Tommy Ricketts, 37, co-founded BeZero Carbon with fellow City analyst Sebastien Cross and launched it in 2022 as an independent research agency that provides bond market-style ratings for carbon credits.
Its researchers include satellite scientists, forestry specialists and geospatial analysts and it rates carbon projects from a AAA through to D, the latter where BeZero believes the project has the lowest likelihood of removing or avoiding a tonne of CO2.
The entrepreneurs raised $75 million in venture capital between 2021 and 2022 on only £400,000 of revenue and last month secured a $32 million round led by GenZero, which is owned by Singapore’s Temasek. BeZero now has 150 customers, from US tech giants through to global banks and commodity and energy broking houses.
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