VC funding drops 47%, deal activity climbs - a look at 🇨🇦 climate venture in H1/23

Deal activity is up in climate, but total funding and deal sizes are down, mirroring similar shifts in global climate venture. Plus a look at venture activity and who's leading rounds

CTC #53 - erthos closes $6.5M to disrupt plastics and Canada rolls out national carbon strategy

Plus- CarbiCrete launches carbon-negative bricks; seed rounds across carbon removal, climate analytics and food production; and Alberta rolls out "deep freeze" ad campaign

CTC #52 - Oneka takes on water scarcity

Plus- Canada catches heat at UN Summit, Partage Club opens funding round for community sharing platform, and Indigenous communities invest in nuclear.