#123 | climate deals and now startup showcase event in September
Hope you all have a great last week of August (last week of August!).
RSVP for our September Startup Showcase event. We have a great lineup.
November 2
December 6
🚀 Funding and Congrats!
Fervo Energy, a Houston-based geothermal power company, raised $138m in financing.
Arevia Power, a Glendale-based renewable energy developer, received investment led by private equity firm KKR.
Dryad, a Berlin-based provider of solar-powered environmental sensor networks for early wildfire detection and forest monitoring, raised €10.5m in financing.
Mantel, a Boston-based developer of carbon capture solution, raised $2m in financing.
Clarity Movement Co., a Berkeley-based provider of an air quality monitoring solution, raised US$9.6m in financing.
Carbon Direct, Inc., a New York-based carbon management firm and software provider, raised $60m in financing.
Anaphite, a Bristol-based company that incorporates graphene into lithium-ion batteries, raised seed financing.
💡 Startup Spotlight
MANTEL - The material solution to carbon capture.
🎧 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
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
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
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