The largest this week:
🇮🇱 Remilk - a startup producing cow-free milk and dairy - raised a $120M round at a $325 valuation from Hanaco Ventures, Rage Capital, CPT Capital and other investors. Remilk is now the #3 most valuable Israeli alternative protein startup after Future Meat Technologies and Aleph Farms.
🇨🇦 Hydrostor - a startup developing an underwater compressed air energy storage system - raised $250M in growth equity capital from Goldman Sachs. Climate tech Canadian startups raised a record $489M last year.
🇺🇸 Roadrunner Recycling - a data-driven waste management platform - raised $70M from Beyond Net Zero - General Atlantic’s new impact investing venture. We map 70+ SaaS waste solution startups.
Other notable impact deals:
🇨🇳 AIWAYS - a manufacturer of electric cars - raised $27.5M at a $1.4B valuation from Chen Lin and Fujian Dongbai. AIWAYS already reached the unicorn status in April 2018 when it raised $140M in a Series B round from Jiangsu Shagang Group. There are other 18 impact unicorns in China.
🇨🇱 The Live Green Company - a producer of plant-based meat - raised a $7M Seed round from DRADS Capital, Draco Capital, Fonde Alerce Venture Capital and other investors. Chilean impact startups raised a record $72M in VC funding in 2021.
🇳🇱 dealroom.co - the creator of the impact.dealroom.co database - raised a €6M Series A round from Beringea, Shoe Investments, and Knight Capital. You can read more about our achievements and plans for the future here.
🇨🇦 Future Fertility - a fertility technology company - raised an undisclosed Series A from M Ventures and Whitecap Ventures Partners.
Read up on all the latest impact deals in Dealroom.co
Notable exists:
🇮🇱 DRiiVZ - a charging network operator - was acquired by Gilbarco Veeder-Root for $200M.
🇺🇸 The Climate Service - a climate risk startup was acquired by S&P Global. S&P Global already invested in other ESG data providers: Novata and Measurabl.