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Volta, the industry leader in commerce-centric electric vehicle charging networks, raised a USD 125 million Series D to install new charging stations strategically placed in front of essential businesses such as grocery stores, pharmacies, banks and hospitals, where consumers already spend their time and money, thus decisively contributing to electrification trends.

Solstice, a community solar software company, has closed a USD 3.1 million funding round, led by Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures with notable additional investments from American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Schneider Electric Ventures, Powerhouse Ventures, Gratitude Railroad and H/L Ventures.

4 of our portfolio companies, namely Autogrid, Circulor, Hyzon Motors and Volta Charging, were selected by Business Insider in their list of the top 46 climate tech start-ups to watch in 2021 according to venture capitalists.

Swiftly, the leading big data platform for public transit, today announced that it has received a strategic investment from JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on software companies, with participation from Shakti Ventures. JMI and Shakti join an existing group of investors, including Renewal Funds, Via-ID, Aster Capital, and Wind Capital, to help Swiftly accelerate its expansion.

Angaza, a leading technology provider enabling consumer access to essential products in emerging markets, has closed USD 13.5 million in Series B financing. The round was led by East African energy impact fund KawiSafi Ventures and joined by Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures as well as by existing investors Ajax Strategies, Emerson Collective, Rethink Impact and Salesforce Ventures.

Getaround, the leading carsharing platform, raised a USD 140 million Series E financing. The company is backed a global group of new investors, including Reinvent Capital, Pennant Investors and Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures, alongside a broad set of existing investors such as SoftBank, Menlo Ventures, Braemar Energy Ventures, Triangle Peak Partners, Asset Plus Capital, Bpifrance, Cathay Innovation and Via-ID.

Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures is making a strategic investment in US fuel-cell trucks start-up Hyzon Motors as part of a funding round including other investors such as Ascent Hydrogen Fund, Hydrogen Capital Partners and Audacy Ventures.

Global Corporate Venturing, the media publication and data provider for the corporate venture capital industry, released its 2020 Powerlist of corporate venture leaders shaping the future of the industry. Girish Nadkarni, the CEO of Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures, is ranked #22.

Circulor employs technologies to improve the transparency and resilience of industrial supply chains. Customers use Circulor to verify ethical sourcing, ensure effective recycling, and to attribute CO2 footprint and other impact metrics to the flow of materials within their supply chains. Volvo Cars Tech Fund, SYSTEMIQ, Plug and Play and Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures joined its seed funding round.

Interviewed by Energy Tech Network as part of the LetsTalkEnergy series, Antoine shared his experience at Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures.