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Supercritical

Carbon removal marketplace

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21-100 employees
  • B2B
  • Enterprise
  • Sustainability
  • Social Impact
  • Environmental
Westminster, London, UK

Company mission

To help businesses get to net zero and to scale carbon removal technologies.

Led by a woman
Top investors

40% female employees

Our take

Supercritical is a startup offering businesses the option to reach carbon net zero output. It measures a company’s carbon footprint, creates an actionable plan for reducing emissions, and recommends a portfolio of high-quality carbon removal offsets to buy.

Businesses create a lot of pollution that either needs to be lowered or removed from the atmosphere to keep the earth’s warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. With a greater carbon footprint than the entire aviation industry, Supercritical has made the tech industry an initial target.

When companies buy conventional offsets, the carbon emitted still remains in the atmosphere as someone else gets paid not to emit the same amount of carbon. Supercritical differentiates itself by focusing exclusively on carbon removal offsets that actively remove toxins from the atmosphere through methods such as tree planting, biochar, enhanced weathering, bio-oil sequestration, and direct air capture.

Supercritical counts well-known businesses accuRx, Faculty, Tide, and what3words as early customers. It is using its pre-seed funding to scale the company across all facets to work on directly impacting the reduction of carbon emissions, and it is well placed to do so with its unique strategy.

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Steph

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Benefits

  • Hybrid working: remote first with option to work from a London office 1-2 days per week
  • Monthly company socials
  • Purchase high quality carbon removal offsets for your personal emissions from our inventory
  • Generous stock options
  • £1000 annual wellbeing allowance plus a working-from-home equipment budget up to £500

Company values

  • Ownership mentality: We relish autonomy and we create it for others. We are deeply curious and thrive on understanding the root cause of complex problems. We take ownership over our own and our team’s development by giving and soliciting direct and actionable feedback.
  • Move fast: We identify the most important problems to solve and cut everything else. We test ideas early so we don’t waste time on dead ends. We default to action and deliver awesome results.
  • Radiate positive energy: We come to problems with energy and passion. We nurture new ideas and engage positively in testing them. We inspire our colleagues to go further and are resilient to set backs. We recharge by taking time off. We are here for a great day, not a long day.
  • Communicate proactively: We communicate simply and directly. We broadcast updates, insights and lessons learnt, especially when things haven’t gone to plan. We give as much context as possible so our teammates can make great decisions.

Funding (2 rounds)

Jun 2023

$13m

SERIES A

Aug 2021

$2.6m

SEED

Total funding: $15.6m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Co-founder of Songkick and was CPO for 9 years. Product Consultant & Advisor for several startups and was a Venture Partner at LocalGlobe. Current Board Member of Subak and Member of Getting to Zero Steering Group.

Progressed from Software Developer to CTO of Songkick over the course of 7 years. Previously interim CTO and then Technical Advisor at Lingumi.

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