CarbonFarm 🇫🇷
Methane-reduction project development and MRV for rice producers
About CarbonFarm
CarbonFarm provides a platform that facilitates the decarbonization of rice farming by utilizing proprietary satellite technology for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of carbon reduction projects. The service includes project design, certification management, and the sale of carbon credits, leveraging satellite data and artificial intelligence to ensure transparency and efficiency in the carbon market.
CarbonFarm is a France-based company founded in 2021, now around 25 people. It has raised $7.8M in disclosed funding. FundFinder classes it as Climate & Energy.
Founded by James Hastwell (Co-Founder; previously BHP, NWQ Capital Management; École Polytechnique), Vassily Carantino (Co-Founder & CEO; previously Amazon, Cardabel; Columbia Business School).
Its investors also appear on FundFinder's most-active lists for Series A · B2B (80 funds), Series A · AI (62 funds), Series A · DeepTech (53 funds).
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Series A · $7.8M · Oct 2026
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