AI-powered regenerative nature-based services provider ReSeed recently announced a seed raise of $4.6 million led by One Small Planet. And additional investors include Thorn Partners and a mix of angel investors, including Baratunde Thurston and Elizabeth Stewart. This capital raise enables ReSeed to expand further into the commercial market.
With venture capital investment tapping across various industries, this funding indicates the viability and opportunity that ReSeed’s work represents. ReSeed merges a globally scalable climate solution with a significant social impact, rallying the business community by cultivating a new market approach to climate financing. And ReSeed partners with the globe’s 600 million smallholder farmers to monetize their immense, largely unpaid global impact, bringing carbon credits directly from farmers to the market. Launched in 2022, ReSeed created the first carbon credits with traceability from the beginning to the end of the cycle.
This funding round will additionally enable the growth of ReSeed’s partnerships with farmers around the globe, enabling their vital work to continue while overcoming issues in legacy carbon markets via auditable data, enhanced technology, and a scalable approach.
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“Smallholder farmers play a leading role in storing carbon and strengthening global food security. Engaging with people as part of the solution in the fight against the climate crisis – while significantly reducing legacy carbon in the atmosphere – provides fundamental co-benefits that will define the next generation of climate tech.”
— Vasco van Roosmalen, co-founder and CEO of ReSeed
“While there are many schemes in place to capture and sequester carbon, not all are equal: ReSeed is a novel player in the carbon markets. Their model of ‘farm fresh carbon credits’ ensures that those who receive compensation are from communities who have done the least to exacerbate climate change, but who are suffering the most from it.”
— Baratunde Thurston, Emmy-nominated host, producer, New York Times Best Selling writer, and public speaker
“ReSeed is leading the future of climate tech with AI-powered solutions driving the nature-based services markets towards more equitable outcomes for the world’s smallholder farmers. The sector must provide world-changing solutions that also drive equity to people around the globe. ReSeed is meeting the moment with globally scalable solutions that benefit both people and planet, making it an ideal investment for us.”
— Jack Wielebinski, One Small Planet Fund Operating Officer
“We are committed to pursuing technologies that enhance communities and the planet: ReSeed is emblematic of that goal. The company sets a high standard for this next generation of carbon markets. We expect ReSeed’s carbon credits to become a staple amongst forward-thinking companies around the planet.”
— Conor Platt of Thorn Partners
