#133 | Register for Dec Showcase + COP27 Updates
Understory newsletter on climate and sustainability tech
For our last ‘Startups Driving Sustainability’ Showcase in 2022, we are partnering with gener8tor’s sustainability accelerator program to feature the companies in its Fall 2022 cohort. Join us on December 6th to learn about energy efficiency, carbon removal, waste management, circularity, ecology, and more.
And if you missed our November showcase featuring Climate X, Capture6, 4Earth, and Vertical Activewear, you can catch the recording on our website.
📚 Worth Reading
The COP27 Climate Summit is currently taking place in Egypt. Global leaders, corporate executives, and other advocates are tackling a variety of issues around climate change and sustainability. Here’s some of the interesting headlines:
Globechain helps businesses reduce corporate waste by facilitating reuse of unwanted items through its platform. The company is a great example of innovation that facilitates circular reuse, extending the useful life of multiple items that would otherwise end up in the landfill. Learn more about Globechain's platform and revisit May Al-Karooni's showcase presentation earlier this year in our latest article.
Worth Reading: Globechain: Redistributing Waste
🚀 Funding and Congrats!
Smartex, an AI solution that is focused on reducing textile production waste, raised a $24.7 million Series A round.
Carbon Re, an AI platform for industrial decarbonization, raised £4.2 million in funding.
Airly, a solution to fight air pollution, raised $5.5 million in funding.
Energy intelligence platform Faradai raised $2.4 million in funding.
Solution combating food waste - Perfekto - raised $1.1 million in funding.
Humble Sustainability, a circular economy platform for excess inventory, raised a $750,000 seed round.
💡 Startup Spotlight
Green Boom - a biodegradable solution for oil spills.
🌱 Startup Resources
Avery Dennison is looking to run paid pilots with 7-10 startups starting in May 2023 through their corporate pilot accelerator program, AD Stretch. Apply here.
Apply by November 18th: BNEF Pioneers Program
👀 Quick Hits
New standards for proposed ESG disclosures for the private credit market.
Koch Industries is partnering with Freyr Battery to build a new battery plant in Georgia.
Who are the Chinese competitors to Tesla?
It’s not just fashion fashion that is filling our landfills. Enter fast furniture.
⚙️ Jobs
Find and share your open positions on the Understory Slack channel.
🆕 Investment Associate at Energize Ventures
🆕 Senior Product Marketing Manager at Sealed
🆕 Climate Policy Communications Officer at Cleantech Group
🆕 Policy and Climate Alliance Manager at Cleantech Group
🆕 Multiple positions at UtilityAPI
🆕 CoFounder at CapCO2 Solutions
🆕 Director, ESG at Warner Music Group
🆕 Sustainability Manager at Auria
🆕 Climate Impact Portfolio Associate at Cisco
Director of Communications at the Ray C. Anderson Foundation
Multiple openings at Climate X
Director of Product Management at Derapi
Chief of Staff at Arnie
Director - Sustainability at MetLife
Director of Sustainability at Nisolo
Director, Carbon Markets Policy and Governance at World Wildlife Fund
Director, Global Decarbonization Strategy and Program Management at Google
🗓 Events
December 6: Understory x gener8tor Startups Driving Sustainability - December Showcase
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