#129 | Top deals in climate & sustainability
🚀 Funding and Congrats!
Frequenz, a Berlin-based startup focused on reducing corporate grid consumption and electricity costs, raised Series A financing.
Aegir Insights, a Copenhagen-based technology startup in offshore wind and power intelligence, received a strategic investment.
Inari, a Cambridge-based seed maker company, raised Series E financing.
LineVision, a Somerville-based provider of a real-time monitoring and analytics platform for electric utilities, raised Series C financing.
Loop Global, a Los Angeles-based electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure company, raised $40M in Series A financing.
GS Bavaria, a Germany-based supplier of nano-sized carbide powders, raised new financing.
OneD Battery Sciences, a Palo Alto-based developer of battery technology by adding energy-dense silicon, raised Series C financing.
💡 Startup Spotlight
LineVision - equipping utility partners with unique monitoring and analytics that improve the capacity, resilience, and safety of the grid.
Register for the November Startups Driving Sustainability Showcase. We are excited to welcome the startup founders from Climate X, Capture6, 4Earth, and Vertical Activewear.
🎧 Podcast
Jorge Bonilla: sustainable structures with bamboo
Hazel Horvath: empowering sustainable transformation
Marcelo Lando: developing renewables in Latin America
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⚙️ Jobs
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🆕 Chief of Staff at Arnie
🆕 Director - Sustainability at MetLife
🆕 Director of Sustainability at Nisolo
🆕 Director Sustainability Policy & Governance at Target
🆕 Director, Carbon Markets Policy and Governance at World Wildlife Fund
🆕 Director, Global Decarbonization Strategy and Program Management at Google
🆕 Carbon Partnerships Program Manager at Schneider Electric
🆕 Director, Sustainable Built Environment at Harvard University
Assistant Director - GSD Office of Sustainability at the City of Detroit
Project Leader, Climate & Sustainability at BCG
Director, ESG & Sustainability at Elastic
Global Climate Strategy Director at Yum! Brands
🗓 Events
November 2: Understory’s Startups Driving Sustainability - November Showcase
December 6: Understory’s Startups Driving Sustainability - December Showcase
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