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Isometric, a London-based certifier for the industrial economy, today announced that their Series A has reached €43 million ($50 million) to accelerate its expansion with the help of new investors.

EU-Startups understands today’s investment to have a value of approximately €8.6 million ($10 million), due to their previous Series A raise being valued at €34 million ($40 million) in June. This brings their total funding across its Seed and Series A to €64 million ($75 million).

Joining previous investors are Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), Acario Innovation (the corporate venture arm of Tokyo Gas), BY Venture Partners, Dubai Future District Fund, Earth VC, Motion Ventures, One Capital, Plug and Play, Verb Ventures, and Legora founder Max Junestrand.

Eamon Jubbawy, Chief Executive Officer of Isometric, says, “Provable output is financeable output. Our AI agents check every data point behind an industrial claim, turning it into a verified asset. ICE has spent decades building the infrastructure the world’s financial markets depend on, and they’re now backing Isometric to do the same for the industrial economy.”

Isometric’s latest investment comes amid continued 2026 funding for European companies working on carbon certification, measurement and industrial decarbonisation.

This wave includes a €12.6 million Series A for Paris-based carbon-project certifier Equitable Earth, €3.2 million for Berlin-based digital MRV provider Seqana, €1.25 million for Amsterdam-based Scope 3 certification startup Proba and €17.5 million for Antwerp-based industrial CO₂ conversion company D-CRBN.

In adjacent industrial infrastructure, Dutch startup MAECONOMY raised €1.5 million to make circular building materials auditable and tradable, while London company Cocoon Carbon secured €13 million for lower-carbon cement substitutes.

Together, these six 2026 rounds account for approximately €49 million in disclosed funding, or around €58 million when Isometric’s latest approximately €8.6 million tranche is included.

Gordon Bennett, Managing Director of Utility Markets at ICE, adds, “We believe analogue markets can be transformed through digital infrastructure, and that the partners and platforms we back will define the next chapter of environmental markets. That belief, combined with Isometric’s approach to verification and data integrity, is what compelled us to invest.”

Founded in 2022, Isometric certifies industrial claims that customers, investors, and regulators rely on but can’t check for themselves. Its AI-powered platform, Certify, works alongside independent verifiers to review data points behind a claim. Every certificate is published on Isometric’s public Registry alongside the underlying data, calculations, and evidence.

Isometric started in carbon removal, where it has been contracted to certify over 16 million tonnes, more than any other certifier in the world. It has since expanded across industrial emissions, energy, fuels, and materials.

Known customers include: Microsoft, Anglo American, Boeing, JPMorgan Chase, and more than 200 projects worldwide.

With today’s backing, Isometric will accelerate its expansion across the industrial economy, bringing its AI-powered certification technology together with ICE’s financial market infrastructure and data expertise.

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Anthropic has told shareholders it expects positive adjusted operating income for a second straight quarter, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing several people with knowledge of the matter. CNBC reported the same on Monday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The FT also reported that Anthropic’s gross margins are above 80%. That figure […]

More than 70 MPs and peers have asked Prime Minister Andy Burnham to back a ban on building artificial superintelligence in the UK. The Guardian’s Robert Booth first reported the letter on 11 September. The government has said it does not support the bill. The signatories include 15 former government ministers and Robin Butler, a […]