Neocrete gears up for Series A funding

Neocrete gears up for Series A funding
Neocrete co-founder Zarina Bazoeva is this week's guest. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Peter Griffin
Concrete might be the backbone of modern society, but it comes at a steep carbon cost.As global climate pressures intensify, the business of “greening” this essential material is heating up, and few are more determined to crack the code than Zarina Bazoeva, co-founder of Neocrete.In the latest episode of The Business of Tech, Zarina sits down for an in-depth interview about how her New Zealand startup is tackling one of the world’s most stubborn climate problems: cement, the glue in concrete, is responsible for around 8% of gl...

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