Generation Investment Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have deepened their investments to support international expansion.
"Bringing globally respected long-term investors on board helps raise our profile in key markets, and open up new opportunities to continue our international expansion. I’m delighted to partner with more pension funds, including Aware Super, and am excited at the prospect of accelerating Octopus and Kraken in North America and beyond, and continuing to invest in technologies that drive a smarter, cheaper energy system. I’m grateful to our hugely supportive existing investors for making this possible, and their continued commitment to our long term mission."
The pre-seed funding round was led by EQT Ventures with participation from Firstlook Ventures, RitMir Ventures, and Chris Adelsbach.
"The structural shift toward electrification is a huge opportunity for those who act swiftly to understand and deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure where it is needed. As energy demand and generation become more distributed, electrified real estate will become the next great asset class in the $50 trillion global commercial real estate market. Camion exists to supercharge this once-in-a-century transition through a blend of machine learning, big data, and extensive industry insights."
The seed round was led by Pi Labs with backing from Archipelago Ventures, Circular Plastics Accelerator, Conduit Connect, Antler, and angel investors.
"Our mission is to help waste management companies sort their waste more effectively and maximise recovery of recyclable materials through aiding Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) and Plastic Recovery Facilities (PRFs) in improving their workforce efficiency. We use AI to augment and better enable human pickers, and our UK pilots show increased revenue and performance as well as reduced costs through using Sorted’s technology."
British Design Fund backs Water Kinetics to scale its eco-friendly plumbing technology.
"We’re delighted to have secured this investment from British Design Fund, which will help us expand our reach, introduce new machinery and aid further product development."
— Jonathan Waggott, Co-founder and managing director
Volvo Cars Tech Fund led the Series A round to integrate adaptive charging software into next-generation electric vehicles.
"The investment and commercial partnership with Breathe helps us address a familiar pain point for electric car customers and makes our charging performance even more competitive, Faster charging times, in the range where customers typically fast charge, represent a major step in the right direction as we continue to boost electric mobility and make it available to more people."
