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April 5, 2022

Sweep raises $73m as interest in carbon accounting surges

Carbon accounting continues to be one of the areas of climate tech that's attracting a lot of VC attention.


Freya Pratty

4 min read

The founders of Sweep.

French carbon management platform Sweep has raised a $73m Series B round. It makes the company Europe’s best-funded carbon platform — a sector that is attracting increasing VC appetite as companies look for tools to manage their environmental footprints. 

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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