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September 24, 2020

“The next frontier”: VCs are hot on climate tech

Investment into climate tech is growing at five times the market rate.


Freya Pratty

3 min read

Credit: Li An Lim, Unsplash

While most people’s attention is focused on finding solutions to solve one crisis, all hope is not lost for fixing the other crisis we’re living through. 

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PwC's findings on where climate tech VC investment goes around the world.
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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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