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November 14, 2022

BeZero Carbon raises $50m as investors pile into the carbon offset market

As demand for offsets surges, there's a strong investor appetite for any tools involved in the brokerage of them


Freya Pratty

3 min read

BeZero's founders. Photo: BeZero.

The carbon offset market is booming, as more companies buy up offsets to compensate for their carbon emissions. From 2020 to 2021, it quadrupled in market value to $2bn.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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