#84 | synthetic dairy and more!
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Also, shout out to Smartbin.io. The company will be pitching on Dragon Den on Thursday!! 🎉
📚 Worth Attending
Our last Startup Showcase of the year is on December 1st. REGISTER NOW to hear from Mercedes Benz USA, Siklus, Sesame Solar, and Choose Paris Region.
If you are in Atlanta, join us for an informal meetup of the Climate & Sustainability Tech community on December 1!
🚀 Funding and Congrats!
Noissue closed a $10m Series A financing round. Noissue appeared on Understory podcast in 2020.
Impossible Foods, a CA-based company focused on plant-based meat, raised $500M in financing.
Packhelp, a Poland-based sustainable packaging marketplace, raised €40M in Series B financing.
LionVolt, a Netherlands-based battery startup, raised €4M in seed financing.
Imagindairy, Ltd., a Israel-based company creating synthetic milk proteins, raised $13M in seed financing.
👀 Quick Hits
It has been reported that Nissan is committed to spend $17 billion on electric vehicles over five years. EV war continues to heat up.
Warming climate is leading to potato production issues. Scientists are researching climate-resistant potatoes.
Floodwaters are becoming an issue for the Smithsonian Museum. The museum is probably not the only institution with important historical collections facing this challenge. Fix is years away. For now, one sand bag at a time.
Scientists are looking to turn methane pollutants into sustainable fish meal by extracting and then turning proteins in stranded methane into fish feeds.
💡 Startup Spotlight
Imagindairy, Ltd - Real Milk, No Cows
🎧 Podcast
Ryan Jeffery of gener8tor: accelerating climate innovation
Zachary Witman of GrowSquares: transforming the home gardening experience
Alex Diamond of Descartes Labs: sustainability analysis at planetary scale
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.
🆕 Data Scientist, Sr. Full-Stack Engineer, and more at GrowSquares
🆕 Global Head ESG Transformation at CBRE
🆕 Business Development Associate and Data Scientist at Seqana
🆕 Sr Manager / Director - Food Product R&D at New Age Meats
🆕 Sustainability Strategy Leader at Microsoft
🆕 Sr Program Manager, EU Circular Economy at Amazon
🆕 Scope 3 and Circular Economy Manager at Jabil
Multiple roles at Plan A
Program Manager, Inclusive Circular Economy at PYXERA
Growth Marketing Manager - Community Solar at Nelnet
Logistics Manager at Sesame Solar
Director of Sustainability Education at Salesforce
Sustainability Accelerator Entrepreneur in Residence at Techstars
Customer Sustainability, Senior Director at Rockwell Automation
Manager Strategic Relationships - Circular Economy at TerraCycle
Senior Director, Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners
Analyst / Senior Analyst at Amplify Capital
Multiple VC roles at Revaia
Regional Sustainability Value Practice Lead at Google
Project Leader/Principal, Climate & Sustainability at BCG
Climate and Net Zero Specialist at Citibank
Sustainability Tech Investment Principal at G-Force
Software Engineer at Joulea
🗓 Events
December 1: Startups Driving Sustainability - December Showcase (REGISTER NOW!)
December 1: Climate and Sustainability Tech Meetup in ATLANTA! (REGISTER NOW!)
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