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By Natasha Lomas
December 14, 2023
Berlin-based climate startup ecoworks is using digital technologies, AI and industrial robots to tackle a huge and critical problem: Energy inefficient buildings. Around three-quarters of buildings in Europe are deemed energy inefficient, per the startup, while around half of the 315 million residential units in the region have energy performance ratings of E or worse. […]
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Energy tech startup Greenely grabs €8M to reach more households and supportnEurope’s energy transition
The energy transition is a marathon, not a sprint. But opportunities fornacceleration are growing. Swedish startup Greenely* has just spotted one. It’snclosing an €8 million Series A funding round to expand its energy managementnplatform into neighbouring Nordic countries (so around $8.7M at current exchangenrates). The energy tech startup is serving around […]
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For climate tech startups, the IRA is starting to pay off
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden in August 2022, has allocated $400 billion in federal dollars for clean energy projects as the United States aims for up to a 40% reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. And even startups are beginning to benefit. Private investment into climate tech […]
Aug 18, 2023
Home energy assessment startup Enter raises €19.4M Series A to expand in Germany and beyond
Largely because of their age, houses in Europe can be notoriously hard to heat. Most were built for an era when the knowledge about energy consumption just wasn’t available in the way it is today. With energy becoming more expensive, and energy security ratcheting-up as a geopolitical issue, tech startups looking at this problem have […]
Apr 21, 2023
After bootstrapping for 15 years, energy renovation company Effy raises $22 million
Effy is at a crossroads. The energy renovation company based in France is doing well, but it is addressing a market that is much bigger than anticipated. That’s why it is making a bet. The company just closed a €20 million funding round (roughly $22 million at today’s exchange rate) from Felix Capital. This is […]
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