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April 3, 2023

This exited founder is plugging more than €45m into climate tech

Cornelius Patt has just launched Voltares — a trio of companies dedicated to renewable energy


Credit: Mariana Proença via Unsplash

Startup founders in Europe are increasingly muscling in on the climate tech boom, either investing directly into startups themselves or acting as LPs in climate tech funds

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the DACH region and the future of work, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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