The largest this week:
🇺🇸 Palmetto - a Charleston, SC-based clean energy marketplace and technology services platform Palmetto has raised some $375M in Late VC to speed up the adoption of residential solar across the US. The fundraising round was led by Social Capital and also included participation from new and existing investors.
🇺🇸 Aurora Solar, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a software platform for solar sales and design, raised $200M in Series D funding. The round was led by Coatue and Energize Ventures
🇺🇸 Project Canary, a Denver-based climate tech startup helping energy companies detect and measure greenhouse gas emissions, has raised $111M in a Series B round led by Insight Partners.
🇺🇸 Wildtype, a sustainable seafood startup, has secured $100M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by L Catterton, and included investments from Leonardo DiCaprio, Bezos Expeditions, Temasek, Robert Downey Jr.'s FootPrint Coalition, and several prominent chefs and professional athletes.
Other notable impact deals:
🇸🇬 Beam, a Singapore-based micro mobility operator, has raised $93M in a series B funding round led by private equity firm Affirma Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital India and Hana Ventures. Beam plans to accelerate the deployment of its fifth generation e-scooter and introduce e-mopeds into its vehicle inventory.
🇳🇱 Amsterdam-based PlantLab, an indoor urban farming platform raised $57M in a financing led by prior backer De Hoge Dennen Capital. To date, the company has raised a total funding of €120M.
🇱🇺 LEKO Labs, the carbon negative construction company, raised $21M in Series A funding from 2150, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Tencent, AMAVI, Rise PropTech Fund, Extantia, and Freigeist.
🇺🇸 Biomason, a North Carolina-based company employing biology to produce cement, raised $65M in Series C funding. The financing was led by 2150 with participation from Celesta Capital.
🇬🇧 Better Dairy, a UK based food tech company raised $22 million in Series A funding to continue developing its animal-free dairy portfolio.
Read up on all the latest impact deals in Dealroom.co
Notable exits:
🌎 Bluesource, the largest carbon credit developer in North America, and Element Markets, a leading RNG and environmental commodities company, announced their merger to form a combined entity under majority ownership by TPG Rise.
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