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2024. március 28., csütörtök 09:40 |
Climate-Tech Start-Up EcoNetix secures 7-digit Seed Investment Round |
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Vienna, 28 March, 2024 (APA/OTS) - In March 2024, the Vienna based climate-tech start-up EcoNetix secured a 7-digit seed investment round comprising lead investor Voltares Ventures, Persistent and asc impact. |
EcoNetix develops a data-driven tech solution for monitoring and
tracking CO2 savings (dMRV) and is building a global carbon credit
portfolio. With local partners, EcoNetix develops and certifies
large-scale reforestation, coastal restoration, and renewable energy
projects in Africa. According to consulting powerhouse McKinsey &
Company the CDR market is expected to grow substantially in the next
years and could be worth up to $ 1.2 trillion by 2050.
"Our mission is to save 100 million tons of CO2eq by 2030 and bring
back trust into the carbon market" say managing directors Jakob Zenz
(Founder and CEO) and Paul Nimmerfall (Co-Founder and COO), adding
"the carbon market was rightly criticized in the past for lacking
transparency, we have started EcoNetix to change that". David
Salzgeber (Co-Founder and CTO) specifies that "being able to gather
live data from very remote places is a real game changer. Through
our tech solution we collect huge amounts of data via satellites,
on-ground sensors, cameras, and weather stations. This ensures
high-quality carbon credits".
EcoNetix currently is active in 6 countries on 3 continents
(Tanzania, DRC, Kenya, Angola, UAE, and EU) and employs over 150
people with its project partners worldwide. Following this seed
round the management plans to grow the core team from 5 to 15
employees and open 9 country desks within the remaining 9 months of
2024.
The Seed Round has been lead by Voltares Ventures, co-lead by
Persistent and financially supported by asc impact.
About the investors:
Voltares is a group of companies dedicated to clean energy, based
in Vienna. Voltares responds to the climate crisis by developing
renewable energy projects in the Global South, and by investing into
climate tech companies.
"We are excited to partner with EcoNetix to join the ongoing
transformation of the CO2 savings market towards a more transparent,
efficient and impactful monitoring. As investors and developers with
ongoing projects in Georgia, India and Sri Lanka we eagerly
anticipate utilizing the EcoNetix platform from the first moment
on."
- Cornelius Patt, Founder & CEO
Persistent, founded in 2012, is Africa's Climate Venture Builder.
Persistent is a leader and pioneer investor in the off-grid energy
and e-mobility sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 25
early-stage investments in pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar distributors,
commercial and industrial solar (C&I), mini-grid developers,
technology enablers and e-mobility companies. Persistent has
contributed to improving 5 million lives, powering 600,000
households, avoiding over one million tons of CO2e, and creating
15,000 jobs.
"EcoNetix represents the newest generation of innovative carbon
project development companies, complementing our existing portfolio
and unlocking new revenue streams for the broader climate sector in
Africa. We believe companies like Econetix will make carbon markets
reliable and trustworthy again and enable carbon finance to
accelerate the vital transition required for climate change
mitigation. We are also excited to get exposure to the African
nature-based solutions space through their work."
- Tobias Ruckstuhl, Managing Partner
asc impact is an impact fund with investments into sustainable
forestry and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa.
"We see EcoNetix' mission as crucial for the success of the broader
carbon market. In a short time Jakob, Paul and their team have shown
great initiative and ethics on the ground. They combine creative
solutions to problems of the carbon markets and are putting in the
hard work wherever it is needed. We were able to compare their work
to many other firms: It is our conviction that EcoNetix can deliver
high-value and transparent carbon certificates. We are happy to
support the Seed Round with a substantial financial commitment in
order to strengthen our partnership."
- Karl Kirchmayer, Managing Partner
Contact details: Jakob Zenz Managing Director Founder & CEO jakob@econetix.net +43 664 2559924
Paul Nimmerfall Managing Director Co-Founder & COO paul@econetix.net +43 664 2409442
EcoNetix GmbH www.econetix.net
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