new dealflow,
💼 new jobs,
📰 climate news, and
🗓 events.
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🔎 COP28 Participants
We’ve put together a COP28 Participants Showcase. If you’re heading to the conference, have a look at who else is joining and add yourself to the list so that others can reach out. All you need to do is tick a little checkbox in your account, and ideally, leave a quick intro 👋
Also, if you have any tips for us on our first COP ever, we’d love to hear from you!
💰 Closed Rounds
🇸🇪 Matsmart - €40M Venture
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
🍴 Sells surplus foodto reduce food waste.
Investors: ProSiebenSat.1, Circularity Capital, SevenVentures
🇮🇹 Planet Farms - $40M Venture
📍 Milan, Italy
👩🌾 Vertical farming.
🇫🇷 Newheat - €30M Venture
📍 Bègles, France
🏠 Renewable heat supplier / solar heat.
Investors: Bpifrance, Holdheat, Noria Invest, Swen Capital Partners, the Etchart Group
🇬🇧 Advanced Electric Machines - £23M Series A
📍 Blaydon, United Kingdom
🚗 EV motor & drivetrain systems for low carbon vehicles.
Investors: Barclays, Legal & General Capital, Low Carbon Innovation Fund, Northstar Ventures, Par Equity, Turquoise International
🇬🇧 Safi (fka TrueCircle) - $20M Series A
📍 London, United Kingdom
🏭 Marketplace to support waste processing facilities in material.
Investors: Lowercarbon Capital, Nosara Capital, Transition
🇫🇷 RED Horticulture - €17M Series A
📍 Lyon, France
👩🌾 Greenhouse lighting.
Investors: Demeter, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, Unigrains
🇸🇪 Eliq - €10M Venture
📍 Göteborg, Sweden
⚡️ Supports utilities in the transformation into energy services providers.
Investors: Axpo, Inven Capital, Valkea Growth Club
🇫🇷 Arkeon Energy Systems - €6M Seed
📍 Saint-cyr-l'ecole, France
🏠 Develops hermodynamic cycles and thermal stages.
Investors: Crédit Agricole, France 2030, Team for the Planet
🇬🇧 HumanForest - £5M Series A
📍 London, United Kingdom
🚗 E-bikes.
Investors: Fen Ventures, güil Mobility Ventures
🇫🇷 Vizcab - €5M Series A
📍 Lyon, France
🏠 More data, less carbon.
Investors: A/O PropTech, Altur Investissement, Banque des Territoires, Cemex Ventures, KOMPAS VC, Rise PropTech
🇫🇷 Osium AI - $3M Seed
📍 Paris, France
🏭 Materials development via AI.
Investors: Atomico, Collaborative Fund, Isaac Oates, Julien Chaumond, Kima Ventures, Liz Wessel, Patrick Joubert, Raise Phiture philanthropical fund, Sequoia Scout, Singular, Thomas Clozel, Y Combinator
🇬🇧 Floreon - £2M Series A
📍 Hull, United Kingdom
🏭 Versatile bioplastic.
Investors: Northern Gritstone
🇬🇧 reboxed - £2M Seed
📍 London, United Kingdom
🏭 Recommerce platform for consumer electronics.
Investors: ACF Investors, Ali Aziz, Martin McCourt, Nick Beighton
🇱🇺 Databourg Systems - $1M Seed
📍 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
💡 Rainfall intelligence for business and institutional users.
Investors: ADB Ventures
🇬🇧 Samudra Oceans - £800k Pre-Seed
📍 London, United Kingdom
🍴 Robotic monitoring solutions for seaweed farming.
Investors: British Design Fund
🚀 New Dealflow
We’re finalizing our updated insights, dealflow, and data access on ClimateU - more on that soon.
Last week, 30+ climate Founders joined the platform, and a new round was announced:
🇸🇪 Seed - 2023 Q4 (⚡️ Wind Energy)
💼 New Jobs
Last week, 1,537 new jobs were posted on the ClimateU job board.
🔎 If you’re looking to join an early-stage team:
Cloover just raised their €7M round and is looking for a:
🇩🇪 Business Development Manager (Berlin)
leonardo. is looking for:
🇩🇪 Lead Software Engineer (Frankfurt)
🇩🇪 Sustainability Researcher & Data Analyst (Frankfurt)
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📰 Climate News
👋 We’re looking for a volunteer to sit down weekly and compile the most relevant climate news across Europe. If that is you, please contact us (team@climateu.earth).
👩🌾 UK to reconsider mandatory food waste reporting.
👩🌾 Alt-Meat Companies Are Grappling With a Harsh Reality
📢 The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
📢 COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals
🏭 France warns people off Black Friday clothes deals
🏭 Lidl launches a returnable Christmas jumper.
⚡️ US, UK Lead Pledge to Triple Nuclear Power by 2050 at COP28
⚡️ Can China Achieve its Nuclear Energy Ambitions?
🌳 Blue whales: Ocean giants return to 'safe' tropical haven
💡 Former Tesla engineer leads Belgium's first DAC startup
💡 PwC Net Zero Future50 - Middle East
💡 Profile: NatureMetrics’ new CEO on overcoming adversity and scaling up
💡 Young Climate Innovators Shaping the Future
🗓 Upcoming Events
🌳 We’re arriving in Dubai for COP28 tomorrow, so, all our event attention these next two weeks is going to the side events at the conference. If you’re looking to host something that is relevant to ClimateU members, please get in touch.
That’s it for this week!
One last big hug from Barcelona before I’m heading to Dubai,
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