NOAH '22: making sustainability profitable

Last week, 250+ high profile start-ups gathered in Zurich for a digital and physical collaboration platform for over 67 stakeholder groups to bring sustainable and measurable impact to the World.

The NOAH Conference has established itself since 2009 as the leading platform for innovative startups to meet with the leading investors to fund their expansion plans. The conference encourages funding in sustainable tech solutions and empower collaboration within the natural capital ecosystem.

Markets included: Conservation, KPI Systems, Carbon Markets, ESG Ratings, Recycling, Construction, Transportation, Education, Healthcare, Energy, Agriculture, Food and Water as well as Fair Finance.

Discover the 250+ startups and unicorns that participated at NOAH '22 through our interactive landscape.

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In other news:

💸 XAnge launches €100k Climate Fellowship for the next generation of climate tech entrepreneurs. Until December 16, they will select entrepreneurs based across Europe who will receive an equity investment of €100K to create and build their start-up. - Silicon Canals

🌳 EU deforestation law a new ‘gold standard’ for forest protection. European Union lawmakers have concluded negotiations on a ground-breaking new regulation that will block products linked to deforestation from being sold on the EU market. -  Client Earth

👩🏼‍💻 Will diversity slip further as the tech slowdown continues? Investors and founders say they think VCs being more risk-averse will hit diverse founders hardest. - Sifted

Latest impact deals:

The largest in the last week:

🇸🇪 Einride, a Sweden-based electric autonomous freight mobility company, raised $200M in Series C.

🇨🇦 GoodLeaf Farms, a Canada-based vertical farming company, raised C$150M in late VC.

🇺🇸 Sound Agriculture, an Emeryville, CA-based company developing climate resilient crops, raised $75M in Series D.

Other promising impact deals:

🇫🇷 MORFO, a Paris-based startup dedicated to biodiversity, raised €4M in Seed to deliver drones that augment satellite imagery for repopulating forests.

🇺🇸 UNLESS Collective , a CA-based regenerative fashion company joined forces with plant-based material leader Natural Fiber Welding to create the world’s first regenerative sneaker, that is made with entirely natural inputs and is fully biodegradable.

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Camilla Falanesca

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