News October 16, 2024: Aira, CorPower Ocean, Co-X, Mai, Talentium, Mainspace, VCraft Aeronautics, Legalbuddy, Big Akwa, Svea Solar, node.vc, and more

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  • Aira (Stockholm, D2C heat pump subscription service, founded 2022): €63M ($69M) from existing investors Temasek, Statkraft Ventures, Kinnevik and Altor, for the continued expansion in Germany, Italy and the UK (English). This follows a €145M Series B round closed in January, and brings total equity funding raised to €243M.
  • CorPower Ocean (Stockholm; designs, manufactures and operates wave energy farms, founded 2012): €32M ($35M) in a Series B1 funding round led by new investor NordicNinja VC, and previous investors SEB Greentech VC and EIT InnoEnergy. Santander Asset Management, Iberis Capital, and Cisco Investments also participated. This brings total funding to €95M, according to the company – likely also including non-equity funding (English). The company raised its most recent previous funding of €9M in early 2021.
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