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CuspAI co-founders Prof. Max Welling and Dr. Chad Edwards. Credit: CuspAI

Clean materials startup CuspAI in talks to raise $200m at unicorn valuation

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt22 apr

Planetary CEO David Brandes. Press photo

Oetker Ventures and Radikal Capital lead €23m bet on 'meat' made from fungi

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt20 apr

Fredrik Borgström and Kim Kaisti, Skyfora founders and Linn-Cecilie Linnemann. Photo: press

Dutch VC makes first Nordic splash with €4m bet on Finnish weather tech startup

By Johann Bernövall28 feb

Anders C. Wulff, CEO, Subra (left) and Anders Spohr, managing partner, Planetary Health Investments. Credit: Subra/Novo Holdings

Novo Holdings makes €40m bet on superconductors for fusion energy, power grids

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt10 apr

Fredrik Hjelm, co-founder and CEO of e-scooter startup Voi.

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Fredrik Hjelm: ‘Founders bet their lives. VCs bet other people’s money’

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt12 nov

Collage featuring Trent Gazzaway, global head of service line capability and quality at Grant Thornton

REPORT: 85% of mid-sized firms plan to boost green spending in 2025 – despite Trump's anti-climate agenda

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt24 sep

Sympower CEO and co-founder Simon Bushnell. Photo: Sympower and collage by Impact Loop.

As blackouts loom, this startup secures €42m to balance the power grid: 'Europe needs energy resilience'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt17 sep

Anders Munk Jepsen, co-founder and CEO of Nornorm. Photo: Press image.

Ikea-backed Nornorm secures €50m to become ‘Netflix of furniture’

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt1 okt

Melissa Cohen, co-head of infrastructure at Eurazeo (left) and Terralayr CEO Philipp Man. Press photos/Impact Loop

Eurazeo joins Norrsken VC, Creandum in €192m battery storage bet: 'A fundamental need'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt19 jan

Nordic Salt Cycle team. Supplied

Exclusive: Impact investors inject €3.5M into critical mineral startup – 'strengthens European resilience'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt18 nov

A handful of the newly added investors in Impact Loop's exclusive database.

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Europe’s ultimate impact VC database supercharged with 50 new players

By Editorial team3 okt

From left: Mari Granström (Origin by Ocean), Kaj Hagros (Redstone Nordics), Timo Ketonen (Aboa Advest, co-founder of A’Pelago), and Patrik Anckar (co-founder of A’Pelago). Credit: Supplied/Impact Loop

Exclusive: Redstone unveils €25m ocean tech fund to revive ‘dying' Baltic Sea

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt21 aug

Felix Krause (Vireo Ventures) and Lucas Jonas (Einklang). Press photos/Impact Loop design

Exclusive: Vireo Ventures backs Einklang as Europe's battery storage sector booms

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt23 feb

From left: Christopher Steinau (Lightrock), Torben Schreiter (Extantia), Rebecka Löthman Rydå (Norrsken Evolve), Danijel Višević (World Fund). Credit: Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt for Impact Loop

Why Europe may have to accept a 'sovereignty premium' for climate tech

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt2 dec

Members of the three family offices investing in Carbon Equity (list of names below the article). Press photos/Impact Loop mockup

German family dynasties back Carbon Equity: ‘Climate tech investing is no longer niche’

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt13 nov

Dr. Emre Eren Korkmaz, founder and director of Oxford Centre for Technology and Development. Photo: press image.

Why we have to rethink climate tech investment for long-term impact

14 apr

Jacob Jensen, Denmark's Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. Press photo

Danish agrifood startups have days left to apply for €13m in green funding

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt17 feb

Some of the founders and investors mentioned in this week's impact dealflow roundup. Full names below. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

Friday dealflow

A week in impact funding: Ex-Uber battery swap, Estonian pre-IPO, and (another) new unicorn

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt8 maj

Étienne Duriez, principal at Asterion Ventures (left) and Inès Multrier, co-founder and CTO at Nelson Mobility. Press photos

Asterion Ventures leads €3m seed round in Nelson Mobility: 'The usage question is not yet won'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt7 maj

From left: Emad Zand, Katarzyna Suchcicka, and Torbjörn Wahlborg. Image supplied

Ex-Northvolter lands €7m for new startup – becoming latest founder to emerge from fallen battery giant

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt29 apr

Humara CEO and co-founder Laura Rodríguez Álvarez (left) and Impact Shaker's founding partner Alina Klarner. Press photos/Impact Loop design

Impact Shakers leads bet on recycling software startup Humara: 'Ripe for disruption'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt6 maj

Papershell CEO Anders Breitholtz (centre) with the key investors in the deal. Names listed below.

Impact investors back Papershell for first industrial plant: ‘We are building competitiveness in Europe – not in China’

By Andreas Jennische16 dec

Pelle Mattisson, CEO Latour Future Solutions. Credit: Jonas Borg

Latour, backed by Swedish noble family, acquires stake in flood protection company Noaq

By Johann Bernövall22 dec

Hector McNeil, co-founder and co-CEO, at HANetf. Credit: Press photo/Impact Loop

Europe’s first Article 8 defence ETF promises green investments – for warfare

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt21 okt

Blykalla CEO Jacob Stedman. Press photo

Scoop: Oklo-backed Blykalla secures €33m for mini nuclear reactors

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt6 nov

Experts weigh in on Bill Gates' climate memo.

Bill Gates's climate memo draws outrage, applause, and everything in between: 'He wants to be off Trump’s shitlist'

By Jenny Kjellén4 nov

Clean tech will hold strong if AI bubble bursts, says BlackRock: 'Age of electrification is upon us'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt3 nov

Mauro Roversi, founding partner and private equity CIO at Ambienta. Supplied

Italian impact fund makes first investment from new €500m vehicle

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt9 mars

Dr Julia Reisser and Michael Kingsbury. Photo: press

Vinted-backer invests in startup turning seaweed into plastic: 'Replaces fossil fuels'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt30 okt

Al Gore. Foto: TT.

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

By Mattias Karén19 mars

Some of the European founders behind this year's nuclear funding record. Names listed at bottom of the article. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop

Nuclear startups defy climate tech slump with record funding for 2025

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt29 sep

IKEA's innovation arm backs Swiss biomaterials startup in €13.4m round

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt10 mars

Some of the founders and investors involved in this week's deals. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

Friday dealflow

A $1bn week for European climate and deep tech: fusion energy, night trains, and robots that sleep underwater

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt23 apr

Altrove founders Thibaud Martin and Joonatan Laulainen. Supplied

Altrove scores $10m to cook up AI-designed alternatives to critical materials

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt31 okt

Some of the European unicorn leaders in Impact Loop's deep dive. See photo description at the bottom. Photos: Press/Impact Loop.

Europe's fastest-growing climate tech unicorns – mapped

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt2 sep

James Parkin (left), Anna Fredrixson, and Chris Benson. Supplied

Exclusive: ThermalCyclones raises €1.5M from Norrsken to electrify industrial heat

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt13 nov

Epoch Biodesign founder Jacob Nathan (left), Extantia principal Carlota Ochoa Neven Du Mont (centre), and Renasens founder Dr. Jade Bouledjouidja. Press photos/Impact Lop design

Is textile tech back in fashion? VC announces two deals in one day as sector recalibrates

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt25 mars

Osapiens founders Matthias Jungblut (left), Alberto Zamora, and Stefan Wawrzinek. Press photo

Decarbonization Partners invests $100m in Osapiens – creating Europe’s latest green tech unicorn

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt14 jan

an collage image of Erich Becker, partner at Verdane, standing with arms folded, superimposed in front of the Konvekta office

Verdane invests €50m in Konvekta to slash emissions from buildings

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt12 aug

Jane Walerud, investor and co-founder of Paebbl. Photo: Andreas Jennische.

Klarna's earliest backer is calling it quits – with one final impact bet: 'Enough is enough'

By Andreas Jennische8 okt

Some of the Swedish AI founders featured in our review. Photo: Press images. Graphic: Diana Demin.

Boom, bust, and big losses — inside 21 of Sweden’s top impact AI startups

By Jenny Kjellén21 aug

Some of the founders and investors featured in the article. Full names below. Photos: press and collage by Impact Loop.

Climate tech funding is recovering. Here's what investors think – and 19 deals you should know

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt3 apr

Westra Materials' co-founder Marc-Antoine Stoeckel (left) and CEO Daniel Westling

PFAS-free battery firm bags fresh funding: 'EU crackdown is driving demand'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt29 sep

Some of the entrepreneurs and investors behind Europe's top 25 climate tech funding rounds so far in 2025. Image: Press pictures/Impact Loop

Europe’s top 25 climate tech funding rounds this year – and the investors behind them

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt19 aug

Sara Nozkova, CEO at Flox Intelligence.

Impact investors back Flox to scale AI wildlife tech in US

By Johann Bernövall24 feb

Some of the soonicorn founders listed in this feature. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

The next billion-dollar startup? 11 European climate techs set to become unicorns in 2026

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt7 jan

Some of the UK-based clean tech founders that raised big rounds in 2025. Names below. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop mockup

UK climate tech outperformed broader Europe in 2025 – why?

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt28 nov

Some of the people behind Europe's impact-focused family offices (see names at the bottom of the article). Press photos/Impact Loop

Inside the 40 family offices quietly funding Europe’s green transition

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt14 okt

VCs poured 8 times more money into AI than clean tech in 2025, report finds

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt29 okt

From left: Cristin Pacifico (Builders Vision), Romain Ciarlet (Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation) and Ido Sella (ECOncrete). Press photos

Impact foundations make $14m bet on 'bioenhancing' sea blocks to fuel global expansion

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt11 maj

Joe McDonald, co-founder and CEO at tem (left) with Paul Murphy, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Image supplied

Lightspeed makes rare investment in European energy tech: ‘Strategic partnership was our absolute priority’

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt9 feb

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