THELOGICALINDIAN - The cofounder of the aggregation Wework Adam Neumann is abaft a new crypto activity alleged Flowcarbon and on Tuesday the blockchain activity appear it aloft 70 actor from a scattering of investors and was led by Andreessen Horowitz A16z Flowcarbons arch controlling Dana Gibber says the projects efforts accommodate a ablaze banking apparatus that creates a counterbalancing allurement to reforest abate and assure nature
Adam Neumann Backed Crypto Project Flowcarbon Raises $70 Million
A activity backed by Adam Neumann, the co-founder and above Wework controlling aloft $70 actor from cardinal investors, according to an advertisement appear on Tuesday. Neumann is a arguable appearance for his role in the aggregation in 2019 back it was apparent the close could not about-face a profit. In September 2019, Wework filed an S-1 filing for an antecedent accessible alms (IPO) banal barrage and Neumann accommodated from his CEO position. Flowcarbon is a activity Neumann co-founded with his apron Rebekah, Dana Gibber, Ilan Stern, and Carolina Klatt.
Flowcarbon is all about acclimation the all-around altitude crisis and calls itself a “pioneering altitude technology aggregation alive to body bazaar basement in the autonomous carbon bazaar (VCM).” It aims to tokenize the carbon acclaim industry and the aggregation raised $70 million in adventure basic and from the clandestine auction of its carbon-backed token. The aggregation advertisement addendum that Flowcarbon’s costs was led by Andreessen Horowitz’s accessory A16z crypto unit.
The allotment annular additionally saw accord from Invesco Private Capital, General Catalyst, Samsung Next, Sam and Ashley Levinson, RSE Ventures, Kevin Turen, and Allegory Labs. The badge auction saw investments from Box Group, Celo Foundation, and Fifth Wall. The aggregation accouterments carbon credits into the Celo blockchain and converts them to tokens alleged goddess attributes badge (GNT). The ambition is to accomplish the carbon acclaim autonomous but additionally “more transparent, aqueous and accessible,” according to the website’s summary.
On Tuesday, Flowcarbon’s advertisement notes:
A16z General Partner Says Flowcarbon ‘Is a New Economic Flywheel for Sustainability’
The CEO of Flowcarbon, Dana Gibber, explained there are “powerful bread-and-butter incentives to abort and abase analytical accustomed landscapes about the world.” However, a VCM like Flowcarbon’s could amend those incentives, according to Gibber. In accession to Flowcarbon’s costs announcement, Andreessen Horowitz’s (A16z) Arianna Simpson appear a blog post about A16z advance in Flowcarbon. Simpson said that the Flowcarbon activity unlocks “a new bread-and-butter flywheel for sustainability.” The accepted accomplice at Andreessen Horowitz who invests in crypto added remarked:
Flowcarbon’s allotment round, led by A16z and the scattering of added investors, racked up a absolute of $32 million. The butt of the $70 actor aloft stemmed from the goddess attributes badge (GNT) sale. Flowcarbon’s website says GNT is 1:1 backed as “each GNT badge is backed by 1 carbon acclaim from a carbon abatement or abridgement project.” Every carbon acclaim retains “real-world value” and the aggregation claims they are “certified by the arch carbon acclaim issuers.”
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