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May 30, 2023

Serial fintech founder Marta Krupinska launches carbon removals brokerage

Cur8 has just raised £5.3m from Google Ventures — but it's a challenging moment for the industry

Freya Pratty

4 min read

Marta Krupinska isn't the first fintech operator to leap over into climate tech — she follows the likes of former Revoluter Alan Chang, who launched an energy firm last year. The move makes strategic sense: in the first quarter of this year, climate tech funding surpassed fintech for the first time.

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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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