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Ternel Leads €3.3M Seed Round in Sopht ! 👊 As investors, we are aware of the growing environmental impact of the technology industry and our role. This is why we are particularly proud to announce that we are leading Sopht's seed, a GreenIT platform that empowers CIOs to reduce the carbon footprint of their IT stack. Founded by Jérémie, Julien, and Gautier ( 👏 ), Sopht provides a comprehensive solution for businesses to track, measure, and optimize IT resource consumption. By leveraging Sopht's platform, CIOs gain actionable insights into their IT's environmental impact and make informed decisions to reduce their carbon footprint, ultimately optimizing IT infrastructure costs. This €3.3M seed round, co-led by Ternel and Axeleo Capital (AXC), with participation from Wind Capital, Evolem, Ring Capital, Plug and Play Europe and Climate Club, will empower Sopht to continue developing its ambitious roadmap and fulfilling its inspiring mission. --- Eric Burdier Thierry Vandewalle Xavier Gury Remi Berthier Gaspard Martin Jeremy Charoy Arthur Bessières Salim Laouiti Timothée Poulain Yann Spatafora

At the Baltic VCA Summit this year, one could find only 2 Estonians taking the stage. Sad. But glad that it was Kädi Ristkok from Estonian Cleantech Association and myself. Even happier that the topic of #cleantech investments came up a lot in the predominant networking areas in addition to the discussions on the stage. A thought that kept coming up was the fact that LPs are seeking specialist funds today, rather than generalists. With the ongoing re-industrialisation sensation and the Clean Industrial Deal, SFV is in a great position at this growth stage of the cleantech sector in the Baltics. Our discussion with Paulius Zurauskas (INVL Asset Management), Pawel Gierynski (Abris Capital Partners), Kädi Ristkok and Rūta Skarulskė (Contrarian Ventures) took a quick dive into what is shaping the future returns in venture capital and private equity. Stay tuned for a more elaborate article on this, it's a must-read. Invalda INVL, TGS Baltic, Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, COBALT Legal, WALLESS, SmartCap

💥 Big congratulations to the parties 💥 Dottir advised a consortium led by CapMan Growth in their investment in Tana Oy, a Finnish environmental technology company. CapMan made the investment together with Normet Group’s main owner Aaro Cantell and Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company. Tana specializes in manufacturing machines and equipment for the mechanical processing of solid waste. The company is a pioneer of using electrical control systems and artificial intelligence solutions in its equipment and has grown in recent years to a global market leader in waste pre-treatment equipment. With this investment, Tana aims for even greater growth. CapMan Growth is the leading Finnish growth investor making significant minority investments in entrepreneur-led growth companies. This investment marks the first venture of CapMan Growth's new Equity Fund III. #circulareconomy #sustainability #techtransactions

Decarb Connect - Decarb TechInvest event is less than 7 weeks away! Taking place in Boston, September 10th-11th, the event is unlike any other climate event and focuses on facilitating investments across the full capital stack to de-risk, scale and exit essential hardtech and startups at Series B+ and FOAK phase, to accelerate the commercialization of breakthrough technologies.   Our CEO, Martin Keighley be speaking on the panel; ‘When rubber hits the road: Raising Capital for FOAK projects – what strategies are you using to get FOAK funding or support?’ alongside Trevor Best, Leah Ellis, Shashank Samala and Kerri Fox. Click here to download the agenda and book online: https://hubs.li/Q02GW57R0 #decarbconnect #DCTI24 #decarbtechinvest #decarbonization #decarbtech #hardtech #climatetech #industrialemitter #carbon #carbonemissions #ccus #ccu #carboncapture #netzero #netzerotech #foak #firstofakind #energytech #wasteheat #syntheticbiology #longdurationenergystorage #CarbonFree #raisingcapital #strategy

🚢 Shell Ventures is supporting the maritime sector for a cleaner future ⬇️ Discover how we are driving decarbonisation for industry below 👀 Check out our Low Carbon Solutions page for more

Learn more from Sophie about why we led Anthro's $20M Series A 👇 👀 Hint: it has to do with two megatrends in battery safety 🔋 https://lnkd.in/eGwTJgBD

Major milestone alert! 💥🎙️   We are thrilled to announce the successful 2nd closing of our first fund, bringing on board new partners #BNPParibasFortisPrivateEquity and Belgian Growth Fund, alongside a series of entrepreneurial family offices.    Having raised our initial goal of over 100m€, this marks another step in our journey toward empowering European late-stage & growth businesses which are at the forefront of the energy transition. Besides, we are making excellent progress in identifying champions in verticals such as home energy management, grid enhancing technologies, neo-utilities, next-generation installation companies, and more.   Our gratitude goes out to our new and existing investors who already contributed to our backing of true leaders defining this change, including Ampacimon, Hysopt, Haulogy, Eturnity AG and EET - Efficient Energy Technology GmbH.   Here's to the next chapter of growth. On to the 3rd and final closing! 🌱   Raf Moons Koen Broothaerts Geert Schoukens Wouter Winnen   #FundClosing #EnergyTransition #PrivateEquity

Treehuggers, exciting things are on the horizon! 🌿 Get ready to turbocharge your sustainability with our upcoming Turbo NFTrees. Stay tuned for the teaser video reveal tomorrow, you won't want to miss it! 🚀💚 #TurboNFTrees #GreenTech #EcoRevolution #Treehuggers #Treedefi

🌍✨ Incredible news from Syroco! 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞—𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 €𝟕.𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐀 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝!  Led by led by Alter Equity and Seventure Partners, this funding fuels their mission to lead the #decarbonization of #maritime #transportation, a sector vital to ensuring a sustainable future for our planet. Syroco's groundbreaking solutions have already earned recognition as one of the 150 most innovative maritime companies, inclusion in the French Blue Tech Index, and endorsement by The Arch for their remarkable impact on the energy transition. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥: 🔬 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑&𝐃 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 🌎 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. Join us in celebrating Syroco’s journey to reshape the maritime industry. Their efforts inspire a sustainable future for shipping—and for all of us! 🌊 #SustainableFreight #MaritimeInnovation #EnergyTransition #Syroco

Fresh water access is increasingly urgent for world populations. Tapping the inexhaustible clean power of ocean waves to address this critical need is a smart application of innovative technology. (https://lnkd.in/ek2Sseyy)