U.K.-based startup CUR8 raised a $6.5M pre-seed round led by Google Ventures to develop a platform for companies to invest in carbon removal.

 

U.K.-based startup CUR8 raised a $6.5M pre-seed round led by Google Ventures to develop a platform for companies to invest in carbon removal.  The methods include direct air capture by 1pointfive, enhanced rock weathering by UNDO, and durable soil carbon by Loam Bio. CUR8 was founded in 2020 by Marta Krupinska, former U.K. head of Google for Startups, Gabrielle Walker, founder of non-profit Rethinking Removals, and Mark Stevenson, former advisor to the U.K. Ministry of Defense.  "...we don't believe that just being a marketplace is enough. We believe that it needs to be a much more tailored approach. So our first product is a portfolio of highly curated carbon removals from across the technological spectrum," said Krupinska. The startup says it has provided carbon removal solutions for events, including British Summer Time and All Points East.