Find below a list of VC investments in the following Innovators:

• 7Gen:  provides turnkey solutions for fleet managers transitioning their vehicles to zero emissions. 7Gen connects fleet owners, EV technology providers and capital, raised $35m in Debt funding from Zenobe Energy.

• Ather Energy: is a manufacturer of electric scooters and electric vehicle charging network called AtherGrid, raised $308m in Post-IPO equity funding.

• Exowatt: provides modular solar and BESS-based solutons purpose-built to provide sustainable and reslient power to energy-dense facilities like data centers, raised $35m in Series A funding from Felicis Ventures, 8090 Industries, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Atomic, Goat Capital, and other investors.

• Next Hydrogen: water electrolyzers provide utility-scale clean hydrogen for energy storage, economically. They’re purpose-built to provide operational flexibility so customers can exploit intermittently available renewable sources of energy and capture the entire power input range, raised $5m in Post-IPO debt funding from Export Development Canada.

• node.energy: develops software solutions that streamline the planning and management of decentralized renewable energy systems for commercial and industrial properties, raised $17m in Series B funding from BitStone Capital, BonVenture, DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DCTF), Helen Ventures, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), and other investors.

• Omnidian: offers a monitoring and maintenance platform that provides performance guarantees for rooftop PV systems, raised $87m in Growth funding from B Capital Group, Activate Capital Partners, Alumni Ventures, BNP Paribas, Citi Impact Fund, and other investors.

• RepAir Carbon: develops carbon capture technologies with the mission to capture CO₂ from the air at Gigaton, raised $15m in Series A funding from Extantia, Taranis Carbon Ventures, Ormat Technologies, and Repsol.

• UbiQD: an advanced materials company for solar energy harvesting windows, raised $20m in Series B funding from Phoenix Venture Partners, Azura Group, Builders VC, Builders Vision, New Mexico Vintage Fund (NMVF), and other investors.

• Utilidata: a software to meter the grid in real-time and optimize grid operations, raised $60m in Series C funding from Renown Capital Partners, Quanta, NVIDIA, and other investors.

• Viridi Parente: designs and builds battery energy storage systems for industrial, medical, commercial, municipal, and residential building applications, raised $9m in Grant funding from California Energy Commission (CEC).

• Yulu: is a shared micro-mobility service provider using electric two-wheelers to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution in urban India, raised $100m in Series C funding from Bajaj Auto Finance and Magna International.

These investments signal industry traction - if you would like to learn more about any of the innovators in this article, you can contact a Darcy researcher or request an update via their Storefronts. See you next week to learn more about where VC's money is flowing!