What Matters This Week - 8.24.24
Big round for green cement and some acquisitions
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Fundings:
Fortera, a low-carbon cement manufacturer, raised a $85M C round from Khosla.
Trunk Tools, a construction AI platform, raised a $20M A round led by Redpoint.
Enteligent, a solar DC-to-DC EV charger, raised a $6M round led by Taronga.
Optiml, a Swiss ESG data co, raised a $4M pre-seed ext. round led by BitStone.
Inertia, a construction management platform, raised a $3.2M Seed round.
Tactic, a hybrid workplace management platform, raised a $3M Seed round.
Up Catalyst, an Estonian carbon nanomaterials co, raised a $2.4M seed ext. round from Warsaw Equity.
WorkHub, a vertically integrated RE developer, raised a round from Davidson Kempner.
News:
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