Nine global banks invest $45 million in carbon credit platform (carbonplace)
HQ: UK
Founded: 2020
Seed
Sector: Financial Services
Investment Raised: USD 45M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (https://www.bbva.com/en/) BNP Paribas (https://www.bnpparibas.at/en/) CIBC (https://www.cibc.com/en/personal-banking.html) Itau Unibanco (https://www.itau.com.br/) National Australia Bank (NAB) (https://www.nab.com.au/) NatWest Bank (https://www.natwest.com/) Standard Chartered Bank (https://www.sc.com/en/) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (https://www.smbc.co.jp/global/) UBS (https://www.ubs.com/at/de.html)
Investors: Baltiska Handels (http://www.baltiska.fi/) HP Capital (https://www.hpcapitalgroup.com/) Matu Capital (https://matu.co.nz/) Yamaha Motor (https://global.yamaha-motor.com/ir/)
BYBORRE raises €16.9M in Series B funding to accelerate international growth
HQ: NL
Founded: 2015
Series B
Sector: Fashion
Investment Raised: EUR 16.9M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Amsterdam Climate And Energy Fund (https://www.akef.nl/) Bram de Zwart Brian Garret Charles McGregor Geert Jan Smits Henk Jan Beltman Invest-NL (https://www.invest-nl.nl/) Joris Pol Patrick Munsters SHIFT Invest (https://shiftinvest.com/) VP Capital (https://vpcapital.eu/)
ABB E-mobility raises additional CHF325 million from four investors in second and final round of pre-IPO private placement
HQ: CH
Founded: 2010
Private Equity
Sector: Autonomous Vehicles
Investment Raised: CHF 325M €
CHF 2.38B
Valuation
Investors: Beyond Net Zero (https://beyond-net-zero.com/) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg/) Just Climate (https://www.justclimate.com/) Porsche Automobil Holding (https://www.porsche-se.com/unternehmen/ueber-uns/)
Investors: IQ Capital (https://iqcapital.vc/) National Grid Partners (NGP) (https://ngpartners.com/) Quantum Energy Partners (https://www.quantumep.com/)
Squid raises $3.5 million to build next-generation cross-chain swaps
HQ: CH
Founded: 2021
Seed
Sector: Blockchain
Investment Raised: USD 3.5M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Ashleigh Schap Axelar (https://axelar.network/) Chapter One Ventures (https://chapterone.com/) Dean Eigenmann Distributed Global (https://distributedglobal.com/) Fabric Ventures (https://www.fabric.vc/) Galileo (https://www.galileoinvestment.com/) Node Capital (https://www.node.capital/) North Island Ventures (https://northisland.ventures/) Stani Kulechov Waikit Lau Zaki Manian
Kittl hopes to take on Canva, raising an $11.6M Series A for its design platform
HQ: DE
Founded: 2020
Series A
Sector: Graphic Design
Investment Raised: USD 11.6M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Des Traynor (https://destraynor.com/) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/) Shaan Puri Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)