Perennial
Perennial provides digital soil mapping-based Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) for soil carbon, serving corporate sustainability teams managing Scope 3 emissions and carbon project developers building registry-aligned credit programs.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2018
- HeadquartersBoulder, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Perennial does
Perennial (legal entity: Cloud Agronomics Inc., d/b/a Perennial) is a Boulder, Colorado-based soil carbon MRV technology company founded in 2018. The company builds digital soil mapping (DSM) technology — most notably its proprietary ATLAS-SOC machine learning model — that combines remote sensing, environmental datasets, and microbial/biogeochemically-informed predictors to quantify soil organic carbon (SOC), bulk density, and SOC stocks at scale. The model is trained on more than 350,000 soil samples and has been peer-reviewed and third-party validated. A complementary microbial biogeochemical model, SOCSPOT, evaluates land by durable (20+ year) carbon sequestration potential at 30m resolution. Perennial has mapped more than 10 million acres globally and supports products and protocols spanning cropland, grazing land, rangeland, and grasslands.
The company's commercial offering is structured around two primary solutions: Scope 3 Solutions for corporate sustainability teams and Carbon Markets Solutions for carbon project developers, both delivered through its MMRV platform. In August 2025, Perennial secured approval of VT0014, the first AI-enabled digital soil mapping tool approved by a major carbon registry (Verra), applicable to Verra ALM methodologies VM0042 and VM0032, as well as Gold Standard and Australia CER. The platform also addresses SBTi FLAG, GHGP LSRG, CSRD, and VCI sustainability reporting frameworks. Revenue mechanics are quote-based, multi-year enterprise contracts for MMRV services and project-based data product sales (GeoTIFF/GeoJSON exports) for ecosystem data layers. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; distribution is direct enterprise sales.
Perennial's customer base spans agribusiness (Bayer, Vital Farms, Adecoagro, KWS, Chargeurs, Nativa), carbon project developers (Anthesis, Kateri, rTek), business assurance (AmSpec Group), and government (USDA), with flagship multi-year partnerships including a global MMRV relationship with Bayer's Ecosystem Services business and a 10-year exclusive agreement with rTek for grasslands regeneration in Kazakhstan's Altai Steppe. The company has raised over $25 million in total funding from GenZero, Bloomberg LP, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Temasek, SineWave Ventures, and Augment Ventures, led by an $18M Series A in May 2022. Perennial has been recognized as a TIME Best Invention (2022) and was featured by NASA and the World Bank for its technology.
Perennial firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Perennial
- Legal name
- Cloud Agronomics Inc.
- Website
- https://perennial.earth
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2018
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Perennial provides digital soil mapping-based Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) for soil carbon, serving corporate sustainability teams managing Scope 3 emissions and carbon project developers building registry-aligned credit programs.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Perennial industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Environmental Carbon Measurement Software
- NAICS
- Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)
- SIC
- Agricultural Services (700)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Soil & Biomass Carbon Measurement (Soil Sampling, Forest Inventory, Blue Carbon) (EUABACAH)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Remote Sensing & Geospatial MRV (Satellite, Aerial, LiDAR, SAR) (EUABACAF), Agriculture & Land-Use MRV (Soil carbon, livestock, forestry/REDD+) (EUAHADAI), Soil Carbon & Regenerative Agriculture Removal (Soil Organic Carbon Credits) (EUABAFAG), Carbon, Sustainability & Traceability MRV (Field-Level Measurement/Reporting/Verification) (AFABAMAK)
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Where Perennial is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Boulder
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Perennial business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- MMRV Services: Full-service Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) for soil carbon projects and Scope 3 sustainability programs. Delivered as professional services with project-based engagements.
- Soil Ecosystem Data Products: Direct data product sales including ATLAS-SOC soil carbon measurements, SOCSPOT sequestration potential data, and Soil Health Indicators. Available as analysis-ready exports (GeoTIFF, GeoJSON) for custom workflows.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Enterprise MMRV Services |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels5 records
Perennial product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Perennial operates a Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) platform for soil-based carbon removal and Scope 3 emissions. Its proprietary ATLAS-SOC digital soil mapping model combines machine learning with remote sensing and environmental datasets to quantify soil organic carbon at scale, requiring up to 10x fewer soil samples while maintaining registry-aligned accuracy for Verra, Gold Standard, and Australia CER carbon crediting programs.
Product overview
Perennial offers a unified MMRV (Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification) platform for soil carbon quantification, consisting of core services and specialized tools. The platform comprises the main MMRV Platform serving both Scope 3 sustainability programs and Carbon Projects Solutions, powered by the proprietary ATLAS-SOC digital soil mapping model. Key products include VT0014 (Verra-approved AI tool for soil carbon quantification), ATLAS-SOC Core and Fine-Tuned variants for different accuracy requirements, SOCSPOT for sequestration potential analysis, and Soil Health Indicators for comprehensive ecosystem assessment. The Soil Ecosystem Maps platform provides public data visualization. The Adaptable MMRV framework allows selection between Digital Soil Mapping alone, Digital Soil Mapping combined with biogeochemical models, or Measure/Remeasure approaches based on project needs.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- MMRV Platform Perennial's core Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification platform delivering registry-aligned, outcome-based measurements for any crop, any land use, anywhere in the world. Supports both Scope 3 sustainability programs and carbon credit projects.
- Scope 3 Solutions MMRV solution for sustainability teams measuring field-level outcomes across global sourcing portfolios. Provides standards-aligned data for Scope 3 reporting without overburdening farmers.
- Carbon Projects Solutions Full-service MMRV for soil carbon projects, optimizing from planning to credit issuance. Reduces upfront costs through efficient sampling and maximizes carbon credit issuance through low uncertainty measurements.
- VT0014 Verra-approved tool for quantifying soil carbon using digital soil mapping. The first AI-enabled carbon quantification tool recognized by a major registry. Applies to Verra ALM methodologies including VM0042 and VM0032.
- ATLAS-SOC Perennial's proprietary digital soil mapping model that combines machine learning with biogeochemically-informed predictors from remote sensing and environmental datasets. Peer-reviewed, third-party validated, and built on over 350,000 soil samples.
- Soil Ecosystem Maps Public data visualization platform showcasing global soil health and soil carbon data. Allows users to explore relative carbon sequestration potential, carbon use efficiency, microbial soil pH index, and other soil health data.
Quantifiable outcome
- Up to 10x fewer soil samples required while achieving low uncertainty
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Perennial
Customer profileNamed customers7 records
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Perennial technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability4 records
Feature5 records
Perennial partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and strategic.
- AmSpec GroupcorePartnership to expand access to MMRV services worldwide. Collaboration aims to improve soil sampling and analysis for carbon projects and sustainability programs across global networks. AmSpec provides business assurance and sustainability expertise.
- Valor CarboncoreStrategic partnership to promote regenerative soil carbon projects worldwide, starting with Central Asia. Combines Perennial's MMRV capabilities with Valor Carbon's project development and regional network to facilitate project funding and verification.
- CoolPathflagshipCollaboration on first-of-its-kind compost-enhanced rangeland restoration project in California. Involves applying compost to degraded lands to improve soil health and sequester carbon.
- BayerflagshipGlobal MMRV partnership for carbon projects through Bayer's Ecosystem Services business within Crop Science division. After extensive validation studies, Bayer chose Perennial as global MMRV partner due to exceptional ability to deliver precise results with minimal sampling.
- rTekflagshipExclusive 10-year MMRV partnership to regenerate globally degraded grasslands. Focus on Altai Steppe in Kazakhstan, the largest contiguous grassland on the planet. rTek focuses on ground-level problem solving while Perennial provides scientific rigor and scale.
- AnthesisstrategicCarbon project development partnership. Anthesis combines Perennial's digital soil mapping tools with their expertise in project design, verification, and market access for flagship projects like SARA and AgriCarbon.
- KateristrategicPartnership utilizing VT0014 for grasslands carbon credit programs. Kateri uses Perennial's DSM tool to deliver low-uncertainty, registry-approved measurements to initialize models and streamline pathway to issuance.
- AdecoagrostrategicEvaluation partnership for grasslands carbon credit program using digital soil mapping combined with biogeochemical models. Adecoagro exploring scalable solution for their operations.
Scale indicators5 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights7 records
Perennial competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Regrow Ag: Regrow Ag is the most direct competitor to Perennial, offering digital soil mapping and MRV for soil carbon and Scope 3 emissions across agriculture. Both companies serve carbon project developers and corporate sustainability teams with similar digital MRV offerings.
- CIBO Technologies: CIBO Technologies uses satellite imagery, modeling, and AI to quantify soil carbon and yield outcomes at scale for agriculture and carbon markets. Its platform is directly comparable to Perennial's ATLAS-SOC for digital soil carbon quantification.
- Indigo Ag: Indigo Ag operates a major agricultural carbon program (Indigo Carbon) with significant in-house MRV capabilities for soil-based credits. It is a direct competitor to Perennial in the carbon project developer / Scope 3 sustainability buyer segment.
- Boomitra: Boomitra issues soil carbon credits globally using remote sensing and AI to measure SOC changes on farmland. It competes directly with Perennial in serving carbon project developers, particularly across emerging markets.
- Pachama: Pachama combines satellite remote sensing and AI to verify forest and land-based carbon credits. While more forestry-focused than Perennial, it competes in the broader nature-based MRV space and uses overlapping satellite/ML technology.
- Carbonfuture: Carbonfuture is a carbon credit platform with built-in MRV infrastructure for nature-based removal projects. It overlaps with Perennial in carbon project developer tooling and registry-aligned verification.
Broad incumbents
- Climate FieldView (Bayer): Bayer's Climate FieldView is the largest digital agriculture platform globally. It represents both a key Perennial customer and a long-term adjacent incumbent that could internalize soil carbon MRV capabilities into its broader precision ag stack.
Emerging players
- Taranis: Taranis provides AI-driven aerial imagery and field-level insights for precision agriculture. While its primary focus is crop intelligence, its imagery and analytics capabilities position it as an emerging adjacent player that could expand into soil carbon MRV.
- Terramera: Terramera focuses on regenerative agriculture technology and soil health. Its overlap with Perennial is partial — both serve the regenerative agriculture ecosystem, though Terramera is more input/product oriented while Perennial is measurement-oriented.
Others
- Sylvera: Sylvera provides independent ratings, analytics, and MRV-grade data on carbon credits. It is a thematic peer / ecosystem participant that both complements and competes with Perennial by validating the same carbon projects Perennial measures.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Perennial social profiles
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Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Perennial leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Perennial funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds8 records
Investors10 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Perennial M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments2 records
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Perennial
What does Perennial do?
Perennial operates a Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) platform for soil-based carbon removal and Scope 3 emissions. Its proprietary ATLAS-SOC digital soil mapping model combines machine learning with remote sensing and environmental datasets to quantify soil organic carbon at scale, requiring up to 10x fewer soil samples while maintaining registry-aligned accuracy for Verra, Gold Standard, and Australia CER carbon crediting programs.
Is Perennial a public or private company?
Perennial is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Perennial founded?
Perennial was founded in 2018. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Perennial based?
Perennial is headquartered in Boulder, United States, in the North America region.
How does Perennial make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. MMRV Services are the primary driver. The others are soil Ecosystem Data Products.
Who are Perennial's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Regrow Ag, CIBO Technologies, Indigo Ag, Boomitra, Pachama and Carbonfuture. Climate FieldView (Bayer) is listed as a broad incumbent. Emerging players are Taranis and Terramera. Sylvera is listed as an others.
Does Perennial have an API?
No public API is recorded for Perennial.
What industry is Perennial in?
Perennial's product category is Environmental Carbon Measurement Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUABACAH, Soil & Biomass Carbon Measurement (Soil Sampling, Forest Inventory, Blue Carbon), with a secondary code of EUABACAF, Remote Sensing & Geospatial MRV (Satellite, Aerial, LiDAR, SAR). Its NAICS code is 541360 and its SIC code is 700.