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Global Corporate Venturing, the media publication and data provider for the corporate venture capital industry, released its 2021 top 50 list of emerging industry leaders. Antoine Delafargue, the CTO of Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures, is among them.

Global Corporate Venturing, the media publication and data provider for the corporate venture capital industry, released its 2021 list of top 10 corporate venture rising stars. Xin Ma, who heads Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures Asia team, is ranked #4.

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.

6 of our active portfolio start-ups (Level 10, Tado, Volta, Zola Electric, Solidia, and OnTruck) and one of our alumni (Swiftly) have been selected by Cleantech Group as "the most innovative and promising companies that will take us from climate chaos to transformation". 

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.

Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG), in partnership with Canopy Power, is developing and constructing a solar and battery energy storage hybrid microgrid to deliver clean energy and power to remote island Koh Rong Sanloem in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

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.