Fixing the climate crisis is a vast, world-sized puzzle. But one particularly large piece of this ginormous conundrum is construction and real estate — which collectively amount for around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Enter Munich-based data startup Emidat, which has built a software platform for automating the generation of validated Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certificates for the construction sector. EPDs are a critical piece of the puzzle for understanding and mitigating the climate impact of the built environment. Übermorgen Ventures has invested in Emidat’s €4 million seed round, led by U.S. VC giant General Catalyst.

The spin-off from ETH Zurich has developed a technology that is intended to make the battery production process up to 10x faster and also 30% more cost-effective. based on production techniques in the paper and photo industries, 8inks worked with a “multi-layer coating process”. This saves costs in terms of both investment and operating expenses. at the same time, the process would improve the energy density of the batteries.

Brighter Future interviewed Übermorgen partner Myke Näf in its Investor Spotlight series. Myke shares what drove him to found Übermorgen Ventures and provides his views and tips for your startup’s fundraising strategy and what investors look for in climate tech companies.

Many fusion reactors are designed to run on a mix of two isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium. there’s plenty of deuterium, which can be found in seawater, but not nearly enough tritium, which is so rare that it essentially has to be manufactured. Übermorgen Ventures’ portfolio firm Marathon Fusion is tackling the challenge of the fusion fuel cycle.

Leading European infrastructure fund manager, Arcus Infrastructure Partners (“Arcus”) has acquired a majority stake in the EINHUNDERT group of companies. This transaction marks a successful exit for all venture capital and angel investors who have financed EINHUNDERT to date, including Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund, EWE, NRW.Bank, Übermorgen Ventures, and kopa ventures (formerly WiVenture).

InPlanet – a German-Brazilian carbon dioxide removal (CDR) company, utilizing nature’s ability to store carbon through an enhanced rock weathering process, has announced it raised a €4.3 million ($4.6 million) Seed round in October 2023 to accelerate its mission to remove gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere.

Helio, a company on a mission to revolutionize cloud computing by addressing its environmental and efficiency pitfalls, has raised a combined €4.9 million in an equity and debt round. The equity round was led by QBIT Capital alongside Rockstart, Uebermorgen Ventures, seed+speed, Combination VC, ROI Ventures, Swisspreneur, and Cloud Angel Investors. The debt financing was provided by Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZBK) and secured by the Swiss Technology Fund instrument.

Openvolt, a remote company with a mission to enable new energy solutions by unlocking access to energy data, has raised a pre-seed round of €1.5 million led by Berlin-based early stage investor Cavalry Ventures, with participation from climate investor Übermorgen Ventures.

e-mobilio, a Munich-based platform, aids drivers to switch to electric vehicles offering comprehensive EV ownership insights and personalised advisory, raises €9.5 million from SET Ventures, Übermorgen Ventures and others.

We are excited to announce the arrival of Jonas Hornung as the newest member of the Übermorgen family. Jonas will play a critical role as Senior Portfolio and Investment Manager in identifying new investment opportunities and supporting our existing portfolio.

Berlin-based ocean cleanup organising platform Cleanhub has raised $7 million in a new funding round led by existing investor Lakestar and new backer Integra Partners. The round also saw the participation of Silence VC, 468, Übermorgen Ventures, Felicis Ventures Partner Dan Bartus, and BCG X’s Managing Director and Senior Partner Stefan Gross-Selbeck.

The new Swiss Venture Capital Report provides an analysis and a list of venture capital investments in Swiss start-ups in 2022. It also includes the results of a survey of more than 250 investors and data on exits as well as an interview with Übermorgen Ventures founding partner Elena Walder-Schiavone.

Carbonfuture, the digital MRV platform and marketplace for high-quality carbon removal credits, successfully raised EUR 5.5M in a round led by its existing investors Carbon Removal Partners, Übermorgen Ventures, and WiVenture. They were joined by tech4good venture capital fund 4impact capital and value-add investor Sustainable Future Ventures.

Flecto, a platform that unlocks rental operations for businesses and retailers, has raised €1.2 million in an investment round led by MSM, Übermorgen Ventures and Techstars.   This investment will enable companies to transition their business model, opening up the possibility for them to enter the growing circular economy and implement subscription and rental models.  

Last year, investors poured $10bn into European startups trying to tackle the climate crisis, up from $5.4bn the year before. But which investors are doing the most climate deals? Using Dealroom data, Sifted ranked VC firms based on the number of European climate tech deals they’ve done in the last 12 months. The deals are all into European companies, but VCs from around the world are included in the ranking. Some investors backed the same startups more than once, which is also included in their deal count.

Übermorgen Ventures MP Alexander Langguth was invited to Climate Insiders, the brand new podcast by Climentum Capital spreading key insights from Europe's top Climate Tech founders and investors.

Fermify, an Austrian deeptech company developing an alt dairy platform for casein proteins, just closed it’s pre-seed round to develop a proof of concept for it’s technology. The funding round was led by Übermorgen Ventures and Backbone Ventures, with other investors including the vegan fund Kale United amongst others.

More and more individuals and organizations are interested in buying carbon credits to offset some or all of their carbon emissions. Unfortunately, it is challenging to understand which credits are effective and which ones aren’t. Moreover, prices and the quality of the underlying reduction / removal processes vary considerably. With this article, we at Übermorgen Ventures seek to bring clarity to the topic and provide a framework to guide potential buyers and people generally interested in the space.

Removing a gigaton of carbon from the atmosphere by 2030 is no small feat, but Übermorgen Ventures portfolio firm Carbo Culture tries to achieve exactly that. For her efforts and the efforts of the entire team, Henrietta Moon (CEO and co-founder of Carbo Culture) got nominated as one of 31 New Economy Catalysts by Bloomberg.

Impact investing is on the rise, and Elena Walder-Schiavone, managing partner at Übermorgen Ventures and member of the Swiss Green Fintech Network, is at the forefront of it. In an interview with finance.swiss, Elena shared how Übermorgen Ventures is investing with impact as well as her vision for Switzerland to take a leading role in the space.

Carbo Culture — a startup that has scaled an industrial process to create large-scale CO2 removal using woody waste from agriculture and forests — has raised $6.2 million in seed a financing round led by Silicon Valley VC True Ventures. European early-stage venture firm Cherry Ventures and Übermorgen Ventures also participated.