Pachama is a climate technology company on a mission to restore nature and remove carbon from the atmosphere. Founded in 2018 by Diego Saez Gil and Tomas Aftalion, the company has developed a carbon credits marketplace and monitoring software that uses satellite imagery, LiDAR, and remote sensing to verify the carbon stored in forests over time. This technology provides unprecedented transparency into whether forest conservation projects are truly reducing emissions.
Saez Gil's passion for fighting deforestation stems from witnessing its devastating impacts in his native Argentina and losing his own home to California wildfires. Aftalion brought expertise as a machine learning engineer to develop Pachama's AI-driven approach. Since going through Y Combinator in 2019, the company has onboarded over 30 forest projects across the Americas and Asia, working with major enterprises like Shopify, Salesforce, and Netflix.
Looking ahead, achama aims to restore 100 million hectares of forest by 2030 and expand into blue carbon projects focused on oceans and coastal ecosystems. Prospective employees have the opportunity to join a mission-driven team and tackle the climate crisis at a global scale, while Pachama offers investors exposure to a market projected to exceed $50 billion by 2030.
2018
Founded
50-100
Employees
Series B
Stage
$355M
Latest Valuation
$50-100M
Total Funding
Dec 05 2023
Last Fundraise
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