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Constantin Eis, CEO of CMBlu Energy. Image supplied

German energy tech startup becomes Europe's latest unicorn following €50m raise

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt30 apr

Microharvest CEO Katelijne Bekers (left), The Pack founders Judy Nadel (centre) and Damien Clarkson and their dog Blossom. Photos: press.

MicroHarvest and The Pack debut the UK’s first dog treats made from bacteria

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt13 okt

Angel Investors

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

By Mattias Karén16 dec

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

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

By Mattias Karén19 mars

Some of the key figures of the Dutch climate tech ecosystem

Investors bullish on Dutch climate tech despite hurdles – 10 startups to watch

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt22 okt

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

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

By Mattias Karén23 jan

OceanSky Cruise's founder and CEO Carl-Oscar Lawaczeck.

Pilot-turned-founder claims airships are cleaner than trains – and has data to back it up

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt6 nov

Natalia Ruiz, partner at Suma Capital. Photo: Canva/press.

Venture Capital

Suma Capital closes €210m climate tech fund – chasing industrial and mobility scaleups

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt17 sep

Daniel Uusitalo, analyst at 4Impact Capital.

Daniel Uusitalo is scouting for Nordic energy tech startups. These 6 are on his radar.

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt31 okt

Tom Nugent, Sifted.

Sifted cancels climate tech newsletter: ‘We have to move with the market’

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt6 nov

The Cetasol team and investor Susanne Najafi at Backing Minds. Photo: press.

AI startup bags funding from impact heavyweights to slash shipping emissions: 'It's a real blind spot'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt24 sep

Joren Tangelder and Anthonie Jacobson. Supplied

Exclusive: This startup just secured funding to turn landfills into green energy generators – a 'climate tech blindspot'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt21 okt

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

Hades founders Björn Dressler (left), Max Werner (centre), and Dan Gengenbach. (Full list of names at the bottom of the article). Credit: Press images/Impact Loop.

Hades emerges with ‘superheated’ drill to tap Europe’s underground energy and minerals

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt20 aug

Some of the entrepreneurs, science and technology leaders behind the hydrogen companies. Photos: press and collage by Impact Loop.

Hydrogen 2.0: Meet 10 impact firms powering the green hydrogen revolution

By Frey Lindsay20 juni

Helios Innovations team with Sara Wimmercranz and Susanne Najafi from Backing Minds. Photo: press image.

Helios secures €1.2m from Backing Minds to purify the 'absolute worst' waters

By Camilla Bergman14 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

Top, from left: Malin Frithiofsson, Jordan Billiald, Rokas Peciulaitis, Jan Christoph Bohnerth, Jinbei Li, Jan Palasinski, Tomomi Ishida. Press photos/Impact Loop

Founder Fridays

7 books you should be reading right now, according to impact entrepreneurs

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt24 okt

Some of Europe's leading beer waste upcyclers. Press photos/Impact Loop

Pints to profits: The European startups giving beer waste a second life

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt23 sep

Some of the founders and investors mentioned below. Full names at the bottom of the article. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

Green space fuel, alt-chocolate and textiles – this week's top impact rounds (and their backers)

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt27 mars

Dr. Mylad Chamoun (left), Eloisa de Castro, and Dr. Samir Nameer. Credit: Enerpoly

Enerpoly goes bust in latest jolt to Europe’s battery sector

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt13 aug

The Revyve team. Credit: Revyve

Dutch food tech startup Revyve secures €24m to turn beer waste into alt eggs

By Editorial team23 sep

Some of the founders in this years EIT Food accelerator.

Biochar foam to alt-coffee farms: 18 startups join EIT Food’s 2025 accelerator

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt16 okt

DREV team with founders Thomas Tingelöf (front, left) and Arelys Sosa (front, right). Supplied

Drev bags €2.7m to tackle toxic dust in battery factories: 'We have to solve this problem'

By Johann Bernövall5 nov

Amphistar CEO Pierre-Franck Valentin (right), shaking hands with Michel Dewael, commercial director at Caldic Europe

Amphistar strikes deal to scale upcycled biosurfactants across Europe

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt30 sep

OXCCU's leadership team

Oxford spin-out OXCCU lands €24m to turn waste into jet fuel

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt29 sep

From left to right: Annick Verween (Biotope Ventures), Erika Hombert (PINC), and Arnoud Klokke (BioInnovation Institute). Supplied/Impact Loop

Founder-investor misalignment is killing impact startups. Here’s how to fix it

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt20 okt

Alan Chang, CEO and founder of Fuse Energy onstage at Slush 2025. Credit: Siôn Geschwindt for Impact Loop

Fuse Energy eyes $5bn valuation as CEO lifts the lid on ‘hardcore mode’ work culture: ‘No holidays till launch’

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt24 nov

Metafuels' co-founder Saurabh Kapoor. Photo: Metafuel.

Bootstrapped during COVID, now €22m strong: Inside Metafuels' secret sauce for greener jet fuel

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt25 aug

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: Gates bets on France, family office backs marine tech, and €115m for industrial heat

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt14 maj

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

Some of entrepreneurs and investors in our deepdive. Pictured: See bottom of article. Photos: press.

From renewables to smart EV charging: Impact Loop's 10 hottest energy grid startups (in Europe)

By Frey Lindsay6 okt

The Phasecraft team. Supplied/Impact Loop design

This startup thinks quantum computers can solve tough climate problems – early trials show promise

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt9 okt

Fernando Sosa, FOAK CEO at Paebbl. Image supplied

Climate tech startup Paebbl appoints ex-Tesla exec to lead commercial plant build out

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt7 apr

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.

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

By Mattias Karén14 apr

Linnéa Kornehed Falck, Robert Falck (co-founders) and Roozbeh Charli (CEO), Einride. Photo: press.

'Allows us to grow': Einride secures $100m from EQT, IonQ – and mulls IPO despite headwinds

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt2 okt

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

By Mattias Karén11 dec

Source.ag's founders Rien Kamman and Ernst van Bruggen. Press photo

AI greenhouse ‘co-pilot’ startup bags €15m as it eyes global expansion

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt3 nov

Sarah Fleischer (CEO) and Dr. Ksenija Milicevic Neumann (CTO) with the Chemical Park Gendorf, Germany, in the background. Image supplied.

Honda-backed startup opens battery recycling plant in first for Europe

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt27 mars

Some of the founders and CEOs on the list. See bottom of article for who's pictured. Photos: press and collage by Impact Loop.

Europe's 21 hottest climate tech startups, according to investors

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt1 okt

carbon removal

Carbon removal tech must scale 1,000-fold to reach climate goals, finds report

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt6 okt

Jonas Helmikstøl at his house in Stavangar, Norway.

'I was close to death': Easee founder Jonas Helmikstøl on burnout, hustle culture, and his new startup

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt15 aug

Anna Haupt, Niklas Åström, Maria Wetterstrand, David Sonnek and Henrik Lenning. Photo: press photos.

Arevo bags €7m for bio-based fertiliser – and appoints ex-politician to its board

By Johann Bernövall10 okt

VSParticle team. Supplied

Exclusive: VSParticle claims material breakthrough that could slash green hydrogen cost to $1/kg

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt14 okt

Deftpower was founded in 2020 by Remco Tjeerdsma (left), Marc Diks (centre), and Jacob van Zonneveld. Credit: Deftpower

Deftpower bags €12.5m for AI software that predicts the cheapest time to charge EVs

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt28 aug

Anna Altner, founder of Yangi. Photo supplied

Exclusive: Chanel-backed startup Yangi bags €9m for greener packaging

By Andreas Jennische26 aug

Felix Kiefl (left), Michael Peither(centre), and Jakob Bitner founded Voltstorage in 2016 as spin-off from the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Credit: Voltstorage

Voltstorage is shutting down after raising €66m for iron salt battery tech

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt28 aug

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

Pinepeak COO and co-founder Dr Daniel Fredrich (left) and CEO and co-founder Dr Savvas Gkantonas. Credit: Pinepeak

As Europe burns, firetech startups push new solutions: ‘We urgently need better tools'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt22 aug

Anders Forslund, CEO and founder of Swedish startup Heart Aerospace, which relocated to Los Angeles last year. Credit: Heart Aerospace/Impact Loop design

How many European startups are actually relocating to the US?

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt10 apr

Venture Capital

Norway's Katapult and Octave Capital launch $75m Asian ocean fund to 'bridge' investment gap

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt18 sep

Some of the founders and investors in Katapult Ocean's 2025 startup accelerator

Venture Capital

From PFAS killers to reef builders: Katapult Ocean backs new wave of blue economy startups

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt2 okt

Frank Holleman, founder of Fork Ranger, Ramkumar Nair, founder of SMAQO, and Katelijne Bekers, co-founder and CEO of Microharvest. Credit: Press images/Impact Loop.

Vegan vs meat-eater: Could mixed menus and hybrid foods bridge the divide?

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt25 aug

Siddharth Khullar, CEO and co-founder of Aris Machina, on stage at Slush 2025. Credit: Siôn Geschwindt for Impact Loop

Ex-Northvolt execs launch AI startup with backing from top VCs: ‘This is industrial superintelligence’

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt19 nov

Some of Italy's most prominent climate tech founders and investors. Full list at the end of the article. Press photos.

Italy’s climate tech sector surges after slow start – 10 startups to watch

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt9 okt

Some of the investors and founders mentioned in this piece. Full names below. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

Friday dealflow

Electric planes, space unicorns, and cocoa shells: a week in climate tech funding

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt9 apr

Optimuse founders Fabian Pitscheider (left), Dominik Pezzei (centre), and Felix Maximilian Hoffer

Exclusive: AI startup Optimuse lands €4m to slash energy use in buildings: 'We want to remove the guesswork'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt1 okt

'We’re taking Europe for granted' – is the EU startup scene ready for a comeback?

By Frey Lindsay14 jan

Bioweg raises €16m to swap microplastics in cosmetics with bacteria-based alternative

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt16 sep

Some of the CEOs and founders of our carbon capture deep dive. Graphics by Impact Loop.

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

By Mattias Karén18 mars

Tamara Ciullo, co-founder and CCO at Cariqa, enjoys a good flat white. Supplied

Fika with Cariqa co-founder Tamara Ciullo: 'I fall into things and make the best of it'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt17 okt

Rupa Popat (left) and Triin Linamagi of the Arāya Sie Fund. Credit: Arāya Sie Fund

Two VCs unite to launch £7.5m fund for women-led startups: 'Drawing on the full talent base'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt11 maj

Daniela Fernandez, founder of the Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) and Velamar.

Exclusive: Top ocean entrepreneur calls for ‘full ban’ on deep sea mining

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt29 okt

eSmart Systems CEO Henrik Bache (Photo: press)

This Norwegian AI scaleup wants to modernise grid maintenance – and now plots global expansion

By Frey Lindsay19 okt

Candela founder and CEO Gustav Hasselskog with a P-12 Shuttle. Supplied/Impact Loop design

Candela secures Maldives deal for 10 electric ferries: ‘Simply a better experience’

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt6 nov

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

Anna Ljungdahl, investeringsansvarig på Industrifonden, Niklas Boman vd SeaPattern och Anna Fredrixon. Foto: Pressbilder.

Seapattern bags €5m in rare VC deal for European hydropower

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt25 sep

Two of Foreverland's co-founders, Massimo Sabatini (right) and Riccardo Bottiroli

Foreverland fires up cocoa-free chocolate factory in Italy: 'We're entering full-scale production'

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt7 okt

Gevi founders (front row), plus 360 Capital partner Alessandro Zaccaria (right) and Stefano Molino from CDP Capital (left).

Exclusive: Investors back Gevi to bring ‘self-learning’ wind turbine to your rooftop

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt13 okt

Impact investors and founders share the podcasts, audiobooks, and songs they're listening to right now. Photo: Press images.

Founder stories

From FT News to Pink Floyd – what impact founders are listening to right now

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt19 sep

Great Bubble Barrier founders: Francis Zoet (left), Philip Ehrhorn (centre), and Anne Marieke Eveleens. (Saskia Studer, the fourth founder, now longer holds an operating role at the company). Credit: Earthshot Prize/The Great Bubble Barrier

Great Bubble Barrier hits plastic cleanup milestone, eyes global expansion

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt27 aug

James Champion, Co-founder & CEO Terasi, Photo: Jonas Borg

DO NOT PUBLISH Swedish deeptech startup bets on palm-sized nodes to connect the unconnectable – luring space and defence firms

By Christian von Essen25 nov

Some of the founders of nature tech firms in our deep dive. See photo description at bottom of the article. Photos: press.

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

By Mattias Karén12 sep

Alicia Showering, BugBiome co-founder and CEO (left); Chiara Guidi, founder and CEO, B-COS; and Paulo Ibri, CEO and co-founder Typcal.

From fast fungi to pest-repelling microbes: Belgian VC unveils new crop of biotech startups

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt21 sep

Plant-based companies now need to deliver on taste, price and health say experts (names listed below). Press photos/Impact Loop

The first plant-based hype wave is over. Now, quality rules: ‘The product has to be exceptional’

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt24 okt

Starflow co-founders

Easee founder Jonas Helmikstøl raises €5m for his new venture Starflow

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt8 okt

Daniel Uusitalo, analyst at 4Impact Capital.

Daniel Uusitalo is scouting for Nordic energy tech startups. These 6 are on his radar.

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt3 nov

The female founders mentioned in this article. Full names below. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop design

Female founders

These 10 women founders just raised big money for their impact startups

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt6 mars

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

Niclas Davidsson, CEO and founder, Meva Energy.

Meva Energy secures €40m from EU to build biogas plants across Europe

By Gabriel Nilsson23 okt

Capture Energy team. Supplied

Swedish startup Capture Energy's revenues surge 300% amid strong demand

By Gabriel Nilsson29 okt

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

From left: Jonas Jonsson, Siavash Habibi, and Ulrika Tornerefelt. Image supplied

Exclusive: Swedish founders launch accelerator to prep scale-ups for institutional capital

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt24 mars

Karma Capital's co-founders Theresa Böttger (right) and Sebastian Klein. Credit: Press photos/Impact Loop

Venture Capital

Karma Capital – founded by multi-millionaire who gave away 90% of his money – wants to upend 'toxic' VC model

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt22 sep

MATR co-founder and CEO Randi Wahlsten (left) and Thomas Grotkjær (Novo Holdings)

Novo backs mycoprotein startup MATR to build first factory: ‘We’re not trying to mimic meat’

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt21 okt

Philipp Schröder, CEO at 1KOMMA5°. Supplied

1KOMMA5° files EU complaint over German gas subsidies: ‘Risks billions in investments’

By Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt22 okt

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