Climate Investing: $275M Raised + 120 Companies Backed

Carbon Equity has raised $275M from 900+ investors to back 120+ climate tech companies generating $1.8B in revenue across the EU and US.

Today’s podcast is a rebroadcast of one of our most popular episodes ever. Jaqueline van Ende is the CEO of Carbon Equity. They also have some big news...

They’ve raised another €60 million in 4 months for their third climate tech fund. The goal is to raise €125 million in all which will be invested through private equity and venture capital funds in the EU and the US and eventually into at least 150 climate tech companies.

Since its founding in 2021, Carbon Equity has raised over €250 million from more than 900 investors.

To date, the company has invested in 120+ companies through 18 funds, which together, despite being early-stage innovations, already generate more than €1.7 billion in revenue.

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Jacqueline - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlvdende?originalSubdomain=nl 

Carbon Equity - https://www.carbonequity.com/

Their white paper - https://www.carbonequity.com/whitepapers/the-climate-tech-opportunity

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