Scaling a climate hardware startup? Here's THE playbook...
Hardware solutions to decarbonize our economies have never been more important, but getting your product off the ground — especially in the later stages — can be a challenge.
Alongside our partners Norrsken VC and Planet A Ventures, we spent months gathering insights from dozens of experts, 250+ founders and investors, and troves of data from our friends at Net Zero Insights, including 3,600+ funding announcements. The result?
A first-of-its-kind open-source playbook to help climate hardware founders scale.
What else is happening...
→ Portfolio Highlight: Drop, Inkitt, and Lemonway are on the Financial Times' ranking of Europe's fastest-growing companies
→ Have You Heard? Moove secures $100M Series B led by Uber
→ Our Perspective: Namratha Kothapalli, Principal on our Climate Tech & Industrial Tech team, spoke with the Financial Times about the role VC can play in solving extreme water stress.
Additional portfolio updates, deep-dive content, job openings, and more below ⬇️
Have You Heard?
Our portfolio's latest funding announcements
Moove secures $100M in Series B
The Nigerian-born, Dubai-headquartered startup is democratizing access to vehicle financing, using proprietary performance and revenue analytics to underwrite customers that have previously been excluded from financial services.
- Necture raises a €7M Series A to help businesses optimize their fleets and increase EV adoption. (Forbes)
- ThinkSono raises €2.4M & achieves EU regulatory approval for its ultrasound AI guidance solutions for Deep Vein Thrombosis. (EU Startups)
Portfolio Headlines & Highlights
News and updates from across our portfolio
Drop, Inkitt, and Lemonway are on the Financial Times' ranking of Europe's fastest-growing companies.
Read more in the Financial Times
- Consola Finance joins forces with RequestFinance to build the first crypto and fiat all-in-one finance platform. (Request.Finance)
- Mokker.ai, formerly Zerolens, merges with US-based Soona to further develop AI-based products for brand content creation. (Brutkasten - German)
- Curve and Wayflyer are on Sifted's list of the 100 fastest-growing startups in the UK and Ireland. (Sifted)
- Breathe Battery Technologies partners with Volvo Cars to power their new generation of fully electric cars. (BreathBatteries.com)
- MiLaboratories introduces Platforma Bio, a revolutionary UI-First computational biology platform powered by AI. (TechTimes)
- Billie launches a new buy now, pay later solution with Alibaba. (Online Marktplatz - German)
- Orakl wins France Biotech's Digital Health Award. (Orakl)
Our Perspective
Sector-focused expertise and insights on the VC ecosystem at large
On our blog, Sophia Escheu of our Climate Tech & Industrial Tech team shares the five key takeaways from our exclusive playbook (in partnership with Norrsken VC and Planet A Ventures) for scaling your climate tech hardware startup.
Get the takeaways & access the full playbook here
- Namratha Kothapalli of our Climate Tech & Industrial Tech team speaks about the role VC can play in solving global water stress. (Financial Times)
- Andreas Schwarzenbrunner and Sophia Escheu discuss the status quo and future of climate hardware funding in Europe. (Les Echos - French)
- Rick Hao, Partner on our Deep Tech team, shares the deep tech communities you need to know. (Sifted)
- Mathias Ockenfels discusses the financing rounds of Lapse and Inkitt and the takeover of Trendsales by Vinted. (Startup Insider - German)
- Need help with your startup comms strategy? Learn how to write a press release, secure media coverage, and more on our blog. (Speedinvest)
Who's Hiring?
There are more than 1,000 vacancies across our portfolio. Browse open jobs below and on our website.
- Orakl - Lab tech (Paris)
- Upvest - People Experience Partner (Berlin)
- FERNRIDE - Senior Manager Embedded Software Development (Munich)
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Join the Speedinvest Team
Our team is always on the lookout for top-tier talent! Have a look at our featured roles below.
- Head of People & Portfolio Service - (all genders) - Vienna, Berlin, or Munich
- Visiting Analyst SaaS & Infra - (all genders) - Vienna or Berlin
- Junior Accountant - (all genders) - Vienna
- Visiting Analyst Fundraising - (all genders) - Vienna
See you next month!