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Munich-based startup Spine has raised €3 million in its second funding round. According to the company, the fresh capital will be used to expand the platform, scale the business, and build out the team in technology, sales, and customer service. By 2027, Spine aims to connect more than 20,000 households through its platform.

Cleantech startup 42watt is taking its next growth step: Obi is acquiring a majority stake in Enovato GmbH, the owner of the Munich-based startup. With this move, 42watt secures access to millions of customers and drives the scaling of its digital one-stop-shop model for energy renovation.

Orcan Energy integrates Howden technology into its new ORC system “efficiency pack eP 1000”. Major projects with Holcim and Eon are already underway.

Sypox electrifies high-temperature processes like steam reforming – so far a fossil CO2 driver. The compact reactor reaches over 900 degrees, saves methane, reduces emissions, and makes biogas plants more flexible and profitable. A Munich spin-off that grows organically without investors and wants to decarbonize industries.

PFASuiki has developed a process that completely destroys PFAS – so-called “forever chemicals” – directly in the water stream. The Munich cleantech startup emerged from a TDK innovation project and combines corporate expertise with startup dynamics. Now the first pilot plant is about to launch.

Munich-based cleantech startup Orcan Energy is launching a major project with cement manufacturer Holcim and energy company Eon to use waste heat in the cement industry. The goal is to achieve greater energy efficiency and CO2 reduction through ORC technology.

The Munich cleantech startup Solation supplies Knorr-Bremse with local solar power through a new model of collective building energy supply – economically, scalably, and without grid charges.

Orcan Energy announces its collaboration with Hamberger Flooring, Germany’s market leader in parquet flooring. Together with the Munich-based cleantech company, Haro converts excess heat into CO2-neutral electricity at its Stephanskirchen site.

The cleantech company Orcan Energy, which converts waste heat into clean electricity, is strengthening its Kiel location. The three managing directors Hinrich Krey, Christian Pätzold, and Jens Damian are now taking on the growing demand there.

Munich-based startup Phelas appoints Roger Lammin, former Senior Director at SpaceX, to its Advisory Board.

Spine develops and operates energy applications to provide affordable green electricity for everyone. The Munich-based startup has now secured pre-seed funding of 1.5 million euros. The company plans to use the funding primarily for team building and technical product development.

Munich-based cleantech startup Reverion is securing 56 million euros (62 million dollars) in its Series A round for the construction of its biogas plants. Energy Impact Partners (EIP) led the oversubscribed round together with Honda Xcelerator Ventures and the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund).