Paolo Piffaretti

🔊 We are very excited to share a new addition to our website – our "Insights" section! ✍ This space will feature a rich array of content, including opinion pieces, in-depth articles on our ongoing projects, and pedagogical posts aimed at demystifying technical aspects surrounding the #NaturebasedSolutions universe. We are very happy to inaugurate this section with an article written by our Carbon Officer, Vitor Vannozzi Brito where he simplifies the seemingly daunting task of #carboncalculation in ARR (Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation) projects, offering a straightforward six-step guide. How do we calculate the quantity of carbon stored in each tree throughout time? And, most importantly, how can we accurately quantify how much carbon is stored in a tree without cutting it down? Explore these questions and more in Vitor's article. 💡 If you have questions or insights, feel free to share them with us in the comments below. Stay tuned for more upcoming posts!

43

🌎 G’(earth)day 👋 Welcome to the The Raaise Rundown—your weekly climate funding fix—designed to digest in less than a minute. Let’s dive in. Here are the 3 climate startups, 2 climate investors and 1 essential insight for this week. 💚 3 x CLIMATE STARTUPS Goodbye Gas: Peter and the GG team are making it effortless for every Aussie home to say goodbye to gas and transition to a 100% electric, powered by clean energy. Seed 🇦🇺 Agreka Build: Incubated at Imperial, Joseph is converting ag waste into highly efficient building and insulation materials, offering a new source of income to farmers. Pre-seed. 🇬🇧 Everclime: James and Sebastian are supporting orgs end-to-end, making sustainability commercially viable, by converting consumer engagement into impact action. Seed 🇦🇺 For details on these (and more) climate startups go to Raaise, and hit them up. 💸 2 x CLIMATE INVESTORS Electrifi Ventures 🇦🇺: Committed to backing climate tech startups that are transforming industries and driving progress with bold ambitious plans. Backed: Goterra, Harvest B, Amber Electric, Threadlet, NRN and DAI. Narwhale Ventures / 10power9 Pte Ltd  🇸🇬: Recognising the ocean’s indispensable role in supporting life, regulating climate, and nurturing biodiversity, Narwhale—a new fund—are actively seeking opportunities to back blue economy startups tackling; Energy, Mobility and Sustainable Ecosystems. To connect and put your startup in front of these (and other) climate investors, head to Raaise and sign up.  💡 1 ESSENTIAL INSIGHT Strike While the Iron's Hot: How to Follow Up with Investors after your Pitch. Just like a great first date, a successful investor meeting hinges on a timely and thoughtful follow-up. Don't wait days to rekindle the connection, send a quick email summarising key points that piqued the investor's interest, include any promised materials, and set clear expectations for next steps. This prompt follow-up shows professionalism and keeps your startup top-of-mind for busy investors. Give me the weekly Raaise Rundown > https://lnkd.in/e2c5J_s8 #earthday #climatestartups #climateinvesting #climatefunding

10

2 commentaires

#fundingalert 💼Company: vorteX-io 💰Funding: €2.9Million ⚡Round: New Round 👥Investors: Banque des Territoires and MAIF Impact alongside AFI Ventures – Ventech – and SpaceFounders France vorteX-io is revolutionizing continental hydrology by offering turnkey solutions for river monitoring, improving flood and drought risk management. The financing will enable the company to accelerate the roll-out of its network of connected micro-stations and its Maelstrom platform. vorteX-io aims to become Europe’s leading provider of real-time hydrological field data. Jean-Christophe Poisson, François Wohrer, Hélène Hannoir, Anaïs van Wynsberghe, Guillaume Valladeau Read more - https://lnkd.in/gifKJj9T To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.co.uk #EICAccelerator #fundraising #partners #investment #growth #vortexio #news #funding #fundingnews #startup #startupnews #startuprise

6

1 commentaire

🌊 French AI Startup Makes Waves: Mistral AI Named to TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies of 2024! 🏆 Huge win for French innovation! Mistral AI, a pioneering startup in the field of Generative AI (GenAI), has been recognized by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Companies of 2024. 📅🎉 Their AI models (including the open source ones) are making waves 🌐, democratizing this powerful technology and putting it within reach of everyone, not just tech giants. 💡🤖 This is a fantastic achievement for Mistral AI and a source of pride for the entire French AI community. Vive la France! 🥳 For those looking to implement cutting-edge Generative AI solutions like Mistral's, Dell Technologies offers best-in-class infrastructure to power your AI endeavors. 💻 🚀 Dell Technologies recently launched 'AI Factory' : The Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA turbocharges AI adoption to simplify development, automate workflows and deliver up to 86% faster business outcomes. https://lnkd.in/gRC5KAjx Within TD SYNNEX, we are dedicated to empowering Channel partners to generate growth on GenAI. Feel free to reach out if you need more details. #AI #GenAI #MistralAI #France #TIME100 #proud #FrenchTech

4

I couldn’t be prouder than today! What a journey it has been not even two years after we launched our Green ITOps solution Sopht with Julien and Gautier on the market. Today we are announcing our 3.3M€ seed round that could be illustrated in a few numbers: - 1 mission: empowering our clients towards IT decarbonization 🎯 - 6 sector of activities covered 🏢 - 20 (engaged!) clients 🫶��� - 23 amazing talents! 💥 - 1M+ assets monitored 💻 What’s next ? Chapter 1 was all about our big data foundations and helping our clients to monitor the environmental footprint of their IT landscape (infra on prem, cloud, network, assets, web). Chapter 2 (today) is 100% focusing on: - Actionability and efficiency through our engine of recommendation and simulation - Our development in Europe 🇪🇺 - Strategic collaborations Obviously, I want to deeply thank our dear investors Ternel, Axeleo Capital (AXC), Wind Capital, Evolem, Plug and Play Tech Center, Ring Capital and Climate Club for supporting our vision and ambition!   To find out more, feel free to read the full press release here 👉https://lnkd.in/ejepcHwb Next chapter activated ! 🚀

484

142 commentaires

[#Sustainability] Eurazeo is thrilled to announce that it has signed the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge, a commitment to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, on the International Day for Biological Diversity 🌿   🔎 The Finance for Biodiversity Pledge unites 170+ financial institutions from 27 countries, representing a combined total of €22.1 trillion in assets under management.   By signing the pledge, Eurazeo reinforces its commitment to biodiversity, supporting the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, also referred to as The Biodiversity Plan. This pledge underscores Eurazeo’s ongoing efforts to help protect and restore biodiversity, incorporating it into the various phases of the investment cycle.   Read the press release 👉 https://lnkd.in/eRu3KNnA   #BiodiversityDay #FinanceforBioPledge #ESG #impact #biodiversity #environment 

75

1 commentaire

OVHcloud announces strong double-digit growth of +10.8% organically and a turnover of 486 million euros. The group significantly improves its profitability during the first half of 2024 with an adjusted EBITDA increase of 19.6% and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 37.9%. The Unlevered Free Cash Flow generated is 14 million euros. OVHcloud thanks its teams and its entire ecosystem for the excellent results in the first half of 2024. "In line with our strategic plan, we report a strong increase in profitability and the generation of positive Unlevered Free Cash Flow for a second consecutive semester, six months earlier than expected." Michel Paulin, CEO, OVHcloud Our ambition is to continue this double-digit growth by offering innovative and sustainable products, ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction, while ensuring long-term profitable growth. ▶ Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eWv6Py6T   #OVHcloudResults #OVHcloud #Cloud #OneTeam

169

4 commentaires

🏆 Sales challenge: +10 experts have pooled their methods and advice! Spendesk, Doctolib, Glady, Partoo, Figaro Classifieds, Doctrine, Qonto, Groupe SeLoger, Mytraffic, Mooncard ... These companies have succeeded in turning sales challenges into a real sales performance lever! And they've decided to share their secrets with you. Highlights: 📚 The 13 steps to organising a successful sales challenge 🎮 The 7 steps to digitalising and gamifying your sales challenges 💡 +50 expert tips and best practices 📌 +20 sales challenge templates In total, +100 pages of methodology, best practices and concrete examples! Interested? Just click here 👉 https://bit.ly/4beXoH3 💜 A big thank you to all the experts who helped design the Ebook!

9

Two largest French investors lead in climate stewardship as peers lack transparency PRESS RELEASE Opaque voting process in France contrasts with transparency in UK, US, Norway, and Netherlands French investors lead or lack transparency, new voting analysis reveals, one week before shareholders will vote on a climate resolution co-filed by Amundi, AXA Investment Managers, and Groupama AM at Shell. Five of the twelve largest investors in France do not disclose their voting behaviour during annual meetings of oil majors in 2023. This opaqueness contrasts with investor transparency in the UK, the US, Norway, and the Netherlands, where most institutional investors publish their votes. “It’s impossible to assess the climate credentials of half of the largest French investors as they do not publish how they vote on crucial climate resolutions,” says Tarek Bouhouch of Follow This, the green shareholder group that filed the resolutions. “The Paris Agreement will fail unless the oil and gas industry changes. If shareholders do not vote for change, Big Oil will not take initiative. We thank Amundi, BNP Paribas, AXA IM, Ofi Invest Asset Management AM, Groupama AM and La Banque Postale AM for their leadership in being transparent about their voting record.” Next week, at Shell’s AGM, all investors have a new opportunity to show their commitment to Paris as the shareholder climate resolution at Shell comes to a vote at the Shell AGM on Tuesday 21 May. Amundi and AXA are among the 27 investors who co-filed this climate resolution. Read the entire report by Kaja Jakubiec via: https://lnkd.in/eXNaYpzq _______________________________ Join our fight against the climate crisis by urging Big Oil to change: 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePBRS36V 👈 _______________________________

6

Tune in to the latest episode of #BrusselsUnpacked 🎙️ as hosts Philipp Sauer and Justin van Schepen sit down with Magali Smets, Director General of France Chimie, to explore the climate transition plans of the French chemical industry! 🏭 With ambitious targets set, including an 80% reduction of emissions by 2030, the discussion dives into the challenges and enabling conditions crucial to achieving these goals. Learn how France Chimie, representing a sector comprising over 4,000 companies and 228,000 employees, is navigating the transition, particularly regarding upstream activities, where the main potential for reduction lies 🧭. Listen now for insights on 🎧: https://lnkd.in/euyD8U_a 🌍 Cutting emissions by 65% since 1990 ⚡️ Requirements for additional electricity and biomass 🔌 Infrastructure needs for high voltage line connections *** ABOUT THE PODCAST: 🎙 The Brussels Unpacked Podcast is a series of 20-minute conversations with experts in the European chemical industry and European affairs. Each episode addresses a trending topic in the industry and breaks down the latest developments in hashtag#EUpolitics. ***  WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU 📢  Do you have a topic in the chemical industry you're interested in hearing more about? Or perhaps you'd like to share your own views and expertise on recent developments. Send us a message ✉ ! #chemicalindustry #podcast #transitionpathway #netzero

29

For a long time, there has been a Series B funding gap for climate founders that has stopped climate technology solutions from maturing. At Giant, we invest both early stage (pre-seed and seed) and at Series B - funding and supporting the most ambitious climate tech companies so they can have the impact they have set out to achieve. Recently we co-led Arbol's $60 million Series B round, enabling the team to scale their parametric insurance solution, modernising the insurance market for a world increasingly dominated by climate risk. We also invested in Agreena's Series B, scaling regenerative agriculture in Europe, having led the investment in Agreena at seed stage. Climate-tech funding is increasing (as a percentage of overall venture funding), but there still remains a gap for early growth stage climate-tech companies. Thank you to Laura Hodgkiss for making it easier to find these investors via this piece in ClimateHack: https://lnkd.in/edsAjY-9

50

3 commentaires

I am proud to announce the launch of CompliancR, the first software to calculate and pay eco-contributions for any company selling physical products in France. I’ve exchanged with 100s of producers and marketplaces, and since AGEC Law implementation, they share the same challenges: 1. How do we get our UIN? 2. How do we find the right products’ eco-contributions? 3. How and where do we submit our market declaration data to calculate the eco-contributions we owe? That’s what we’re solving with CompliancR. You can manage all your eco-contributions for any products you sell in France in just a few clicks. We’ve built and trained the most advanced AI model for product recognition: 1. Share your product reference and automatically get it recognized and assigned to the correct eco-contribution category. 2. Everything can be handled on CompliancR UI, from calculation to payment. 3. Designed to comply with French regulations: perfect for any business operating in or expanding to France. If you’re a marketplace or a producer and want to learn more about CompliancR, let’s chat: https://lnkd.in/ehCPJF4i

23

2 commentaires

🛎 Are you familiar with the concept of carbon markets? Do you understand the distinction between the 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 and 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 (𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲) markets? 📌 In the voluntary market, companies, non-profit organizations, governments, and individuals have the opportunity to trade carbon offset credits. Unlike the regulated market, participation allows entities to engage without adhering to specific regulations. By participating, they can attract investors and generate environmental co-benefits. 🙏 📌 On the other hand, the regulated carbon market operates under the oversight of national, regional, or international schemes such as the Kyoto Protocol. This market utilizes a cap-and-trade system where allowances are established to limit greenhouse gas emissions. 🍃 📩 Are you intrigued by carbon markets and considering a career in this sector? Reach out directly to our consultants Kareem, Sonja, Adrián for information on job opportunities! For more information about carbon markets: https://lnkd.in/duty6grh #carbonmarkets #carboncredits #carbonoffset #renewableenergy #networking #cleanglobestaffing

14

Need to measure your carbon footprint and not sure where to start? It can be hard to find the right solution for you out of the dozens of carbon accounting tools out there. So our team wrote a new guide that walks you through the steps of choosing a provider: 1. How to assess your needs and prepare your internal team 2. What features to look for in a solution from data collection to decarb 3. How to run a successful selection process That first step is crucial. Aligning internally can help the process of choosing a carbon accounting solution go much smoother. In particular, make sure you know what the end goal is: are you trying to just measure your footprint or would you also like to reduce emissions and costs? Will you need to measure other ESG data or just GHG levels? Having these answers will make it much easier to determine the right fit. Check out the guide below for more details if you're on the search.

12

2 commentaires

What do you need to be top quartile as a SaaS company in Europe? Sébastien Le Roy started to share the results of the Serena European SaaS benchmark during #Saastr Europa this week. Great way to quickly check whether you’re on track for a next VC round or simply what you have to improve. More results coming soon with the whole report.

33

1 commentaire

Let's talk about HRTech solution of Agorize in Japan...?

3

[Published in April 2024] 🌱 Tough Road for Climate Tech: Funding climate tech startups is a challenge due to higher capital needs and risk factors. With only 16% of climate tech serviced, many founders close shop when funds dry up. 💡 To bridge the $2 trillion funding gap, climate tech must demystify solutions, de-risk supply chains, and design innovative fund mechanics for long-term support. Let's build a sustainable future together!

1

🚀 PRODUCT UPDATE: We’ve redesigned the Carbon Strategy Page! 🚀 The Carbon Strategy Page is a public page automatically generated by the Tapio platform. You can use it to communicate your carbon footprint and strategy transparently and efficiently while avoiding greenwashing. The new Carbon Strategy Page is divided into three main sections: 👓 OVERVIEW — Here, you will see your carbon footprint and be able to present your company and the team behind the project. 📊 KEY FINDINGS — In this second section, you can examine your data more thoroughly, comparing carbon reports and showing your emissions per driver or scope. 🚀 REDUCTION STRATEGY — In this third section, you will showcase your strategy to reduce your carbon footprint, the actions you want to implement and their progress. The cool thing is that this page is highly customisable. Thanks to André Roussel’s fresh design, you’ll be able to show the info that you prefer (with a few limitations because we still value transparency 😉). Whether you’ve just done one carbon report or have a whole multiyear roadmap to reduce your emissions, you can customise your public page however you want. Discover more about the CSP in our blog article ➡️ https://lnkd.in/edYUEugQ Or book a demo here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ehp_WqdX Congrats to the product team (Pierre Collinet and André Roussel) and the whole dev team (Adriana Raluca Lazurca, Samuele Palmeri, François Costa, Amine Mounzer, Stéphanie Lebrun, and Tanguy De Bels) for releasing this new update! 🚀

21

2 commentaires