🍃 Early-Stage Deals of the week (6/17 - 6/23)
by Sightline Climate (CTVC)
(In case you missed them)
Princeton NuEnergy, a Bordentown, NJ-based lithium-ion battery recycler, raised $30m in Series A funding from Helium-3 Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Honda Motor Company, LKQ Corporation, SCG, Traxys North America, and Wistron Corporation.
CuspAI, a Cambridge, England-based genAI-driven search for new materials platform, raised $30m in Seed funding from Hoxton Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, FJ Labs, Giant Ventures, Lightspeed, Northzone, Tiferes Ventures, and Zero Prime Ventures.
Molten Industries, a San Francisco, CA-based methane pyrolysis developer, raised $25m in Series A funding from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Fifty Years, J4 Ventures, Jane Woodward, Mark Heising, Moai Capital, Peter Attia, Sozo Ventures, Steelhead Capital, UVC Partners, and Union Square Ventures.
Tender Food, a Boston, MA-based alternative meat maker, raised$11m in Series A funding from Rhapsody Venture Partners, Claridge Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, Nor’easter Ventures, and Safar Partners.
Maxterial, Inc., a Los Altos, CA-based sustainable advanced materials platform, raised $8m in Series A funding from Helios Climate Ventures, Mott Corporation, and QEMETICA.
Bisly - Scalable Building Automation, a Tallinn, Estonia-based energy-efficient building appliances maker, raised $6.7m in Series A funding from Aconterra, Pinorena Capital, and SmartCap Green Fund.
atmio, a Hamburg, Germany-based methane leak detection platform, raised $5.5m in Seed funding from Notion Capital, HCVC, Robin Capital, and Squareone.
Farmbot Monitoring Solutions, a Sydney, Australia-based agricultural robotics maker, raised $4.6m in Series A funding from Macdoch Ventures and Telstra Ventures.
forward earth, a Berlin, Germany-based automated carbon management platform, raised $3.4m in Pre-Seed funding from Speedinvest, Lucid Capital, and Revent, and received $1.3m in Grant funding from European Regional Development Fund (EFRE).
Stepwise, a Stavanger, Norway-based emissions reduction SaaS platform, raised $3.3m in Seed funding.