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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. 

Ontruck, Europe's leading digital road freight platform, has secured an investment round of EUR 17 million led by OGCI Climate Investments. Existing Ontruck investors Cathay Innovation, Atomico, Idinvest Partners and Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures, participated in the round, with Endeavor Catalyst joining as a new investor.

As millions suddenly find themselves confined to their homes, the shift has strained the utilities supplying power to the US electrical grid.

Swiftly, the software start-up helping cities optimize public transit, is the #3 most innovative transportation company in Fast Company's global ranking.