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🥩 Liberate Foods, an India-based plant protein and meat substitute company, raised $2m in Seed funding from Better Bite Ventures, Blue Horizon, and Panthera Peak. 💧 Lumo, a Santa Rose, CA-based smart irrigation system that enables users to save water and costs, raised $2.1m in Pre-Seed funding from Fall Line Capital. ♻️ Impact Recycling, a UK-based developer of innovative plastic recycling technology raised $2.75m in funding from IW Capital. ⚡ Noteworthy AI, a Stamford, CT-based company providing AI-powered asset inspection and inventory analysis for energy distribution grid operators, raised $3m in Seed funding from Techstars, Susquehanna International Group, Keiki Capital, Earthshot Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, City Light Capital, C2 Ventures, Climate Capital, Boro Capital, Avesta Fund, and Asymmetry Ventures. ⚡ Electrified Thermal Solutions, a Medford, MA-based provider of on-demand renewable heat for industry, raised $4.5m in Seed funding from Clean Energy Ventures, Starlight Ventures, the Grantham Foundation, and Clean Energy Venture Group.

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🔋 Revterra, a Houston, TX-based developer of flywheel energy storage systems, raised $ 6M in Series A financing from Equinor Ventures and SCF Ventures. 🛰️ Astraea, a Charlottesville, VA-based satellite intelligence company leveraging geospatial data to address climate change, raised $6.5m in Series A funding from Carbon Drawdown Collective, Aligned Climate Capital, University of Virginia Seed Fund, Tyndall Investment Management, and CAV Angels. 🔋 Natron Energy, a Santa Clara, CA-based sodium-ion batteries manufacturer, raised $7m in funding from Nabors Industries.

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🔋 Brill Power, a UK-based battery management software platform, raised $10.5m in Series A funding from Shell Ventures, Oxford University Innovation, Oxford Science Enterprises, Oxford Investment Consultants LLP, Legal & general Capital, Climate-KIC, and Barclays Sustainable Impact Banking. ⚡ Sympower, a Netherlands-based provider of grid-balancing services, raised $22.5m from Rubio Impact Ventures, Rocktart, PDENH, Expon Capital, and Activate Capital Partners. ⚡ Fulcrum BioEnergy, a Pleasanton, CA-based company developing renewable transportation fuels from landfill waste, raised $20m in funding from SK Innovation. 🏭 Phaidra, a Seattle, WA-based industrial AI control system improving energy efficiency, raised $25m in Series A funding from Starshot Capita, Helena, Ahren Innovation Capital, Mustafa Suleyman, Flying Fish, Section 32, and Character. 🏠 Intelligent City, a Canada-based developer of prefab mass timber buildings, raised $30m in Series A funding from BDC Venture Capital, Greensoil PropTech Ventures, Natural Resources Canada, UIT Growth Equity, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, and Next Generation Manufacturing Canada. ✈️ ZeroAvia, a Hollister, CA-based hydrogen aviation startup, raised $30m in Series B funding from NEOM, International Airlines Group, Barclays Sustainable and Impact Banking, and AENU. 💨 Normative, a Sweden-based carbon accounting startup, raised $31.5m in Series B funding from Blume Equity, Horizons Ventures, ETF Partners, 2150 and Future Five. ⚡ FlexGen, a Durham, NC-based energy management software platform, raised $100m in Series C funding from The Vitol Group. 💧 Source, a Tempe, AZ-based company that develops solar-powered devices to extract drinking water, raised $130m in Series D funding from The Drawdown Fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, WIND Ventures, the Lightsmith Group, Monashee Capital Corp, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Material Impact Fund, Harvard Management Company, Fifth Wall, Duke Energy Corporation, and BlackRock. 🥩 Meati Foods, Boulder, Co-based company that provides fungi-based meat alternatives, raised $150m in Series C funding from Revolution Growth, Wellington Management, Grosvenor Food & AgTech, Chipotle’s Cultivate Next, and CPP Investments. ⚡ TAE Technologies, a Foothill Ranch, CA-based hydrogen-boron nuclear fusion company, raised $250m in Series G funding from Google, Chevron Technology Ventures, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, TIFF Investment Management, and Reimagined Ventures.

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