The largest this week:
🇬🇧 Octopus Energy raised a $600M Growth Equity round from Generation Investment Manager at a $4.6B valuation, more than double compared to its previously disclosed valuation in Dec 2020 ($2.1B). After Arrival, Octopus Energy is the #2 most valuable impact company in the UK.
🇺🇸 Perfect Day - a dairy substitute startup - raised a $350M Series D round. New unicorn and the #4 most valuable alternative dairy startups globally.
🇺🇸 Xpansiv - a marketplace for ESG commodities - raised a $100M growth equity round. It targets an IPO in H1 2022.
Other promising impact deals:
🇳🇱 Zola Electric - a solar energy startup providing renewable energy to off-grid areas in Africa - raised a $90M round, of half equity, half debt. TotalEnergies, one of the equity investors, has already invested in 31 other impact startups.
🇺🇸 Ceres Imaging - that uses satellite imagery to improve irrigation and agriculture - raised a $23M round at a $125 valuation.
🇸🇪 Doconomy - a banking service that tracks the carbon footprint of users - raised a $17M funding round from MasterCard, CommerzVentures and other investors.
🇸🇪 ClimateView - a startup developing a SaaS tool to help cities monitoring their journey towards carbon neutrality - raised a €10M Series A round from Norrsken VC, CommerzVentures and other investors.
🇸🇬 Diversely - a recruitment platform focussed on improving diversity and inclusion in the workplace - raised $550K Seed.
🇭🇰 Ampd Energy - a lithium-ion-battery powered device to power construction equipment - raised an undisclosed round from 2150 and Taronga Ventures.
Read up on all the latest impact deals in Dealroom.co
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