AirCarbon

Company description

AirCarbon Exchange ("ACX") is a global exchange revolutionizing the voluntary carbon market. The Exchange’s client base comprises corporate entities, financial traders, carbon project developers and other industry stakeholders. ACX provides its clients with an efficient and transparent trading platform which is easy to use, frictionless and with the lowest commission fees available on the market. Its underlying technology will allow the carbon market to scale efficiently to meet global ambitions of Net Zero.

Launched in 2019, the Exchange is a hybrid platform with a traditional central order book architecture that will be familiar to all experienced traders. The Exchange also utilizes the speed and efficiency of the blockchain to achieve atomic T-0 trade execution, clearing and settlement. The Exchange’s core matching engine can currently match trades in the order ~10k per second. 

As of May 2021, ACX is the world’s first carbon negative exchange, having offset its carbon emissions 12 months into the future (to May 2022) through the Onil Stoves Guatemala Uspantan project. ACX is committed to continuing to offset all of its emissions 12 months forward. 

     

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Deep dive: That’s why DB1 Ventures Invested in Primary Portal

21 October 2024 – DB1 Ventures has invested €5m in the Series A financing round of Primary Portal.

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On Speedboats and Supertankers

21 October 2024 – Markus Hablizel, Head of DB1 Ventures, talks about his key investment highlights in the past years.

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Next Gate Tech welcomes Philippe Seyll to its Board of Directors

1 July 2024 – Next Gate Tech, a leader in innovative fund industry technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Philippe Seyll to our Board of Directors.

Initial Investment in Primary Portal

25 July 2024 – Primary Portal has completed the first stage of its £7.5 million Series A funding round led by the venture capital arm of Deutsche Börse Group, DB1 Ventures.

Follow up investment in HQLAx

18 April 2024 – The funding will fuel the continued development and expansion of the HQLAX DLT platform and support the growth of its client footprint.

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Markus Hablizel
Markus Hablizel

Head of DB1 Ventures

Monika Fuchs
Monika Fuchs

Investment Principal

Christoph Osburg
Christoph Osburg

Investment Principal

Stefan Djuknic
Stefan Djuknic

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Leopold Buening
Leopold Buening

Investment Associate

Leopold Buening
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