#134 climate tech fundings and jobs
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.
🚀 Funding and Congrats!
Fennel, a New York-based ESG-focused investing platform, raised over $5m in seed financing.
Syzygy Plasmonics, a Texas-based decarbonization company for the chemical manufacturing industry, raised $76m in Series C financing.
Dandelion Energy, a New York-based residential geothermal company, raised $70m in new financing.
Zeti, a London, UK and Santa Monica, CA-based provider of EV and infrastructure financing, received an investment from Toyota Ventures.
Pure Electric, a UK-based e-scooter brand, raised new financing on Crowdcube.
RoadRunner Recycling, a Pittsburgh-based sustainable waste management company, raised $20m in new financing.
💡 Startup Spotlight
Zeti - Revolutionizing transport finance for good.
https://zeti.co.uk/
🎧 Podcast
Jorge Bonilla: sustainable structures with bamboo
Hazel Horvath: empowering sustainable transformation
Marcelo Lando: developing renewables in Latin America
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.
🆕 Director of Communications at the Ray C. Anderson Foundation
🆕 CTO at Green Cloud Nine
🆕 Sr Mgr-GPC Strategy Sustainability at Disney Parks
🆕 Director of New Initiatives, Environmental Sustainability at Microsoft
🆕 Vice President, Sustainability at Sysco
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
Carbon Partnerships Program Manager at Schneider Electric
🗓 Events
December 6: Understory’s Startups Driving Sustainability - December Showcase
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