June's funding activities revealed key underlying trends, from battery-swap hubs to seawater electrolysers and blended-finance platforms:
🇦🇺 Amber Electric, automating home batteries and EVs to arbitrage real-time wholesale power, raised A $ 45 m in a growth round led by ETF Partners with Square Peg, Gentrack, Rubio Impact Ventures and Breakthrough Victoria, to expand into the UK/EU and build V2G capability.
🇦🇺 Voltavate, developing nanofibre separators that boost Li-ion safety and energy density, raised A $ 850 k in pre-seed funding from Artesian, Investible, Electrifi Ventures and angels, to scale R&D and pilot production.
🇮🇩 Xurya Daya, renting zero-capex rooftop-solar systems for C&I sites, secured US $ 21.4 m in a green loan from UOB Indonesia, to finance up to 130 MWp of new installations.
🇸🇬 Clean Kinetics, building distributed PV and EV-charging assets across Southeast Asia, raised S $ 4.3 m (~ US $ 3.3 m) in a Series A from family-office investors, to grow its project pipeline to 1.2 GW.
🇯🇵 pHydrogen, building low-cost seawater-electrolysis systems for green hydrogen, raised ¥300 m (~US $ 2.1 m) in a seed round from Incubate Fund, to scale lab prototypes, run field pilots, and hire process engineers.
🇹🇭 10Ants Enterprise, turning idle shophouses and warehouses into low-carbon SME hubs, raised US $ 500 k in pre-seed funding from Wavemaker Impact, to pilot its first three sites in Bangkok.
🇮🇳 Stride Green, financing EV and renewable assets, raised US $ 3.5 m seed led by Micelio Technology Fund with Incubate Fund Asia, to scale its leasing portfolio and AI risk engine.
🇯🇵 Archeda, using satellite AI to MRV nature-based carbon credits, secured an undisclosed strategic cheque from Mitsubishi Electric’s ME Innovation Fund, to enhance analytics and enter SE Asia.
🇸🇬 Lana, a blended-finance platform funding corporate decarbonisation, raised an undisclosed seed round from Liminal and Twynam Investments, to launch its first project portfolio.
🇦🇺 Termina, enabling SMEs to bulk-buy renewables and track energy & carbon data, raised A $ 3 m in a pre-Series A led by EVP Fund IV with Archangel Ventures and Skalata, to expand into new markets (UK, NZ) and deepen its emissions-reporting platform.
🇳🇿 Halter, making solar-powered smart collars that virtually fence cattle, raised US $ 100 m in a Series D led by BOND with NewView Capital, Bessemer VP and others, to double NZ deployment and enter Australia/the US.
🇮🇳 Pehle Jaisa, converting village waste into organic fertilisers, raised US $ 300 k in a pre-Series A co-led by Pantnagar Capital and Climate Angels, to roll out 50 decentralised units.
🇲🇾 3cat, refurbishing and reselling electronics to cut e-waste, raised an undisclosed pre-Series A from The Radical Fund, AEON and Iterative, to expand across Malaysia and Singapore.
🇨🇳 Botree Recycling, recovering critical metals from spent Li-ion batteries, secured an undisclosed Series B extension led by Taiping Sci-Tech Innovation Fund, to build new hydrometallurgical facilities.
🇮🇳 Oben Electric, manufacturing all-electric motorcycles, raised US $ 5.8 m in a Series A extension from Helios Holdings, Sharda and Kay family offices, to ramp production and open 150 showrooms.
🇨🇳 Boonray, building autonomous battery-electric haul trucks for mines, raised a nine-figure RMB Series B2 from Waterwood, JZ Capital and Daocin Capital, to scale pilot fleets.
🇨🇳 Aerospace Electric Propulsion Tech, developing electric powertrains for small aircraft/drones, raised an eight-figure RMB Series A1 from Xunshang VC, Shanshan and Beihang Investment, to complete flight tests.
🇮🇳 Battery Smart, running 1 500+ battery-swap stations for two- & three-wheel EVs, raised US $ 21 m in a Series B-1 led by Rising Tide Energy with responsAbility, EIF and Acacia Inclusion, to enter 20 new cities.
🇮🇳 Evera Cabs, scaling an all-electric taxi fleet from Delhi airport, secured US $ 4 m in convertible debt from Mufin Green Finance, to add 1 000 EVs and fast-charging hubs.
🇨🇳 EACON Mining Technology, supplying driver-less electric haulage systems, raised US $ 55.8 m in a Series D led by CATL Capital with FG Venture and Falcon Capital, to scale overseas deployments.
🇮🇳 Vecmocon Technologies, providing BMS and power electronics for EV OEMs, raised US $ 18 m in a Series A led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund with Aavishkaar Capital, BII and Blume Ventures, to expand manufacturing and R&D.
🇮🇳 Kazam, offering software-defined EV-charging infrastructure, raised US $ 6.2 m in a Series B from IFC, Vertex Ventures and Avaana Capital, to deploy 50 000 new smart chargers.