Greensphere Capital has made a strategic investment in Source Certain, a global leader in scientific origin verification, through its Gaia Sciences Innovation Fund. This partnership aims to scale Source Certain’s machine learning-driven platform, while integrating cutting-edge bioscience research to advance supply chain transparency.
Source Certain’s technology was initially devised for forensic criminal investigations and now serves a broad spectrum of clients—from global retailers and commodity traders to law enforcement and NGOs. By combining advanced chemical analysis with artificial intelligence and expert interpretation, Source Certain rapidly uncovers the true geographic origins of products.
Unlike traditional paperwork or blockchain-based approaches, their methods extract immutable chemical signatures directly from the products themselves, delivering highly accurate results.
The real-world impact of Source Certain’s services is profound. Their investigations have differentiated between lab-grown and natural diamonds, exposed mislabeled ‘sustainably sourced’ seafood, traced wheat stolen from Ukraine and sold by Russian companies, and revealed that ‘Italian’ tomato purees actually contained tomatoes harvested in China’s Xinjiang region, where concerns about forced labor prevail.
Traditionally, origin testing relies on costly stable isotope ratio analysis. Source Certain’s use of trace element analysis offers even greater accuracy at a fraction of the cost, making scientific verification more accessible. Greensphere’s investment will accelerate the company’s expansion in the UK and EU regions, with tightening supply chain due diligence standards and support innovation in areas like agricultural traceability and timber legality.
By harnessing chemistry and data science, Source Certain and Greensphere are setting a new global standard for supply chain evidence—helping to ensure that ethical sourcing, environmental responsibility, and consumer trust are grounded in verifiable science.
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“Today’s supply chains are inherently complex and frequently opaque. This creates challenges not only around ethics and environmental impact, but also with establishing fundamental truths. Where was this grown? Who handled it? Did it pass through sanctioned hands? For years, it has been either too slow or too expensive to get a clear picture of what happened on the journey from farm to fork, or from sea to supermarket shelf.”
“What blockchain promised but couldn’t deliver – incorruptible truth – can instead be achieved with chemistry. With Source Certain’s technology, we can test origins faster and more accurately than ever before using hard science – no paperwork necessary. The product is now its own proof.”
Divya Seshamani, Managing Partner of Greensphere Capital
“The future of trade depends on trust – and trust depends on evidence. We want to make forensic-level origin testing the standard, not the exception.”
“We’re excited to partner with Greensphere because they understand both the scientific depth of what we do and the commercial scale it requires to have global impact. We’ve spent more than a decade proving our method in law enforcement and with high-value commodities. Now, with this partnership, we can expand further into markets where science-backed evidence is desperately needed.”
Cameron Scadding, Founder and CEO of Source Certain
