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.

Future Energy Ventures, Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund and existing Sunvigo shareholders (incl. Übermorgen Ventures) invest EUR 12 million growth capital in energy utility Sunvigo. DKB AG provides another EUR 7.5 million to finance Sunvigo’s residential solar PV systems, batteries and e-vehicle charging solutions. Sunvigo uses growth funding to scale its smart solar-as-a-service proposition and further develop its virtual power plant.

German-Brazilian green tech startup InPlanet has raised €1.2 million from climate investors in a pre-seed funding round. Founded in August 2022 and only recently out of stealth mode, InPlanet is pioneering the use of Enhanced Rock Weathering technology, with the goal of achieving large-scale CO2 removal from the atmosphere.

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.

Berlin-based start-up Blue Farm, producer of award-winning powered oat drinks, announces it has closed a round of funding to the tune of around €3 million.

Münchner KI-Startup Delicious Data schließt die Series-A-Finanzierung erfolgreich ab und überzeugt mit der nachhaltigen Lösung u.a. Leadinvestor Basinghall und Carsten Maschmeyer mit seed+speed Ventures von der Idee, mithilfe von KI die Nachhaltigkeit und Effizienz im Food Sektor zu steigern. Mit 2,5 Mio. Euro frischem Kapital läutet Delicious Data die nächste Wachstumsphase ein und beschleunigt die Mission zur Reduktion von Food Waste und CO2-Emissionen.

Der Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund stellt Eigenkapital für das neugegründete Joint Venture Einhundert Solar GmbH zur Verfügung (Gesamtinvestitionen in Höhe von bis zu 70 Mio. EUR möglich) und investiert zudem direkt in Einhundert.

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.

Sparta and Eneco, which are providing the largest share of the new funding, are investing a total of EUR 10 million together with existing investors, such as Ecosummit, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Übermorgen Ventures. Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) is providing a further EUR 5 million in debt capital to finance the PV systems.

Ostrom-Gründer Matthias Martensen und Karl Villanueva erhalten eine Finanzierung von 4,4 Millionen Euro von 468 Capital, J12 Ventures, Global Founders Capital und Übermorgen Ventures sowie einiger prominente Szeneköpfe wie z.B. Gorillas-Gründer Jörg Kattner  und Soundcloud-Erfinder Eric Wahlforss.

Carbonfuture konnte in einer ersten Seed-Runde insgesamt 2,3 Millionen Euro einsammeln. Angeführt wurde die Finanzierungsrunde durch den Zürcher Climatech-VC Übermorgen Ventures, gefolgt von WiVentures aus Mainz sowie Seed+Speed, dem Frühphasen-Fonds von Carsten Maschmeyer.

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.

Cleanhub, the digital platform that enables local communities in developing countries to create large-scale collection businesses for non-recyclable plastics, announced the successful closing of its seed funding round today. The funding round was led by Lakestar and 468 Capital, joined by Übermorgen Ventures, Pirate Impact Capital.

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.