UK-based startup Sylvera is using satellite, radar and lidar data-fuelled machine learning to bolster transparency around carbon offsetting projects in a bid to boost accountability and credibility applying independent ratings to carbon offsetting projects. The ratings are based on proprietary data sets it's developed in conjunction with scientists from research organisations including UCLA, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and University College London. It's just grabbed $5.8M in seed funding led by VC firm Index Ventures.