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May 9, 2023

The climate fintechs gaining VC attention

While the fintech sector feels the downturn pinch, climate fintechs are gaining investor attention


Sadia Nowshin

6 min read

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Fintech — traditionally Europe’s best-funded sector — hasn’t been immune from the recent downturn. The sector raised $2bn in the first quarter of this year, just a fifth of what it managed in the same period a year ago. But there’s one subsector that investors say may weather the storm better than others: climate fintech. 

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Sadia Nowshin

Sadia Nowshin was a reporter at Sifted covering foodtech, biotech and startup life. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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