Last Week in Climate #108
Tim Steppich
Founder of inClimate.com | Europe’s free climate community and hiring platform | 25,000+ members | Forbes 30u30 | Public Speaker
Hello and happy Tuesday,
📩 Here is your weekly digest of everything that happened in European climate(-tech) last week:
Today, we'll cover last week’s:
👋 community asks,
🇪🇺 18 closed rounds,
🚀 deal of the week,
💼 2,202 jobs by 676 employers,
📰 news, and
🗓 events.
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👋 Community Asks
❓ Rich is looking for pre-seed investors.
❓ Luis seeks a Product Management role in climate.
❓ Alexandre is interested in fractional CPO roles.
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🇪🇺 Closed Rounds
🇬🇧 Hometree - $250M Debt Financing
📍 London, United Kingdom
🏠 Sustainable home energy solutions.
Investors: Barclays
🇮🇪 XOCEAN - €30M Series B
📍 Carlingford, Ireland
💡 Ocean data.
Investors: Endeavor Catalyst, Enterprise Ireland, Venturewave Capital
🇬🇧 Echion Technologies - £29M Series B
📍 Cambridge, United Kingdom
⚡️ High-power Li-ion anode materials for charging batteries.
Investors: BGF Ventures, CBMM, University of Cambridge Enterprise, Volta Energy Technologies
🇬🇧 THIS - £20M Series C
📍 London, United Kingdom
🍴 Alternative meat products.
Investors: Planet First Partners
🇬🇧 Rendesco - £6M Venture
📍 London, United Kingdom
🏠 Geothermal networks using ground-source heat pump technology.
Investors: Aviva Ventures, Clean Growth Fund, Eurazeo
🇸🇪 Big Akwa - SEK 6M Seed
📍 Härnösand, Sweden
🍴 Produces sustainable protein using industrial waste.
🇫🇷 Kelvin - €4.7M Seed
📍 Paris, France
⚡️ Solution to qualify energy renovation projects.
Investors: Bpifrance, Racine, Seedcamp, Kima Ventures, Raise Capital, Motier Ventures
🇬🇧 Kelpi - £4.4M Seed
📍 Bristol, United Kingdom
🍴 Bio-refining seaweed to make bioplastic packaging.
Investors: Blackfinch Ventures, Bristol Private Equity Club, Evenlode Foundation, Green Angel Ventures, Kadmos Capital, Maven Capital Partners, One Planet Capital, QantX
🇬🇧 Downforce Technologies - $4.2M Seed
📍 Oxford, United Kingdom
💨 Measurement of natural capital assets.
Investors: Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Dragonfly Enviro Capital, Equator, Perivoli Innovations
🇩🇪 Cardino - €4M Seed
📍 Berlin, Germany
🚗 Digital platform for buying and selling secondhand electric vehicles.
Investors: DEPO Ventures, Point Nine, Rosberg Ventures, Sequoia Capital
🇫🇷 vorteX-io - €2.9M Seed
📍 Toulouse, France
☔️ Flood warning and forecasting system.
Investors: AFI Ventures, Banque des Territoires, MAIF Impact, SpaceFounders
🇬🇧 Mirico Ltd - $2M Venture - Series Unknown
📍 Unit 6, United Kingdom
🏭 Real time gas sensing.
Investors: New Climate Ventures, Shell Ventures, UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
🇬🇧 Radiant Matter - £1.2M Pre-Seed
📍 London, United Kingdom
🏭 Colour and material solutions for textiles.
Investors: Sustainable Ventures
🇳🇱 Haaven - €1.1M Pre-Seed
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands
🏗 Pre-fabricated homes.
Investors: Andre Grimbergen, Eric Klaassen, Erik Nieuwenhuis, Golden Egg Check Capital, Mike de Boer, Paolo Moresco, Quintin Schevernels, Speedinvest
🇬🇧 Epoch - $900k Pre-Seed
📍 London, United Kingdom
💡 Enabling Sustainable Supply Chains.
Investors: Mercy Corps Ventures, Cerulean Ventures, Ripple
🇬🇧 Unibloom World - $847k Pre-Seed
📍 London, United Kingdom
💡 Climate action platform.
Investors: SFC Capital, Alma Angels, Ventures Together, Keiretsu Forum, Regenerative Ventures, SyndicateRoom, Zinc, Regent Capital Ventures
🇸🇪 Atium - €593k Seed
📍 Göteborg, Sweden
💧 Removal of mercury from water.
Investors: Chalmers Ventures, Gladium, Butterfly Ventures, NextSTEP, GOKAP Invest, 5J Holding
🇬🇧 VoltShare - £500k Pre-Seed
📍 London, United Kingdom
Recommended by LinkedIn
🚗 Electric vehicle charging solution provider.
Investors: Bethnal Green Ventures, Copa Ventures, London Co-Investment Fund, SFC Capital
🚀 Deal of the Week
Ecorth is raising their $600k pre-seed round with angels and VCs.
“Ecorth makes climate scenario analysis and risk monitoring easy, empowering investors and businesses to make informed decisions, and comply effortlessly with standards like IFRS and CSRD. Trusted by hundreds of leading asset managers, banks, and companies.”
Investors can access more information about Ecorth and all companies, funding rounds, pitch decks, and founders, via the platform.
💼 New Climate Jobs
Last week we had 2,202 jobs posted on the job board by 676 employers. Below, you’ll find all jobs with salary ranges and all featured jobs. You can head to the job board to explore all posted opportunities.
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Jobs with Salaries
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Featured Companies
Aeco
Aeco restores peatlands by unlocking their value - for landowners, corporations, investors, and the planet.
🌍 Senior Data Scientist and Software Engineer (Berlin, Remote, €60-90K)
🇩🇪 Senior Peatland Restoration Project Developer (Germany, Remote)
Climate Connection
Climate Connection brings together individuals passionate about climate and innovation to spark ideas, discussions, and new connections.
🇬🇧 Sales & Partnerships Lead (London, Hybrid, £80K)
Carbon Atlantis
Carbon Atlantis is an early-stage startup developing a first-of-a-kind, low-cost Direct Air Capture technology to remove CO2 from the air. They permanently store the CO2 in rock carbonates and are currently building up the team around Munich.
🇩🇪 Absorption Engineer (Ismaning, On-site)
🇩🇪 Data Engineer (Ismaning, On-site)
🇩🇪 Electrician / Elektriker:in (Munich, On-site)
🇩🇪 Electrochemical Stack Development & Test Engineer (Ismaning, On-site)
🇩🇪 HR Associate & Office Manager (Internship) (Ismaning, On-site)
🇩🇪 HR Intern (Ismaning, On-site)
🇩🇪 Junior Engineer to the CTO (Ismaning, On-site)
🇩🇪 Pilot Plant Engineer (Ismaning, On-site)
Global Changer
Global Changer accelerates complex organizations' decarbonization with intuitive software.
🇪🇺 CTO / Head of Software Engineering (Berlin, Remote)
🇩🇪 Software Engineering Lead / Head of Engineering (CS) - Ruby-on-Rails / TypeScript (Germany, Remote)
🇩🇪 Werkstudent:in im Bereich Nachhaltigkeitsreporting (Germany, Remote)
Noriware
Noriware created a seaweed-based packaging film that is entirely composed of natural materials.
🇨🇭 Polymer Scientist (Lupfig, On-site)
🇨🇭 Process Development Engineer (Lupfig, On-site)
🇨🇭 Research and Development Intern (Lupfig, On-site)
Norrsken Barcelona
Norrsken Barcelona is building Europe’s largest hub for impact startups.
🇪🇸 Community Lead (Barcelona, On-site, €28k)
Sparkmate
Sparkmate is the first venture studio 100% Climate, 100% Hardware.
🇫🇷 Product Engineer (Intern) (Paris, On-site)
🇫🇷 CEO / Co-founder (Paris or Hong Kong, Hybrid)
🇫🇷 Graduate Product Engineer (Hardware) (Paris, On-site)
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📰 Climate News
🗓 Upcoming Events
⭐️ = favorites
🆕 = added last week
🎟️ = community discounts
If you are involved with a climate event and want us to include a discount code, please get in touch.
🇩🇪 The Battery Show Europe 2024 (Jun 18)
💰 Sustainable Investing: Myth or Reality? (Jun 18)
🇬🇧 MOVE London (Jun 19)
🇬🇧 London Climate Action Week (Jun 22-30) ⭐️
🇬🇧 Reset Connect (Jun 25)
🇳🇱 World Bio Markets (June 26)
🇵🇹 Sustainable Seas - Integrating Ocean & Food Tech (Jul 4) 🆕
💡 Climate Emergency Day (Jul 22)
🇬🇧 Cambridge Tech Week 2024 (Sep 1)
🇮🇹 ICSD 2024 : International Conference on Sus. Development (Sep 11)
🇸🇪 The Drop 2024 (Sep 17) ⭐️
🇬🇧 THE HEAT by Voyagers (Sep 20) - “FRIENDOFCLIMATEU” ⭐️🎟️
🇪🇪 impact day (Oct 10)
💡 SOSV Climate Tech Summit (Oct 14)
🇵🇹 Planetiers 2024 (Oct 20)
🇩🇪 Impact Festival (Oct 30) ⭐️
🇦🇺 Australian Climate Tech Festival & Awards (Nov 12)
🇫🇮 Slush 2024 (Nov 20)
🇨🇭 Tech for Impact Awards (Nov 21)
🇬🇧 London Climate Technology Show (Nov 27)
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Thanks for sharing the news !! What a list!!
Thanks for sharing 🙏
Thanks for the mention Tim Steppich - we're delighted to help more UK homeowners get solar on roofs and heat pumps in homes with our green finance solutions!
CEO and Founder at OptiCat R2V Pte Ltd
5moThanks Tim Steppich great to read about Kelpi in this weeks summary