Glacier receives millions

In its seed round, the Viennese climate protection start-up receives fresh capital from German investor First Climate, among others.

The Viennese climate protection start-up Glacier raises an undisclosed amount in the millions. The lead investor in the seed round is First Climate, an internationally active climate protection service provider from Germany. Other investors include Calm/Storm Ventures and business angels such as Bernhard Niesner, co-founder of Busu. They already invested in the pre-seed financing round more than a year ago - at that time, a total of about 1.7 million euros flowed into the company.

With the fresh capital, Glacier intends to expand its continuing education programs and further develop its own learning platform. The start-up is also preparing its strategic market entry in Germany. Glacier's business model is implementation-oriented training programs to bring climate knowledge to companies. The Viennese start-up places a special focus on internal competencies and the respective corporate culture. The courses are offered online and can be accessed at any time. A certificate is awarded upon completion.

The customers of the company, founded in 2020, include UniCredit Bank Austria, ÖBB, A1 Telekom, Infineon, ServiceNow and TPA. According to Glacier, a total of 30,000 employees attended the start-up's offerings. In the future, the start-up also wants to offer individual "learning journeys," i.e., courses tailored to the respective prior knowledge and area of activity. The range of courses is to be expanded on an ongoing basis.