Your Weekly Climate Rundown

G’day 👋

Welcome to the The Raaise Rundown—your weekly climate funding fix—designed to digest in less than a minute.

Let’s dive in to the 3 climate startups, 2 climate investors and 1 essential insight, for this week.

‘3 CLIMATE STARTUPS‘

• Athena IR-Tech: Using the plant as the sensor, Jay, Fran and Vinay are optimising water usage with IOT algorithms and data analysis, increasing crop yield and quality, for a more sustainable future. [Seed] 🇦🇺

• Pip & Henry: Jeroo’s addressing a problem parents know only too well—kids outgrowing their shoes every 4-6 months—with a radical design innovation of children’s footwear. P&H’s eco-footwear grows with a child's foot, tripling the lifetime of every shoe. [Pre-Seed] 🇬🇧

• Segura: José, an Oxford grad, has developed a 'glucose monitor' for water, offering the convenience of a test-strip and the reliability of a medical device through an affordable digital experience. [Pre-Seed] 🇬🇧

_{For details on these (and more) climate startups 👇.}

‘2 CLIMATE INVESTORS‘

• Pale Blue Dot 🇸🇪: Investing in companies with climate impact at their core, that decarbonise industries, remove carbon from the atmosphere, or prepare us for a new world across food, agriculture, mobility, fashion, fintech, energy, biotech, and more.

  _{Geo Focus: UK, Europe, US}

  _{Backed: BettaFish, Climate X, Hack Your Closet, AgroLeague and more.}

• Pink Salt Ventures 🇬🇧: The UK's first VC firm for female founders, Pink Salt Ventures invests in early stage, female-led tech companies, backing founders with grit, savviness and an unstoppable drive to build lasting companies.

  _{Geo Focus: UK}

  _{Backed: Hanx, JunoBio, Jude, Mirza and more.}

_{To connect and put your startup in front of these (and other) climate investors 👇.}

‘1 ESSENTIAL INSIGHT‘

The Interconnected Crises of Climate, Nature & Biodiversity Loss.

Extreme weather, ecosystem collapse, and biodiversity loss are the biggest threats facing humanity in the coming decade. While misinformation is a pressing short-term concern, environmental risks dominate the long-term outlook.

The stark reality is we must act now to address these interconnected crises. The record-breaking heatwaves and devastating floods of 2023 underscore the urgency.

Delays addressing climate change and biodiversity loss risk irreversible damage to ecosystems and societies. Governments and big business must act decisively to meet their environmental commitments. But, we think startups can (and will) be the major catalysts, that drive us to a more sustainable future.

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Until next week,

Cheers,

Team Raaise

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