#120 | Deals and New Startup Showcase Events
Hello everyone, this is a short newsletter and gives you a chance to catch up on the new deals. Also, save the date for our the new lineup of our Startups Driving Sustainability Showcase events.
September 20
November 2
December 6
In the meantime, connect with us and the rest of the community in the Understory Slack. All are welcome - feel free to invite your friends and colleagues. Share your news, events, job postings, asks, and more.
🚀 Funding and Congrats!
Vespene Energy, which converts methane to energy for bitcoin mining, raised a $4.3 million funding round
Wallbox, a Barcelona-based provider of electric vehicle charging solutions acquired Coil, Inc., an EV charging installation service in the U.S.
Hoopo, a Israel-based provider of asset and fleet visibility solutions for connected fleets, raised USD10m in Series A funding.
Econic Technologies, an UK-based deep tech carbon-to-value company, raised £10.4m in the second close of its current Series D funding round
💡 Startup Spotlight
Node.energy - Simplifying commercial management of micro-grids.
🎧 Podcast
Marcelo Lando: developing renewables in Latin America
Franz Hochstrasser: funding the green transition
Michael Walton: creating sustainable communities
The Understory Podcast is also available on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and Google Podcasts.
⚙️ Jobs
Find and share your open positions on the Understory Slack channel.
🆕 Head of Commercialization at Formo
🆕 Founding Marine Engineer at Seabound
🆕 Principal Scientist at Rho Impact
🆕 Chief of Staff to the Chief Scientist and Director of Science Implementation at The Nature Conservancy
🆕 Sustainability Strategy Director at Schneider Electric
🆕 CTO / Technical Co-Founder at Green Cloud Nine
🆕 Email + SMS Marketing Specialist at Brightly
🆕 Operations Associate at Wallet Max
🆕 Partnerships Intern at Wallet Max
🆕 Sales Intern at Wallet Max
Head of Strategy at Returnity
Director of People at Remora
VP of Product at Higher Steaks
Manager/Senior Manager, Circular Economy Supply Chain at Accenture
Marketing Coordinator at Retaaza
Operations Coordinator at Retaaza
Recycling & Waste Diversion Analyst at Cox Enterprises
Head of Sustainability and Corporate Innovation Strategy at Delta
Senior Manager, Livestock Sector, EDF+Business at the Environmental Defense Fund
Sustainability Director, Net Zero Reduction Strategy at Meta
Senior Mechanical Engineer at Charm Industrial
🗓 Events
September 20: Understory’s Startups Driving Sustainability - September Showcase
November 2: Understory’s Startups Driving Sustainability - November Showcase
December 6: Understory’s Startups Driving Sustainability - December Showcase
Do you have any events to share? Post them in our Understory Slack community.
📧 Stay in Touch!
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