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Thrilled to announce a milestone for us at Web Summit Rio 2024! 🌟 (Yes, we're one of the most exciting Impact startups selected!) Here's the thing: 📍 Booth B601 is where the magic happens on April 17th. (Mark your calendars!) But wait, there's more: 📢 BIG announcements are on the horizon. Events, contests, prizes and early access opportunities. (Stay tuned!) Why does this matter? Because it's not just about being at a summit. It's about connecting, about making an impact, and about bringing innovative solutions to the forefront. Your takeaway? Visit us. Engage. And be part of something bigger. P.S. Can't spill the beans yet, but let's just say... you won't want to miss what's coming. 🚀 #WebSummitRio2024 #ImpactStartups #InnovationInAction

Find us at CLIMAFIX 2024 organized in collaboration with The Energy Consortium - IIT Madras and Energy Alternatives India on 20th September 2024 in Chennai! We’re taking about taking a deep dive into sustainability analytics and having 360 degree climate monitoring. Let’s Connect! #sustainbility #climateChange #ESG #Impact #AI #DataInsights Vamsi Krishna Korasiga Vasudha Saraogi

🔋🌿 Building a Greener Tomorrow: The Rise of Climatech 🌿🔋 Climatech startups are leading the charge in our collective fight against climate change, harnessing the power of technology to carve out a sustainable future. From pioneering renewable energy sources to devising ingenious carbon capture methodologies, their groundbreaking efforts are crucial to our planet's health. 🌍💚 #SustainableTech This moment is crucial in our journey towards sustainability. We're keen to hear from you - which climatech innovations spark your enthusiasm? How do you see technology shaping our environmental destiny? In the face of mounting environmental challenges, the ascent of Climatech startups offers a glimmer of hope and a promise of a sustainable future. These visionary enterprises are not merely responding to today's environmental crises; they're meticulously crafting the blueprint for our planet's future, one innovation at a time. 🌞 Renewable Energy Pioneers: Embracing the sun, wind, and sea, Climatech is revolutionising our energy paradigm, guiding us towards a future where our power is derived from clean, boundless sources. 🍃 Innovations in Carbon Reduction: By capturing CO2 directly from the atmosphere and repurposing it into usable products, these startups are turning a critical problem into a plethora of opportunities. 💦 Advancing Water Sustainability: Through cutting-edge technologies aimed at conserving and managing water, Climatech companies ensure that communities worldwide gain access to this vital resource sustainably. 🌇 Redefining Urban Spaces: Climatech is at the heart of transforming our cities into greener, more sustainable environments where technology and nature exist in harmony. 🔄 Circular Economy Champions: Beyond sustainability, some Climatech startups are pioneering systems where waste is virtually eliminated through continuous reuse and recycling, embodying the principles of a circular economy. What's your vision for a greener, tech-driven future? Drop your thoughts, tag friends who care, and let's amplify the conversation about the innovations that matter. 🌐✨ Your ideas and actions can contribute to a monumental shift towards sustainability. Explore more, join our initiatives, and let's collaborate for a greener tomorrow. Visit [Pixelette Holdings](https://lnkd.in/dBigqUpc) to discover how we're supporting these transformative Climatech startups. Together, we can make an impactful change. 🌱 #Startups #GreenerFuture #Sustainability #Renewables #SustainableLiving #JoinTheMovement

It's a climate coalition like no other! We're thrilled to announce the powerhouse ecosystem partners fueling Climathon'24. 🌍🚀 Joining forces with us are some of India's most influential organizations driving the sustainability awakening: NOW Venture Studio I-Venture @ ISB Wadhwani Foundation IIMA Ventures Climake Greenr by Turbostart Climate Collective Clim Ventures With this unity of vision and combined strength, we're turbocharging the momentum behind India's boldest ecopreneurs. Synergies like these are vital for transcending barriers and achieving ecological transformation. Climate tech startups, apply now to pitch your solution: https://lnkd.in/gydwHSHZ Don't miss the exclusive Climathon'24 Mixer on March 14th to experience the revolution firsthand. RSVP now: https://lnkd.in/gd5hi-4d Sriharsha Nallamilli, Ankit Machhar Nalin Agarwal, Pratap Raju, Jui Joshi, Ashwati Ramesh, Neha Naikwade Simmi Sareen, Shravan Shankar, Samyuktha Sivakumar, Athreya Kannan Ankit K., Aswani Chaitanya N, Sarath Pv, Rakshith Jain, Angad Singh Sodhi, Raashi Gupta, Aditya Singh, Snehal Dixit Vinod Shankar, Karteek Pulapaka, Bhargavi V., Anirudh Jayagopal, Manoj Ramaiah #Climathon2024 #GreenMeanSponsors #ImpactCapitalUnleashed #PlanetOverProfit #Climathon24 #GreenTech #SustainabilityInnovation #ClimateAction #GreenrSustainability #CapitalA #EnvironmentAction #ClimateInnovators #SustainablePartnerships #TechForGood #StartupImpact #SustainableBusiness #GreenConsumption #BengaluruEvents #ImpactInvesting

🤜🏻 🤛🏽 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 Climate First I’m truly passionate about immersing myself in the world’s most innovative climate tech solutions, and this week hasn’t failed to impress. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: → 𝑪𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑬 𝒊𝒏 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆 - The roadshow showcased 10 leading European climate tech startups including bio-materials, battery recycling, green mobility, plant based seaweed and more. Each and every one of them blew me away with their innovative solutions to a monumental problem. → 𝑰𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 - The world of climate can often be a lonely road. I was comforted to see so many visionaries in one room, all rallied behind one central mission of empowering industries to adopt new, sustainable ways of producing the things we need or love to use. → 𝑪𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 - I saw a lot of tired yet resilient faces amongst all. We’ve all chosen the hard path, yet it’s the one we all know we need to be on. Events like this roadshow demonstrates everyone’s dedication, passion and purpose in the face of climate adversity. → 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒅 - Everyone has a view on where we should be focusing our attention to solve the climate crisis. For me, it’s never been truer or simpler that the answers lie with the visionary founders who have dedicated their lives to revolutionise entire industries and processes. This is the scale of impact the world demands. → 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 - Visionary industries require visionary approaches, and founders need to do everything in their power to rally their tribe and attract supporters, advocates and partners to succeed. Startups need to embrace the art of storytelling, brand/visual differentiation and compelling experiences to communicate their solutions and maximise their chances of attracting their tribe. A huge congratulations to everyone at Climate First on all of their hard work to make this roadshow possible, and good luck to all the startups embarking on this new chapter. 👏 Yugen Agency 🌍 Nadav Steinmetz | Guy Cherni | Keren Jason | Arielle Evan | River Paige | Metafuels I traceless materials I tozero I Jolt - Activated Electrodes for Electrolysis I GR3N SA I BettaFish I eFlexFuel (StepOne Tech Ltd.) I Converge I C1 Green Chemicals AG I Fairbrics Photo by the talented Amanda Rose

ClimateTech never stops evolving. And this week is NO exception This week's edition of ClimateHack is p-a-c-k-e-d with milestone fundraises and billion-$ partnerships. Take a look 👀 📈 What’s up? A report by Congruent Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank reveals that the “most promising” climate tech companies are hardware startups. 📉 What’s down? Carbon credit startup Nori announced that it has officially closed its doors 💸 Exclusive: 20+ active Climate Tech syndicates and what they’re investing in 👀 Extantia and HV Capital just launched the largest open-source global Offtake Directory. 🎧 Cool: Gianluca Managò on design tweaks that lead to significant carbon emissions reductions. ✍️ Apply: Applications are open for the Inflection Award for young PhDs or PhD students working on research with “massive climate impact potential” 🎟 Lock in the best rate for the HackSummit in New York 🧀 Formo secured $61 million Series B funding for its animal-free cheeses made via microbial fermentation 🥩 NOVAMEAT closed its oversubscribed Series A funding round with €17.4 million. 🌾 US biotech Switch Bioworks raised $17 million for low-cost and sustainable fertilisers 🧑🌾 Soil Capital secured €15 million led by Trill Impact 🪰 SOLASTA Bio raised $14 million to develop its “nature-inspired”, peptide-based insecticide 🧪 REDUCED raised €8 million Series A funding 🌳 Open Forest Protocol closed its seed funding round, led by Übermorgen Ventures 🌲 BioTara AG secured investment from Ecosia 🏭 Ucaneo raised €6.75 million to build one of the largest DAC testing and development facilities in Germany. 🏭 Reverion raised $62 million Series A funding for its carbon-negative biogas power plant 🔋 Allegro Energy secured $17.5 million Series, in a round led by The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment 👨🔧 Reonic raised €13 million in a Series A funding round led by Northzone. 🛢 C-Zero secured $5 million at the first close of its $18 million funding round. 💨 Vind.AI closed its seed funding round, led by Norrsken VC 🌡 Zero Friction secured €2.5 million, in a funding round led by SHIFT Invest 🔎 Wattnow, based in Tunisia, closed a funding round 🌊 Brineworks raised €2 million in a funding round led by Pale Blue Dot ☀️ Bling Energy secured €2 million seed funding for its solar energy subscription model 🧂 UK-based Sunamp has developed a way to store solar power Funds: 🇩🇪 AENU secured €170 million 🇳🇱 SET Ventures closed its 4th fund with €200 million 🇺🇸 MCJ raised $80.6 million for its 2nd fund 🇬🇧 Atomico announced two new funds totalling €1.12 billion 🇺🇸 Raisewell Ventures launched 🇪🇸 Adara Ventures secured €35 million 🇳🇴 Deep Blue Fund I secured investment from MOL Plus 🇩🇰 Look Up Ventures has partnered with Giant Ventures ... And that's only some of it! Get the full recap: https://lnkd.in/eRjyaStT

Speciale Invest is featured in the top 15 climate tech investors in India by The Story Watch. As early investors in Ultraviolette Automotive (Electric Superbikes), Newtrace (Green Hydrogen), e-TRNL Energy (Energy Storage), Uravu Labs (Water from Air), The ePlane Company (Electric VTOLs), Metastable Materials (Battery Recycling), StepChange (ESG), we are keen on enabling DeepTech climate solutions build in India for the world. If you're a founder/operator building on the lines of #climatetech, we'd love to speak with you - info@specialeinvest.com https://lnkd.in/gTb-9Q5p Arjun Rao | Dhanush Ram | Mridula Menon CFPᴄᴍ | Nithish Kumar | Shobhankita Reddy | Sunil Cavale | Vishesh Rajaram | Vishnu Rajeev #deeptech #specialeinvest #venturecapital #startups

The Startup Tank Climate Investor Pitch Show Jan 8th with Powerhouse Ven… Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ The Startup Tank Climate Investor Pitch Show: the ultimate climate tech pitch contest where top cleantech & sustainability founders pitch leading climate VCs looking to fund world-positive companies! https://thestartuptank.com *Presenting Climate Startups:* • Kuori: Creating sustainable biopolymer plastics from recycled food waste - Green Urban Scenarios: Making trees tangible, investable assets, using our open-source, science-backed digital twin framework - PlugZen Disruptive Electric Vehicle charging solution that will permanently change the EV Charging landscape forever. - Droneqube: Your autonomous farm assistant, like a home cleaning robot but for vineyards. - Plus a couple surprises so you’ll have to tune in! *Investor Panelists:* - Gabriel Scheer @ Powerhouse Ventures -- Want to Connect & Network? Join 3k+ Other Climate Techies - On Whatsapp: https://4ward.v…

"The journey to Net Zero requires a multi-pronged approach, and innovative startups are pivotal players. Winning the EGYPES 2024 CLIMATECH Challenge placed PiKARE on a global stage, validating our technology and connecting us with vital networks to accelerate our growth." Hüseyin Ç., Vice President and COO, PiKARE SKYSOURCE. Huseyin Ciloglu, Vice President and COO, PiKARE, mentions that winning the EGYPES 2024 CLIMATECH Challenge showcased PiKARE globally, highlighting the pivotal role of the event's start-up zone in driving innovation towards Net Zero. He points out the importance of innovative startups achieving Net Zero - winning the CLIMATECH Challenge validates newfound innovations, that ultimately accelerates growth and expands market presence across the industry. To get involved in EGYPES 2025, visit egypes.com #EGYPES #EGYPES2025 #EgyptEnergyShow #energytransition #energysecurity #decarbonisation

What's been happening in ClimateTech, so far in 2024? 👀 📊 Sightline Climate (CTVC) released their annual report on ClimateTech investment trends spotlighting venture and growth investments. 📈 Bucking the trend: Research from HSBC Innovation Banking and Dealroom.co shows that UK climate tech firms raised an all-time high of $6.2 billion in 2023, and climate tech was the leading sub-sector for UK startup funding last year. 📉 What’s down? US electric scooter company Superpedestrian closed its doors on 31st December, having struggled financially in 2023 as it operated its shared scooter fleets in dozens of cities around the globe. 🌡 The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service data shows that 2023 was the world’s hottest year by a huge margin. 💡 Good Read: MIT Technology Review rounds up its 10 breakthrough technologies for 2024. 🔮 20 top Climate Tech VC’s reveal what they’re excited by this year 🍯 MeliBio is rolling out its bee-free honey in the UK, Switzerland, and Austria, in partnership with Slovenian food maker Narayan Foods.   🌾 British biotech FA Bio raised £5.3 million, in a funding round led by Clean Growth Fund, to help restore the biodiversity of degraded soils and increase crop productivity. 🏭 Standard Biocarbon secured $5 million from sustainable infrastructure capital provider Nexus Development Capital to scale its new biochar production facility. 💨 Parallel Carbon raised $3.6 million in a seed funding round led by Aramco Ventures.      💫 British nuclear fusion startup Tokamak Energy secured over $50 million in an ongoing Series C funding round as it works towards creating commercial fusion technology using high temperature superconducting magnets within “tokamaks”. 🇮🇳 Vietnamese EV manufacturer VINFAST  is planning an investment totalling $2 billion to break into the world’s third-largest automobile market, India. 🛩 Hyundai Motor Group’s advanced air mobility company, Supernal, unveiled its latest iteration of an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft called the S-A2. 🍄 Italian material innovation firm MOGU raised €11 million Series A funding to further develop and scale its mycelium solutions for the interior design, fashion, and automotive industries. 👜 Netherlands-based Quorium, which boasts cultivated meat pioneer Mark Post as its Chief Scientific Officer, secured investment from Brightlands Venture Partners and Sofinnova Partners to support commercialisation of its cell-cultured leather. 🇩🇰 Kost Capital completed the first close of its targeted €25M first fund. Its portfolio so far includes ÄIO, Numi, and nutrumami. Perfect Day Fasal - Grow More, Grow Better™ Enifer Nasekomo Standing Ovation Bpifrance GreenSwapp Felix Winckler TIBO EnergyHub software Furbnow Lumian Energy Danfoss CactosFLEXeCHARGE Leo Rayman Check out the full recap and get next week's straight to your inbox 📥 https://lnkd.in/e7nEGJPe