The largest this week:
๐ซ๐ท Back Market - an online marketplace for refurbished product - raised a $510 Growth Equity at a $5.7B valuation from Sprints Capital. Back Market is now Franceโs most valuable impact startup. The company raised over $1.0B in venture funding and reached the unicorn status in May 2021 with a publicly-disclosed valuation of $3.2B.
๐บ๐ธ MycoWorks - a biotech company that makes fungi-based fabrics - raised a $125M Series C round from Prime Movers Lab, SK Networks, and Mirabaud Asset Management. We mapped other five fungi startups that also operate in the fashion space: BOLT Threads, zvnder, Nat 2, Polybion, MycoTEX. You can find our full deep dive on fungi startups here.
๐จ๐ณ Starfield - a producer of plant-based meat - raised a $100M Series B round Matrix Partners, Lightspeed China Partners, Primavera Capital Group, Joy Capital, and Sky9 Capital.
Other notable impact deals:
๐บ๐ธ Ubiquitous Energy - a startup that produces an innovative coating material for building - raised a $30M Series B round from Hostplus, Red Cedar Ventures, Riverhorse investments and other investors.
๐ฎ๐ณ EVage - a startup producing electric vehicles - raised a sizeable $28M Seed round from RedBlue Capital.
๐บ๐ธ Bluon - a company that makes a mobile app for HVAC technician - raised $27.6M in Series B funding from Ecosystem Integrity Fund, MKB, Ferguson Ventures, and SuperSeed Ventures.
๐ฉ๐ฐ Monta - an EV charging software platform - raised โฌ15M in Series A funding from Creandum, Headline, Pirate Impact, Pale Blue Dot, VF Ventures, ByFounders, and Jeppe Rindom. Monta mora than doubled its headcount since May (30) to over 80 people today.
๐ฌ๐ง Responsible - a retail platform for refurbished clothes - raised a $6.4M Seed round from Barclays, Sarah Friar, Rafal Brzoska, and TechStart Ventures.
๐ธ๐ฌ Carb0n.fi - a DeFi platform for carbon offset exchange - raised a $600K Seed round from Antler, Owl Ventures, BlockSeed Ventures, Cryptofomo, and Lancer Capital. Interested in crypto x climate? Together with Lorenzo Chiavarini, FinTech specialist a dealroom, we will provide a dedicated deep-dive.
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Notable exists:
๐ฌ๐ง Zeigo - an online platform that connects corporates with renewable energy projects - was acquired by Schneider Electric.
๐บ๐ธ Carbon Insights - a company that translates spending behaviour into carbon footprint - was acquired by Aspiration, the sustainable challenger bank.
๐บ๐ธ Classy - A social enterprise that helps nonprofits maximize their impact through a suite of world-class online fundraising tools - was acquired by GoFundMe..