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Lowercarbon Capital raises $350m to scale up carbon removal industry

Cecilia Keating

19 April 2022 • 2 min read

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Plan to invest hundreds of millions in fledgeling carbon removal firms yet another sign of surging private sector interest in nascent sector

US venture capital firm Lowercarbon Capital has raised $350m for a new fund that aims to support the rapid expansion of companies developing cutting-edge technologies that can remove carbon dioxide from...

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