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Wednesday, June 08 2022 - 10:00
AsiaNet
Meta Carbon Receives Investment from Animoca Brands
STAMFORD, Conn., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Meta Carbon www.meta-carbon.com, a technology company that helps brands engage 
their audience on the topic of climate change, announced today that it has 
closed a round of financing from Animoca Brands 
(https://www.animocabrands.com/all-announcements).

Meta Carbon's platforms sell carbon at retail, integrate with business 
operations, tokenize carbon and make carbon offsetting as transparent as 
possible. Meta Carbon seeks to help companies reduce both their own and their 
customers' carbon footprint. By fractionalizing carbon in NFTs, it makes it 
possible to integrate climate solutions into Web3 based games, loyalty 
programs, and at point of sale.

Animoca Brands is a global leader in gamification and blockchain with a large 
portfolio of over 170 investments in NFT related companies and decentralized 
projects that are contributing to building the open metaverse.

The new funding announced today will be used to improve the technology behind 
Meta Carbon's value proposition – 'Engagement' to make carbon offsetting fun 
and 'Transparency' offering proof of impact for every dollar spent.

Tom Herman, CEO of Meta Carbon commented, "We believe that every individual, 
corporation, government, and investor must be involved in combating climate 
change! Animoca Brands' ability to reach into and across almost all Web3 
ecosystems, from gaming to DeFi, makes it a perfect partner for us to extend 
our fractionalization, transparency, and gamification solutions to more of the 
world. We're delighted that Animoca Brands is so committed to addressing 
climate change and has brought into our vision of making it fun and transparent 
for everyone to become carbon positive. The Animoca Brands family will act as 
an incredible resource to help us realise our plans."

Yat Siu, the executive chairman and co-founder of Animoca Brands, commented: 
"With its use of blockchain, NFTs and gamification, Meta Carbon perfectly fits 
our profile for early-stage investment. Additionally, we especially value Meta 
Carbon's powerful focus on environmental sustainability, which will contribute 
to our efforts to create a green ecosystem of companies."

About Meta Carbon

Meta Carbon is a US-based company helping brands engage their audience on the 
topic of climate change. Meta Carbon's nature-based carbon offsetting partner, 
Stand for Trees, has been offsetting carbon for 7 years and in the process has 
saved over 3.5m mature trees.  Meta Carbon also operates the Carbon Creatures 
NFT platform which sold its first Impact NFTs in March 2021 and is dedicated to 
capturing carbon and protecting the natural habitats of the world's most 
endangered species. Funds raised from Carbon Creatures NFT sales go to 
purchasing and retiring carbon offsets as well as supporting local charities 
and organizations that protect endangered animals and their habitats. 

For more information visit: www.meta-carbon.com
To buy carbon offsets visit: www.standfortrees.org
To buy your first truly, eco-friendly NFT visit: www.carboncreatures.com

Media contact: Tom Herman CEO tom@meta-carbon.com

Source: Meta Carbon Inc