Mattias Karén

Reporter, UK

mattias@loop.se

Rokas Peciulaitis, Managing Partner at Contrarian Ventures and initiator of the Climate Brick. Photo: Press.

Funding

Boom for early stage impact firms, shows new data from relaunched Climate Brick

Av Mattias Karén9 apr

Angel Investors

"Having a green reason isn't enough anymore": What UK’s largest climate angel network is looking for going into 2025

Av Mattias Karén16 dec

Ash Puri, partner at Lightrock. Press photo/Impact Loop

Lightrock partner on AI’s risks for founders and investors: ‘Two sides to a coin’

Av Mattias Karén10 nov

Mattias Åström, Founder & CEO of Evroc. Photo: Evroc.

Venture Capital

Evroc secures record-breaking €50m Series A funding to challenge US cloud dominance

Av Mattias Karén20 mars

European Commission Roxana Mînzatu will be at the opening of the EIT hub. Silvia Ursu, EIT community officer. Photo: press images.

Startups

New hub in Romania aims to create more impact unicorns: 'There's a lot of potential here'

Av Mattias Karén19 mars

Mark Durno, managing partner for agrifood at Rockstart. Photo: Rockstart. Collage: Impact Loop.

Investor interview

VC Rockstart is looking for the 'boring' agtech firms – this is the sector set to boom: 'Will massively boost production'

Av Mattias Karén12 juni

Kynda co-founders Daniel MacGowan-von Holstein (CEO) and Franziskus Schnabel (COO). Photo: Kynda

Foodtech

'Europe is next', says fungi tech firm after securing fresh funding from poultry giant

Av Mattias Karén19 feb

LeakLook CEO Karl Sandelin and Smartvatten CEO Petter Quinsgaard. Photos: Press. Collage: Impact Loop.

Acquisitions

Smartvatten helps Europe’s buildings slash water use — snaps up IoT firm

Av Mattias Karén4 sep

Sensorfact CEO Pieter Broekema, Massimiliano Cifalitti, President of ABB’s Smart Power division and Eleanor Blagbrough, co-founding partner of Blume Equity. Photos: press.

Acquisitions

Just eight years after being founded – AI climate tech firm gets snapped up by giant ABB

Av Mattias Karén22 jan

Deepdive

DEEP DIVE: 10 UK investors looking for impact companies

Av Mattias Karén16 maj

The Bought team with CEO Erik Kymäläinen on the far right. Photo: Bought.

Fashion

Finnish startup takes on Vinted with AI-based listings

Av Mattias Karén26 mars

Danijel Višević, World Fund and Ursula von der Leyen. Photo: Jonas Borg & TT.

100 impact investors and founders join forces: EU needs 'bold action'

Av Mattias Karén23 jan

UP Catalyst Chief Executive Officer Rait Maasikas.

Carbon Capture

UP Catalyst secures €18m in EU funding to produce graphite from captured emissions

Av Mattias Karén8 apr

Impact Investing

Skype founder Zennström: 'Impact' is about European security, not just climate

Av Mattias Karén9 apr

The sand battery in Pornainen. Photo: Polar Night Energy.

INTERVIEW

The world's biggest sand battery is heating homes in Finland. Can it solve industrial heating too?

Av Mattias Karén4 sep

Foodtech

Finnish startup Enifer sets sights on U.S. protein market: 'This is really significant for us'

Av Mattias Karén10 sep

Norrsken Brussels co-founder Willem Vriesendorp and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Photo: Press.

EU news

'We won’t just compete, we’ll lead' – EU launches it's much hyped startup-scaleup strategy

Av Mattias Karén28 maj

Vegan Finest Foods co-founder Rosella D'angeli. Photos: Vegan Finest Foods.

Plant-based meats

Vegan Finest Foods goes bankrupt in yet another setback for plant-based sector

Av Mattias Karén1 sep

Kelley Luyken, fund investor and impact lead at Aurum Impact. Photo supplied

Exclusive interview

'The term impact is losing its meaning': Why this family office wants clearer standards to prevent impact washing

Av Mattias Karén30 apr

Marjut Falkstedt, European Investment Fund (EIF), and St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. Photo: TT/AP and press photo.

Solar Energy

Running a European solar company? Italy's €250m loan scheme could help

Av Mattias Karén16 jan

Energy

Geothermal tech could power next energy boom, says new report

Av Mattias Karén16 dec

Fashion

Finnish startup takes on Vinted with AI-based listings

Av Mattias Karén26 mars

Mobility

Hitting the breaks: VC funding of European mobility startups drops by 30 percent

Av Mattias Karén13 feb

Mike Velings, co-founder and CEO of Aqua-Spark, Gina Domanig, managing partner and CEO of Emerald VC, Nicklas Zennström, investor in Ocean 14 Capital. Collage: Impact Loop.

Water

DEEP DIVE: Looking for water tech funding? These six VCs could be right for you

Av Mattias Karén3 sep

Carbon Equity co-founders Saskia Bruysten and Liza Rubinstein. Photo: Press.

Funding

'Private capital is stepping up': Carbon Equity raises €105m for climate tech 'fund of funds'

Av Mattias Karén9 apr

Nature tech

From wildfires to "forever chemicals": 10 startups tackling the nature crisis

Av Mattias Karén12 sep

INTERVIEW

The world's biggest sand battery is heating homes in Finland. Can it solve industrial heating too?

Av Mattias Karén4 sep

Foodtech

Finnish startup Enifer sets sights on U.S. protein market: 'This is really significant for us'

Av Mattias Karén10 sep

Funding

Sweet treat: two chocolate startups score festive funding boost

Av Mattias Karén9 dec

Rami Jokela, CEO of Solar Foods. Photos: Solar Foods.

Foodtech

Growing protein out of 'thin air' - Finnish foodtech Solar Foods appoints Rami Jokela as new CEO

Av Mattias Karén31 jan

Sustainability

'A blow to the EU’s human rights leadership': CSRD Omnibus faces major backlash from campaigners

Av Mattias Karén27 feb

Spin Ventures Founder and Managing Partner Nic Gorini. Photo: Spin Ventures.

Investor interview

'Trump is doing us a favor': Spin Ventures raising €50m fund to speed up circular transition

Av Mattias Karén5 juni

Tamim Lymoni, Rahaf Lymoni, Mustafa Al-Siaudi, Maricel Saenz and David Klingen are some of the founders in our article. Photos press. Collage by Impact Loop.

Startups

Brewing coffee without beans: These impact firms are saving your morning ritual

Av Mattias Karén14 apr

Giant Ventures co-founders Tommy Stadlen (left) and Cameron McLain. Photo: Giant Ventures.

Venture Capital

‘Europeans must think bigger and embrace those with wild ideas’

Av Mattias Karén20 feb

Energy

Serial energy founder secures €10.5m to turn German households into a smart network

Av Mattias Karén11 dec

Funding

Solo founders beware: New report shows the ultimate team composition for startups looking for funding

Av Mattias Karén3 dec

Gilad Regev, founder of Kora Sustainability. Photo: press images.

climate tech

Meet the founder who wants to gamify your carbon footprint

Av Mattias Karén17 feb

Cleantech

European cleantech investment slumps amid 'unprecedented' global uncertainty

Av Mattias Karén6 maj

EU news

'We won’t just compete, we’ll lead' – EU launches it's much hyped startup-scaleup strategy

Av Mattias Karén28 maj

Henry Philipson and Hannah Leach. Photos: press

Venture Capital

Merger brings together two European leaders in venture capital ESG

Av Mattias Karén31 jan

Ollie Rosevear (Fuller’s), George Wade (Zevero), Catherine Wright (HSBC Innovation Banking), Sam Booth (AEG Europe) and James Lockyer (Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund). Photos: press

Sustainability

Five of the biggest issues for British impact companies right now

Av Mattias Karén11 feb

Plant-based meats

Vegan Finest Foods goes bankrupt in yet another setback for plant-based sector

Av Mattias Karén1 sep

World Fund Principal Nadine Geiser. Photo: World Fund. Collage: Impact Loop.

Venture Capital

'Now or never': Why this VC fund thinks climate tech is the key to European resilience

Av Mattias Karén10 mars

Christophe Hansen, EU-kommissionär för jordbruk. Foto: Virginia Mayo/AP/TT.

Politics

130 organisations call for EU-wide action plan on plant-based foods

Av Mattias Karén23 jan

Research & Development

'Curiosity-led' research gets €97m funding from UK government

Av Mattias Karén10 dec

Marlies Gevaert, CCO of Greenomy, and Daniel Gadd, CEO of Position Green. Photos: Press.

ESG

'A way for us to expand faster': Impact firm Position Green buys competitor

Av Mattias Karén4 sep

Xavier Lorphelin, managing partner at Serena. Photo: Press. Graphic: Impact Loop.

Investor interview

'European entrepreneurs have to see this as an opportunity': Why VCs are investing more in nature tech

Av Mattias Karén9 sep

Ali Najafbagy, founding partner of 4impact. Photo: 4impact. Graphic: Impact Loop.

Investor interview

Dutch VC 4impact on the hunt for Nordic startups – ‘A lot of exciting opportunities’

Av Mattias Karén25 juni

Venture Capital

Giant Venture's co-founder: ‘Europeans must think bigger and embrace those with wild ideas’

Av Mattias Karén20 feb

Beth Mander, Food Programme Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Photo: Ellen MacArthur Foundation/Canva. Collage: Impact Loop.

INTERVIEW

Can food design fix our broken system? How 141 circular products made it to UK shelves

Av Mattias Karén3 juli

Acquisitions

Smartvatten helps Europe’s buildings slash water use — snaps up IoT firm

Av Mattias Karén4 sep

Deepdive

DEEP DIVE: 10 UK investors looking for impact companies

Av Mattias Karén16 maj

Steffen Wagner, co-founder and co-CEO at Verve Ventures. Photo: press.

Investor interview

'The sentiment has changed': Why top European VC views 'unloved' industries as key for climate tech

Av Mattias Karén2 feb

Climate Change

Al Gore-backed fund raises €160m – now tracking over 500 nature-based companies

Av Mattias Karén19 mars

Marcia Balisciano, chief sustainability officer for global analytics provider RELX. Photo: RELX.

Cleantech

'The elephant in the room' – Will Trump affect European diversity efforts?

Av Mattias Karén10 feb

Deepdive

Deep dive: 10 of the most promising carbon capture companies in the UK

Av Mattias Karén18 mars

Mark Taylor and Kim Zou, co-founders of Sightline. Photo: press image/design by Impact Loop.

Venture Capital

'The new normal': VC funding for climate tech dropped again in 2024

Av Mattias Karén10 jan

Dennis Nobelius, vd för Syre, och Susanna Campbell, medgrundare och ordförande. Foto: pressbild.

Venture Capital

Nordic impact startups draw record investment despite market cooling

Av Mattias Karén29 jan

ESG

'A way for us to expand faster': Impact firm Position Green buys competitor

Av Mattias Karén4 sep

Investor interview

'European entrepreneurs have to see this as an opportunity': Why VCs are investing more in nature tech

Av Mattias Karén9 sep

Investor interview

Dutch VC 4impact on the hunt for Nordic startups – ‘A lot of exciting opportunities’

Av Mattias Karén25 juni

Venture Capital

26 startup associations: Get institutional investors more involved in VCs!

Av Mattias Karén12 dec

Venture Capital

A €10m fund for young founders: Project Europe aims to back the next generation of innovators

Av Mattias Karén12 mars

INTERVIEW

Can food design fix our broken system? How 141 circular products made it to UK shelves

Av Mattias Karén3 juli

Pål Erik Sjåtil, Lightrock CEO, with press image from one of Lightrock's portfolio firms Max. Photo: press.

Investor interview

The four megatrends growth investor Lightrock is looking to invest in: 'Extremely interesting'

Av Mattias Karén6 maj

Investor interview

'The sentiment has changed': Why top European VC views 'unloved' industries as key for climate tech

Av Mattias Karén2 feb

Politics

Ursula von der Leyen: "We need to close the startup-scaleup gap"

Av Mattias Karén27 dec

An offshore wind farm in Hartlepool, England. Photo: AP.

Wind power

UK doubles down on offshore wind power – invests €65m in new area

Av Mattias Karén6 mars

VC:s backing thermal energy. Names below in the article. Photos: Press.

Venture Capital

DEEP-DIVE: Looking to raise for your heat tech? Start with these 10 VCs

Av Mattias Karén8 sep

DeepSeeks "lätta" AI kan förändra marknaden. Foto: TT / pressbild.

'DeepSeek is amazing news for startups': How the much-hyped Al model could help impact companies

Av Mattias Karén29 jan

NEW ROLE

Norrsken Barcelona appoints Rocio Alcocer as new managing director

Av Mattias Karén20 feb

Greencode Ventures Managing Partner Ines Bergmann-Nolting. Photo: Greencode Ventures.

Investor interview

Greencode VC has raised €70 million – here's where they're looking to invest

Av Mattias Karén5 mars

News

This Welsh founder is taking on carbon capture – but warns industry can't rely on 'impatient' VCs

Av Mattias Karén23 dec

New fund

German VC raises €50m fund to drive Europe toward all-electric future

Av Mattias Karén9 sep

Nature tech

From wildfires to "forever chemicals": 10 startups tackling the nature crisis

Av Mattias Karén12 sep

Funding

Boom for early stage impact firms, shows new data from relaunched Climate Brick

Av Mattias Karén9 apr

Lightrock partner on AI’s risks for founders and investors: ‘Two sides to a coin’

Av Mattias Karén10 nov

Cleantech

European cleantech investment slumps amid 'unprecedented' global uncertainty

Av Mattias Karén6 maj

Venture Capital

'Now or never': Why this VC fund thinks climate tech is the key to European resilience

Av Mattias Karén10 mars

Venture Capital

'The new normal': VC funding for climate tech dropped again in 2024

Av Mattias Karén10 jan

'Can’t pay for sustainability out of our own pockets': Industry giants urge EU to mandate green buying

Av Mattias Karén18 dec

Water

DEEP DIVE: Looking for water tech funding? These six VCs could be right for you

Av Mattias Karén3 sep

Mobility

Hitting the breaks: VC funding of European mobility startups drops by 30 percent

Av Mattias Karén13 feb

Exclusive interview

'The term impact is losing its meaning': Why this family office wants clearer standards to prevent impact washing

Av Mattias Karén30 apr

Verve Ventures co-founder Steffen Wagner, Lowina Lundström, CEO of InnoEnergy Scandinavia, Craig Douglas, partner at World Fund, and Jane Walerud, founder of Walerud Ventures. Photos: Press. Graphis: Diana Demin, Impact Loop.

Europe vs US

Disaster or opportunity? European VC investors weigh in on Trump's tariffs

Av Mattias Karén3 apr

The Zero Carbon team, with co-founders Pippa Gawley and Alex Gawley on the far left and venture associate Max Werny on the far right.

Investor interview

'Founders need to sacrifice those final 10 or 20 percent' – Zero Carbon doubles down on hard science impact firms

Av Mattias Karén27 jan

Funding

More money for impact startups: 100 entrepreneurs close €6.5 debut fund

Av Mattias Karén12 dec

Epoch founder and CEO Jacob Nathan. Photo: Press.

Recycling

Plastic-eating enzymes get €17m investment to transform textile industry

Av Mattias Karén5 mars

New fund

German VC raises €50m fund to drive Europe toward all-electric future

Av Mattias Karén9 sep

Impact Investing

Skype founder Zennström: 'Impact' is about European security, not just climate

Av Mattias Karén9 apr

Carbon Capture

Google-backed Frontier Climate doubles down on German carbon capture startup with €29m agreement

Av Mattias Karén27 feb

Paul Sabarny (CTO), Lilian Schwich (CEO) and Gideon Schwich (COO). Photo: Cylib

Recycling

The impact scientists cutting Europe’s reliance on materials from China – by recycling batteries

Av Mattias Karén16 dec

Carbon Capture

UP Catalyst secures €18m in EU funding to produce graphite from captured emissions

Av Mattias Karén8 apr

Christian Hernandez, partner and co-founder of 2150. Collage: Impact Loop.

Venture Capital

Urban-focused VC 2150 raises nearly €200m for fund aimed at creating greener cities

Av Mattias Karén20 mars

Rubio Ventures co-founders Willemijn Verloop and Machtelt Groothuis. Photos: press.

Investor interview

Return on impact: How Rubio co-founders have linked 100 percent of their carry to impact

Av Mattias Karén14 apr

Investor interview

Greencode VC has raised €70 million – here's where they're looking to invest

Av Mattias Karén5 mars

Carbon Capture

This Welsh founder is taking on carbon capture – but warns industry can't rely on 'impatient' VCs

Av Mattias Karén23 dec