“Can an advisory-first carbon markets firm become the data and intelligence layer for compliance and voluntary carbon trading globally?”
Founded in 2016 by veterans of Barclays Capital, Vattenfall, and EcoSecurities, ClearBlue Markets started as a carbon markets advisory firm serving compliance and voluntary carbon buyers. RBC's 2023 Series A funded a shift from pure advisory toward a technology-enabled model built around the Vantage carbon intelligence platform, layering AI-driven Offset Price Discovery, Position Optimization, and CBAM tooling on top of the underlying advisory business. Distribution has expanded via a data partnership with ICE, making ClearBlue an intelligence provider embedded in commodity trader workflows rather than only a consultancy.
ClearBlue Markets was founded by Michael Berends, Nicolas Girod and Michiel ten Hoopen and is founded in 2016, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
ClearBlue Markets has raised $8M in total (latest round: Series A, 2023).
Get a read on where your own stack stands against ClearBlue Markets and the rest of its category — what they built versus bought, which providers they use, and where the gaps in your own strategy and competitive set actually are.