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Global carbon ratings agency providing independent quality and risk ratings for carbon offset projects in voluntary carbon markets.
BeZero Carbon has raised $100.8M across 3 funding rounds.
Key people at BeZero Carbon.
BeZero Carbon has raised $100.8M in total across 3 funding rounds.
BeZero Carbon is a carbon ratings agency based in London that provides independent risk analytics, research, and data tools to assess the quality of carbon offset projects in the voluntary carbon market. Operating through a B2B SaaS subscription model, the firm evaluates hundreds of global carbon projects to help corporate buyers, project developers, brokers, and institutional investors make informed climate investments. The company employs over 150 people and has secured venture capital to scale its proprietary ratings platform, including a $50 million Series B round in 2022 and a subsequent $32 million Series C financing. BeZero Carbon is backed by a roster of institutional investors and strategic partners, including GenZero, Japan Airlines, Quantum Energy Partners, Hitachi Ventures, and Intercontinental Exchange. The business was officially founded in April 2020 by founders Tommy Ricketts and Sebastien Cross.
Key people at BeZero Carbon.
BeZero Carbon has raised $100.8M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $32.0M Series C in January 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2025 | $32M Series C | Genzero | — | Announced |
| Nov 14, 2022 | $50M Series B | Quantum Energy Partners | — | Announced |
| May 24, 2022 | $18.8M Series A | — | — | Announced |
BeZero Carbon is a global carbon ratings agency founded in 2020 that provides independent, risk-based ratings for carbon credits in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) to scale investment in environmental assets and accelerate the net-zero transition.[1][2][6] Its platform rates over 480 projects worldwide on an 8-point scale assessing quality, risk, and climate impact, serving more than 100 corporate subscribers including UBS, Sumitomo, and Equinor, while embedding ratings in platforms like Bloomberg.[3] The company solves the VCM's core problem—misalignment between carbon credit prices and actual environmental outcomes—by delivering transparency, standardized benchmarking, and data analytics to enable confident buying, pricing premiums, and capital flow into high-integrity projects.[1][3][5] Recent US$32m funding fuels expansion into compliance markets, AI-driven automation, and global coverage, demonstrating strong growth amid rising demand for credible offsets.[3]
BeZero Carbon was co-founded in 2020 by Tommy Ricketts (CEO) and Sebastien Cross, who bring expertise from financial markets, research, and credit ratings to address gaps in carbon market infrastructure.[1][6] Ricketts and Cross identified the VCM's potential to drive net-zero wealth creation and climate action but recognized its immaturity due to opaque risk assessment for avoidance and removal credits from diverse projects worldwide.[1][6] Early traction came from building a world-class team of peer-reviewed academics, researchers, and industry leaders from exchanges, private equity, and government, enabling rapid development of a proprietary global ratings methodology.[6] Pivotal moments include refining the business model for a "glass box" transparent approach, securing investments like from Extantia, and partnerships with marketplaces, positioning BeZero as a key enabler for market scaling.[6][7]
BeZero stands out in the fragmented VCM through these key strengths:
BeZero rides the explosive growth of carbon markets, projected to underpin net-zero by channeling trillions into climate projects amid regulatory pressures like mandatory disclosures and initiatives such as CORSIA.[1][3][6] Timing is ideal as VCM volumes surge—driven by corporate net-zero pledges and sovereign compliance needs—but trust deficits from low-integrity credits hinder scaling; BeZero's infrastructure bridges this by creating "information rails" akin to financial securities, quantifying impact (potentially 0.47-2 gigatonnes CO2 by 2050).[6][7] Market forces favoring it include AI advancements for data processing, blockchain for traceability (e.g., senken partnership), and policy shifts like Brazil’s SBCE Law linking governance to investment.[4][8] By influencing ecosystem players—reinforcing accreditors, partnering with exchanges, and pushing transparency—BeZero catalyzes capital flow, boosts high-quality project development, and shapes a mature asset class for environmental markets.[3][7]
BeZero is poised to dominate as the VCM evolves into a multi-trillion asset class, expanding ratings to compliance/sovereign markets, launching AI tools for real-time insights, and automating global coverage to handle surging demand from regulated sectors like aviation and energy.[3][8] Trends like tokenized credits, policy harmonization, and removal tech dominance (56% of offsets by 2030 per BeZero reports) will amplify its role, potentially unlocking gigatonne-scale impact if transparency prevails over greenwashing.[3][4][6] Its influence may evolve from VCM pioneer to full-spectrum environmental ratings agency, fostering prosperity through climate action—but success hinges on navigating competition and methodological scrutiny. This positions BeZero as essential infrastructure for the low-carbon economy it set out to build.
BeZero Carbon has raised $100.8M in total across 3 funding rounds.
BeZero Carbon's investors include GenZero, Quantum Energy Partners.
