Looking at early-stage funding data for the past few months, it’s clear climate and carbon-tracking software is having a moment.Īt least 20 startups doing something at the intersection of decarbonization and software to measure progress have raised funding in roughly the past year, per Crunchbase data. As more companies and governments declare commitments to reducing carbon footprints, startups offering tools to help meet those pledges are in high demand. While Pachama appears to be the highest recent funding recipient in the climate software space, it’s far from the only startup drawing heightened interest from investors.

“The idea is that if you want, you should be able to invest with trust, with confidence, into projects that are planting trees, preserving forests.” “Every government, corporation and consumer should have the ability to contribute back,” Saez Gil said. Now, with over $24 million in Pachama’s coffers, its founder is preparing to scale up a mission inspired by a trip back to his native South America, where he saw the ravages of deforestation firsthand. Since then, a long list of prominent investors have signed on to back the 3-year-old venture, including Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures,, and Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital. His first pitch, to Y Combinator, provided some idea-stage funding. So he was prepared for some rejection with his latest venture, Pachama, a developer of satellite data-enabled technology to monitor reforestation projects for carbon emissions offsets.īut he’s not hearing “no” much, so far.

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