'A fundamental enabler': Insurer banks £4m of funding for debut carbon removal financing product

Stuart Stone
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'A fundamental enabler': Insurer banks £4m of funding for debut carbon removal financing product

Kita completes 'highly over-subscribed’ seed funding round ahead of Carbon Purchase Protection Cover launch

Specialist carbon removals insurer Kita has announced the successful completion of a £4m seed funding round led by Octopus Ventures, as it prepares to launch its first carbon removal financing product....

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