
CarbonFarm is a company focused on decarbonizing rice farming through transparent incentives for farmers. They leverage satellites and AI to monitor and certify decarbonization projects at scale. For farmers and agribusinesses, CarbonFarm simplifies access to carbon markets by offering end-to-end support, including project design, Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) using proprietary satellite technology, certification management with carbon registries, and credit sales. For corporations, they provide trustworthy, registry-certified, satellite-verified credits for emissions offsetting. Their business model enables profitability and sustainability in agriculture, aiming for a greener future for the planet. Key products include their monitoring solution powered by satellite and AI, which verifies additionality at the paddy level and quantifies emissions with high accuracy. Their technology operates at scale in a smallholder context, offering independent and rigorous data analysis to reduce bias and risk.

CarbonFarm is a company focused on decarbonizing rice farming through transparent incentives for farmers. They leverage satellites and AI to monitor and certify decarbonization projects at scale. For farmers and agribusinesses, CarbonFarm simplifies access to carbon markets by offering end-to-end support, including project design, Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) using proprietary satellite technology, certification management with carbon registries, and credit sales. For corporations, they provide trustworthy, registry-certified, satellite-verified credits for emissions offsetting. Their business model enables profitability and sustainability in agriculture, aiming for a greener future for the planet. Key products include their monitoring solution powered by satellite and AI, which verifies additionality at the paddy level and quantifies emissions with high accuracy. Their technology operates at scale in a smallholder context, offering independent and rigorous data analysis to reduce bias and risk.
Focus: Decarbonising rice cultivation via carbon projects and verified credits
Technology: Satellite- and AI-based paddy-level MRV for rice methane monitoring
Business model: End-to-end rice carbon project services: project design, MRV, certification management, credit sales
Funding: €2.5M seed round announced Oct 25, 2023 (multiple investors)
HQ & founding: Paris; founded 2021
Reducing methane emissions from rice value chains and improving smallholder access to carbon markets
2021
AgTech / Climate Tech
c2.5M
Participating investors named by the company include Racine2 (Serena + makesense), TechMind, Ponderosa (Ponderosa Ventures), AgFunder, Climate Capital, and Bpifrance.