'Extraordinary momentum': Climate fintech investment more than doubles to record $2.9bn

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Nattanan Kanchanaprat
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Credit: Nattanan Kanchanaprat

Funding for climate fintech hit record levels in 2022 with investment in carbon accounting and offsetting startups increasing several times over

Climate fintech startups banked a record $2.9bn in new funding in 2022, as investment defied considerable economic headwinds to more than double on 2021 levels. That is according to new data from fintech...

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