Entrepreneur UK’s London 100: Greenbaq AI

AI-powered ESG validation and blockchain-backed trust—Greenbaq helps SMEs unlock sustainable finance with ease

By Patricia Cullen | Jun 05, 2025
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Greenbaq, founder, Ijeoma Akwiwu

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Industry: Technology

Greenbaq is pioneering a transformative approach to sustainability finance through its AI-powered platform that enables small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to effectively validate, report, and monetise their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and other compliance performance.

Unlike traditional approaches that rely on manual verification and disconnected systems, Greenbaq’s platform leverages a sophisticated multi-layered validation engine powered by specialised neural networks trained on verified sustainability disclosures across diverse industry sectors.

What truly distinguishes Greenbaq is its blockchain verification layer, which creates immutable records of validation outcomes that financial institutions can trust without requiring additional verification.

This drastically reduces the friction in sustainable finance transactions, enabling SMEs to access capital at terms that accurately reflect their sustainability performance.

Industry: Technology

Greenbaq is pioneering a transformative approach to sustainability finance through its AI-powered platform that enables small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to effectively validate, report, and monetise their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and other compliance performance.

Unlike traditional approaches that rely on manual verification and disconnected systems, Greenbaq’s platform leverages a sophisticated multi-layered validation engine powered by specialised neural networks trained on verified sustainability disclosures across diverse industry sectors.

What truly distinguishes Greenbaq is its blockchain verification layer, which creates immutable records of validation outcomes that financial institutions can trust without requiring additional verification.

This drastically reduces the friction in sustainable finance transactions, enabling SMEs to access capital at terms that accurately reflect their sustainability performance.

Patricia Cullen

Entrepreneur Staff

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