KlimaDAO

Name

KlimaDAO

Legal name

Klima Protocol

Website

https://klimadao.finance

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Market Infrastructure

NAICS

Securities and Commodity Exchanges (52321), Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200)

akta.pro primary industry

Tokenization, Digital MRV-Linked Credits & On-Chain Carbon Infrastructure (Digital assets, provenance) (EUABAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Carbon Registries & Issuance Platforms (Project/credit lifecycle, serials, issuance, retirement) (EUABAAAA), Interoperability & Registry Bridging Infrastructure (Cross-registry linking, meta-registries, portability) (EUABAAAI), Carbon Credit/REC Tracking, Claims & Chain-of-Custody Platforms (EUABAEAH)

Keywords

• Carbon market infrastructure
• Blockchain carbon credits
• Tokenized carbon assets
• Voluntary carbon market
• Climate finance protocol

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Zero Fee Protocol: Currently the protocol charges no fees for transactions. All user spend goes directly to climate action rather than platform fees. The model may evolve to include fee capture in the future.
2. Liquidity Provider Fees: Users who provide liquidity to the ecosystem earn trading fees from market activity. This creates a secondary revenue stream for active participants in the protocol.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

KlimaDAO operates the Klima Protocol, an open-source, blockchain-based infrastructure for voluntary carbon markets that enables transparent, instant execution, and traceable carbon credit transactions. The protocol connects 5 supported carbon registries to a unified liquidity layer on Base L2, allowing corporate buyers to retire credits with zero fees and full on-chain proof while project developers and suppliers access global demand for their credits without intermediaries.

Product overview

Klima Protocol is a single unified core product offering open infrastructure for carbon markets. It consists of the protocol infrastructure itself (open-source smart contracts and public ledger for recording transactions), paired with a user-facing application at app.klimaprotocol.com that provides the interface for executing transactions. The protocol connects carbon registries to a unified liquidity layer, enabling buyers to procure and retire carbon credits with full traceability and zero fees, while project developers and suppliers can access global demand for their credits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Klima Protocol Open-source blockchain-based protocol providing unified infrastructure for voluntary carbon markets. Enables corporate buyers to procure and retire carbon credits with zero fees, full on-chain traceability, and auditable proof of environmental impact, while project developers and suppliers access global demand through a unified liquidity layer connecting 5 supported registries. Built on Base L2 with Aerodrome-powered liquidity.

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero retirement fees - 100% of spend goes to climate action
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Base L2coreTechnology or IntegrationBase L2 is the blockchain infrastructure layer powering Klima Protocol's transactions. Built on Base, the protocol achieves transparent, low-cost transactions for carbon market operations.
• AerodromecoreTechnology or IntegrationAerodrome provides liquidity infrastructure for the Klima Protocol ecosystem, enabling continuous liquidity pools for carbon credit trading.
• 5 Supported RegistriescoreTechnology or IntegrationThe protocol integrates with 5 registries enabling credits to be bridged into the ecosystem. These registry connections enable global market access and programmability of carbon credits.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Toucan Protocol: Toucan Protocol is the closest direct peer — an on-chain carbon infrastructure protocol that tokenizes verified carbon credits and bridges them across chains for trading and retirement. Operates in the same product category, same customer base (corporate buyers and project developers), and same business model as Klima.
• Carbonmark: Carbonmark operates a marketplace for purchasing, retiring, and selling tokenized carbon credits across multiple registries. Listed alongside Klima as a key player in the tokenized carbon credit market with a comparable self-serve buyer/supplier model.
• Flowcarbon: Flowcarbon tokenizes carbon credits via the Goddess Nature Token (GNT) and provides on-chain infrastructure for carbon credit trading and retirement. Direct competitor in tokenized carbon infrastructure with overlapping buyer/supplier segments.
• EcoRegistry: EcoRegistry is a carbon registry infrastructure provider listed as a key player in the tokenized carbon credit market. Comparable as registry infrastructure that issues credits capable of being bridged into Klima or competing protocols.

Broad incumbents

• South Pole Group: South Pole is a major carbon credit project developer and broker, providing both supply and advisory services to corporate buyers. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the carbon market value chain that Klima's protocol is partly disintermediating.
• Gold Standard: Gold Standard is a leading carbon credit standards body and registry, frequently listed among supported registries for on-chain carbon platforms. Comparable as a foundational infrastructure provider whose methodologies govern credit quality that flows through Klima.
• Verra: Verra is the largest voluntary carbon market standards body and registry operator (VCS). Klima bridges credits issued by Verra into its ecosystem, making Verra both a critical upstream data source and a broad incumbent whose standards shape the entire category.

Others

• Patch: Patch provides an API for embedding carbon offset purchases into products and checkout flows. Comparable as enabling infrastructure for carbon credit distribution, though it operates as an API layer rather than an on-chain liquidity protocol.

Emerging players

• Puro.earth: Puro.earth operates a carbon removal registry focused on engineered removals (biochar, geological storage, etc.). Comparable as a registry that Klima or its peers integrate with, supplying a distinct methodology class into the on-chain ecosystem.
• Zoniqx: Zoniqx is a tokenization infrastructure platform for real-world assets, including carbon credits. Identified alongside Klima as a key player in tokenized carbon and competes in the on-chain RWA infrastructure layer that supports carbon markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KlimaDAO
• GitHubgithub.com/KlimaDAO
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/klimadao

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors4 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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