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Europe VS USA: Navigating climate tech in a changing world
08.11.2024 - Industry insights
Our perspectives on the US have been dominated by the recent election and the implications of Donald Trump’s win on global policies and markets, particularly regarding climate change and climate tech. The strident events of the past months have served as a stark reminder that climate tech sectors can experience hype cycles influenced by public discourse and political shifts.
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The impact of Article 9 funds: driving sustainable investment in the EU
04.11.2024 - Industry insights
For years, many funds claimed to be “impact-oriented” without having to prove their commitment, leading to widespread concerns about greenwashing. To combat this, the European Union introduced the Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) in 2021, a landmark framework that imposes transparency on the sustainability claims of financial market participants.
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Rodinia CEO Trine Young among Vogue Business 100 Innovators 2024
11.09.2024 - Portfolio news
The annual Vogue Business 100 Innovators list returns with a renewed focus on championing the people trying to change the fashion and beauty industries from the inside. The list comprises 100 tech masterminds, sustainability leaders, entrepreneurs, beauty pioneers and industry changemakers selected by the Vogue Business editorial team for their success and potential in shaping the best possible version of what’s to come.
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Danish venture fund brings in top names for new advisory unit
06.09.2024 - Team news
The Danish-founded venture fund Climentum Capital, which has sustainability and the fight against climate change as an integrated objective, has attached several big business names to its organisation. Climentum strengthens its organization with the first two names on a new advisory board and a new associate partner.
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Jørn Haanæs joins Climentum Capital as Associate Partner
04.09.2024 - Team news
Jørn Haanæs joins Climentum as Associate Partner to connect ambitious climate tech founders with capital. Jørn is an experienced founder and investor, having spent the past years building Katapult Climate. He brings a significant early stage climate tech track record to the company, with 3 funds spanning 42 investments.
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Founder know-how: Building the team to commercialise your hard tech innovation - by Dörte Hirschberg
01.07.2024 - Industry insights
In this article, I’ll look at how to build the team to commercialise your hard tech innovation. I’ll go into the timing, things to be aware of and look out for, typical pitfalls, and some of the key differences to consider between growing a hard tech team versus scaling a software startup. -
Climentum welcomes ecoLocked to the portfolio to redefine construction with CO2-negative sustainable additives
03.06.2024 - Portfolio News
Concrete production accounts for 8% of global CO2 emissions, making innovations in this field crucial for achieving net-zero goals. ecoLocked is leading the change by converting carbon captured from biomass into functional, carbon-negative building materials.
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How to scale a hard tech startup past the inflection point - by Dörte Hirschberg
27.05.2024 - Industry insights
Hard tech startups have immense potential but require a different approach than software businesses. Their critical inflection point marks the transition from establishing product-market fit to rapid scaling. Venture capitalists recognize the potential for hard tech to transform industries and achieve remarkable growth by prioritizing real-world solutions and strategic partnerships.
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Scaling Green: Climentum Capital's pursuit of carbon reduction
26.05.2024 - Fund News
Climentum Capital is investing in high-impact climate tech companies in the Nordics and Europe. The VC company so far completed 13 investments with a strong emphasis on carbon reduction through scalable hardware solutions. Despite funding challenges, Stockholm-based Partner Malin Carlström is very positive about the future of climate tech.
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ZeroPoint secures €5million Series A funding led by Matterwave Ventures
23.05.2024 - Portfolio News
Our Swedish portfolio startup ZeroPoint Technologies has successfully closed a €5 million ($5.5 million USD) funding round to advance their innovative nanosecond-scale memory compression technology. This breakthrough solution aims to enhance AI infrastructure by losslessly compressing data before it enters RAM.
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Climentum backs Rodinia Generation to revolutionize the fashion industry
25.04.2024 - Portfolio News
We are excited to welcome Rodinia Generation, an innovative clothing production technology company from Denmark, to our portfolio. Rodinia is transforming the fashion industry with its cutting-edge microfactory setup and digital manufacturing approach. The company is ready to transform the fashion indutry with its state-of the art approach.
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Climentum Capital backs Aegir Insights’ endeavour to significantly accelerate offshore wind deployment
13.02.2024 - Portfolio News
Excited to announce our Series A investment in Aegir Insights, a Danish-based leading offshore wind analytics company in Europe. Alongside one of our fellow Art 9 VC fund, Seaya Andromeda, we are injecting a total of 8.5M euros into Aegir to fuel the development of their software platform, positioning it as the premier solution for offshore wind decision-making.
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Entocycle and EnviroFlight partner to develop black soldier fly breeding technology
19.01.2024 - Portfolio News
Entocycle, the UK’s leading insect technology company, announced today a collaboration with EnviroFlight, the largest producer of insect-based ingredients for animal and plant nutrition in North America, to develop and trial the Entosight Neo, Entocycle’s black soldier fly (BSF) breeding technology solution for neonate counting and dosing.
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Danish venture fund to raise capital for new greentech fund
11.01.2024 - Fund News
Climentum Capital, which has the labour movement in its circle of investors and has invested in two nuclear power companies, among others, expects to land around 17 investments in its first fund.
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10 Danish startups to watch, according to investors
01.11.2023 - Portfolio News
The early-stage startups catching investor attention in Denmark.
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KfW Capital Award 2023: Finalist in "Best Female Investor”
20.10.2023 - Teams News
The “ Best Female Investor ” category honors VC investors who, among other things, successfully invest in start-ups and innovative tech companies in Germany.
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Qvantum acquires facility with a future production power of one million heat pumps per year
15.09.2023 - Portfolio News
Qvantum Industries makes landmark acquisition from leading global appliance company Electrolux Group of a high-tech refrigerator manufacturing facility in Hungary, strategically located in the European ‘heat pump valley’..
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Bühler and Entocycle partner to deliver end-to-end technology solutions to insect farms
30.08.2023 - Portfolio News
Bühler, one of the world’s leading processing technology groups, and Entocycle, the UK’s leading insect technology company, have joined forces to drive the adoption of large-scale black soldier fly (BSF) farms.
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Novatron Fusion Group closes seed round of EUR 5 million – accelerating the transformation to commercial fusion power
29.08.2023 - Fund News
The round was led by Climentum Capital, in syndication with Industrifonden, Santander InnoEnergy Climate Fund, and with renewed investments by KTH Holding and EIT InnoEnergy.
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Sweden's next nuclear power plant could be located here
24.08.2023 - Portfolio News
Studsvik's industrial area near Nyköping might host Sweden's next nuclear power site. Kärnfull Next proposes a SMR park and have obtained rights to explore commercial nuclear energy on the Studsvik site.
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Investor: That's why we invest in nuclear power
23.08.2023 - Portfolio News
More and more people want to invest in nuclear power - to reduce the carbon footprint. "This is help for self-help," says one heavy investor TN spoke to.
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Climentum Capital invests in a Swedish nuclear startup
06.07.2023 - Fund News
Climentum Capital has "most likely" made ten investments in its first fund as it approaches its first full year of operation. The fund is still open to investors.
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Swedish nuclear power company raises new capital
04.07.2023 - Portfolio News
Kärnfull Next celebrates after securing new capital, enabling the company to accelerate the development of several projects for new small-scale reactors in Sweden.
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Jolt Electrodes secures €6 million in Series A to power the green hydrogen revolution
01.06.2023 - Portfolio News
Green hydrogen, a vital component in the transition to sustainable energy, currently faces significant cost challenges, with prices per unit up to four times higher than those of fossil fuels.
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Solving the FOAK puzzle — Addressing Capex financing for first-of-a-kind plants in the green transition
15.05.2023 - Deep Dive
Climate tech companies requiring Capex often find themselves in an investment allocation gap. We wrote an in-depth article on how to solve this puzzle as it is a cornerstone in achieving a low carbon society.
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Fermify Secures $5M for Mission to Remove Cows From Dairy by 2027
09.05.2023 - Portfolio News
In a female-led seed funding round, Austrian biotech company Fermify has secured $5 million for its revolutionary animal-free production system that allows the removal of cows from cheese production.
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Tackling Middle East’s water scarcity
03.04.2023 - Portfolio News
How will the Swedish water technology company Wayout provide sustainable solutions to water scarcity in the Middle East?
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Climentum selected as top 50 emerging fund
14.03.2023 - Fund News
Climentum has been selected amongst 2022's Top 50 Emerging Fund managers, nominated by their LPs and the founders they've backed.
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one.five takes on sustainable packaging, raises €10 (point) 5 million
28.09.2022 - Portfolio News
Hamburg-based one • fıve (that’s one point five) has raised €10.5 million in a seed funding round. The company is working in the field of biomaterials and aims to accelerate the transformation of the packaging industry.
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Climate fund ready with first Danish investment
21.09.2022 - Portfolio News
Climentum Capital is in the process of raising capital for its first fund and has now added the first Danish company to its portfolio. It is Continuum Composite Recycling, who aims to build factories that can recycle composite materials.
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Climentum Capital invests in Continuum Composites Recycling
20.09.2022 - Portfolio News
Continuum has developed advanced mechanical transformation technology that can sustainably convert end-of-life composite materials and manufacturing waste — such as end-of-life wind turbine blades — into valuable end products.
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Europe's newest climate tech fund, Climentum, not only wants to back founders, but be an attractive option to investors as well
05.07.2022 - Fund News
Built around SFDR from the ground up, Europe's newest climate tech fund Climentum is seeking to do business a bit differently.
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Climentum backs startups to ‘accelerate Europe’s green transition’
05.07.2022 - Fund News
Despite the economic downturn and perilous position many startups find themselves in, some industries are seeing continued momentum in terms of inwards investments — one of those is climate tech.