Planboo
Planboo is a Stockholm-based climate technology company that builds digital MRV technology and issues biochar-based carbon removal credits, serving enterprise buyers, carbon marketplaces, and project developers globally.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2020
- HeadquartersNacka, Sweden
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Planboo does
Planboo is a Stockholm-based climate technology company founded in 2020 that operates a nature-based carbon removal business built around biochar produced from bamboo and agricultural waste. The company's product stack centers on a digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) platform called MRVin, which combines proprietary IoT thermal sensors (branded Greenbox), a smartphone application (the MRVin App), and an analytics layer to measure and verify carbon removal at biochar production sites. Beyond the software and hardware stack, the company issues and sells Biochar Carbon Removal Credits and curates a Biochar Project Network operated by partner developers.
The business operates a three-sided model. On the supply side, Planboo works with project developers including WongPhai (Thailand), Carboneers, Carbon Capital, Solidaridad, Better Cotton, and NARA to source biochar production and co-issue removal credits. On the distribution side, the company's credits are listed across six carbon marketplaces — Patch, Supercritical, Cloverly, Remova, Squake, and Klimate — and are also sold directly to enterprise buyers including Shopify, Oliver Wyman, Boeing, Klarna, Workday, McKinsey, Grab, Mirakl, and Milkywire. Revenue is generated through credit issuance and sales, subscription-based licensing of the MRV technology stack to other project operators, and biochar product sales distributed to local farmers via developer partners.
As of the most recent reporting, the company states 40,325 tCO2 removed across 8 active projects, with 5 million tonnes contracted for future delivery. Production has scaled from 10 tCO2 in 2022 to 500 tCO2 in 2023 to 10,000 tCO2 in 2024, with a published target of 100,000 tCO2 for 2025 and 10 million tCO2 by 2030. The company is privately held, has a 1–10 person team based in Stockholm, Sweden, and completed a funding round in March 2024 of over $1.1M from Katapult VC, Silverstrand Capital, Rockstart, Imaginal Seeds, and 8+ Ventures.
Planboo firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Planboo
- Legal name
- Planboo Eco
- Website
- https://planboo.eco
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2020
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Planboo is a Stockholm-based climate technology company that builds digital MRV technology and issues biochar-based carbon removal credits, serving enterprise buyers, carbon marketplaces, and project developers globally.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Planboo industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Carbon Removal Technology
- SIC
- Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Digital MRV & Traceability Platforms (dMRV, APIs, Data Pipelines, Tokenization Support) (EUABACAK)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Biochar Carbon Projects (Biomass to Biochar & Soil Application) (EUABABAH), Carbon Removal Project Development, Financing & Offtake (Developers, Aggregators, Buyers Clubs) (EUABAFAL), IoT/Edge Sensor MRV (Continuous Monitoring, Metering, CEMS) (EUABACAG)
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Where Planboo is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Nacka
- HQ country
- Sweden
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Planboo business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Carbon Dioxide Removal Credits (CDRCs): Planboo facilitates nature-based carbon removal by enabling tropical project developers to transform agricultural waste into biochar and carbon credits. Planboo earns revenue through subscription/service fees from project developers and through offtake arrangements with corporate credit buyers. Carbon finance is directed to tropical communities that transform waste into biochar.
- Biochar Sales / Agricultural Sales: Project developers can sell biochar and biochar-based products (e.g., biochar-compost blends, biochar-based fertilizers, wood vinegar) to neighboring farmers and landowners. Revenue from biochar sales strengthens project economics and reduces dependence on credit revenue alone.
- Project Developer Onboarding & MRV Services: Planboo provides subscription-based MRV technology services and project developer support, including eligibility assessment, feasibility studies, and PDD validation. The platform offers tiered subscription services for projects at different stages of maturity.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Entry-level subscription for project developers |
| Subscription | Annual | Full-service project developer subscription |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels7 records
Planboo product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Planboo facilitates nature-based carbon removal by enabling tropical project developers to transform agricultural waste into biochar and certified Carbon Dioxide Removal Credits (CDRCs). The company provides a digital Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (dMRV) technology platform—MRVin—combining IoT hardware (Greenbox thermal sensors) with a smartphone app and cloud dashboard to measure over 300 data points across the biochar production lifecycle. Planboo sells verified, Puro.earth and CSI-certified biochar carbon removal credits to enterprise buyers and offers its MRV platform on a tiered subscription basis to project developers.
Product overview
Planboo is a climate technology company offering biochar carbon removal in the Tropics through a two-sided platform connecting biochar project developers with carbon credit buyers. The core offering centers on MRVin technology, combining IoT hardware (Greenbox thermal sensors) with digital software (MRVin Monitor, MRVin App) to provide end-to-end Measurement, Reporting, and Verification of biochar production across 300+ data points. Project developers use the MRVin Intelligence Network to track biomass collection, pyrolysis, mixing, and application, while carbon credit buyers purchase Puro.earth and CSI-certified removal credits. The platform enables distributed biochar production in remote tropical regions with verifiable, high-integrity carbon removal.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- MRVin dMRV Platform End-to-end digital MRV platform measuring over 300 data points from biomass harvesting locations through to liters of biochar applied to soil. Combines IoT hardware with smartphone app and cloud dashboard for real-time monitoring of pyrolysis temperatures, biomass residence times, and credit generation. Designed for biochar project developers.
- Greenbox Thermal IoT Sensor Thermal IoT hardware sensor installed on each biochar kiln to monitor the pyrolysis process in real time. Records biomass residence times and pyrolysis temperatures, feeding data into the MRVin project dashboard for audits and carbon credit verification.
- MRVin App Smartphone application used by biochar project teams to document every stage of biochar production, including biomass sourcing and transport, weights, storage, kiln operations, biochar mixing, transport, and application to soil.
- Biochar Carbon Removal Credits Puro.earth and Carbon Standards International (CSI) certified carbon removal credits generated through decentralized biochar production in the Tropics. Sold to enterprise buyers seeking high-integrity, traceable credits for net-zero and Scope 3 emission targets.
- Biochar Project Network & Onboarding Services Global network of accredited biochar carbon removal projects across the Tropics, providing a portfolio of projects to corporate buyers and onboarding, feasibility assessment, and PDD validation services for biochar project developers.
Quantifiable outcome
- 40,325 tCO₂ removed to date across 8 active projects
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use Planboo
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Planboo technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature5 records
Planboo partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.
- NARA Climate Community Biochar ProjectminorWorld's first refugee-led carbon project in Kenya's Turkana region (Kakuma and Kerio communities). Uses Planboo's MRV technology for tracking CO2 removal. Issued and sold its first batch of 144 tCO₂ of CDR credits, verified on Carbon Standards International registry. Employs approximately 123 workers across five community cooperatives, with roughly 50% being women and refugees. Converts invasive Prosopis juliflora shrubs into biochar.
- Better CottoncoreThe world's largest cotton sustainability initiative working with 2.2 million licensed farmers (22% of world cotton farmers). Partnered with Planboo to introduce biochar production for Better Cotton licensed farmers. First pilot rolling out in Maharashtra and Gujarat, India. Enables scalable biochar carbon removal insetting models for Better Cotton's retailer and brand members, addressing Scope 3 emissions and SBTi FLAG targets.
- CarboneerscoreEarly pioneer in biochar carbon removal, collaborating with Planboo on Carboneers' project in Oti, Ghana. Brings project development and low-emission pyrolysis technology (including a newly designed closed-chamber kiln developed with High Plains Biochar) while Planboo provides its MRVin digital MRV system. Collaboration aims to drive innovation and enhance quality of distributed biochar production in the Tropics. Partnership has already attracted early offtake from Milkywire.
- SolidaridadcoreCivil society organization creating better perspectives for farmers and workers in developing countries. Joined forces with Planboo to support cotton smallholder farmers in Zambia to produce and adopt biochar. Partnership aims to reach 100,000 smallholder farmers in 5 years, increase yields and incomes, improve soil health, and remove carbon from the atmosphere. Also active in Tanzania. Leverages Solidaridad's sustainable agriculture experience with Planboo's MRVin platform.
- PatchcoreCarbon marketplace platform. Facilitated Oliver Wyman's 3-year offtake agreement for 2,067 tonnes of Biochar CDR credits from Planboo's Thailand project. Listed as a partner on Planboo's homepage logo wall, indicating a marketplace/channel relationship for carbon credit distribution.
- SupercriticalcoreCarbon removal marketplace. Arranged Boeing's 20,000-tonne CDR portfolio, selecting six suppliers across Brazil, Bolivia, Namibia, and India including Planboo's Namibia biochar project. Screens over 200 projects worldwide to source high-quality biochar and enhanced rock weathering CDR for corporate buyers.
- Puro.earthcoreCarbon removal registry and standard. Planboo's industrial-scale biochar projects (e.g., Farm Gai Kaisa 159 Namibia) are certified by Puro.earth. The standard is described as carrying the most buyer credibility alongside Isometric. Puro requires 3 months of steady-state operation before first audit.
- Carbon Standards International (CSI)coreCarbon registry maintaining the Global Artisan C-Sink methodology for decentralized biochar projects. Planboo's decentralized projects use CSI methodology. CSI has accredited the Kon-Tiki kiln and requires methane compensation requirements. Planboo works with CSI EBC/WBC standards and is one of the first companies to develop methodologies for tropical biochar projects under this standard.
- IsometriccoreCarbon registry with high reputation for scientific rigour and high integrity. Isometric recently released a methodology for smaller, decentralized biochar projects that does not require industrial kilns. Planboo references Isometric as one of the strongest commercial options alongside Puro.
- Carbon CapitalcoreCollaboration partner on the Farm Gai Kaisa 159 Biochar Project in Namibia. Carbon Capital is one of Africa's largest Puro.earth biochar carbon removal projects, sustainably harvesting encroaching acacia bush and converting it into biochar at scale. The project achieved a Sylvera Rating of A.
- Ithaka InstituteminorResearch institution that conducted peer-reviewed research on methane emissions from Kon-Tiki kilns, supported by Planboo and Milkywire. Research found methane emissions from properly operated Kon-Tiki kilns are up to 6x lower than figures currently used in carbon standards, strengthening the case for artisanal and decentralised biochar production.
Scale indicators11 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Planboo competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Carboneers: Early pioneer in biochar carbon removal that collaborates with Planboo on a joint project in Oti, Ghana. Carboneers develops low-emission pyrolysis technology (including a closed-chamber kiln with High Plains Biochar) for distributed tropical biochar — a near-twin of Planboo's distributed project model.
- Carbon Capital: One of Africa's largest Puro.earth-certified biochar carbon removal projects, harvesting encroaching acacia bush in Namibia for biochar production. The Farm Gai Kaisa 159 project (Sylvera A-rated) is a Planboo collaboration partner and a direct peer in African biochar project development.
- Carbonfuture: Biochar carbon removal marketplace and MRV infrastructure provider. Carbonfuture offers biochar credit issuance, registry integration, and project developer tools that directly overlap with Planboo's MRVin platform and biochar carbon credit business.
- Exomadgreen: Biochar carbon removal company producing certified removal credits from agricultural waste. Exomadgreen operates distributed biochar projects and competes with Planboo for corporate offtake agreements in the voluntary carbon market.
- Patch: Carbon credit marketplace that facilitated Oliver Wyman's 3-year offtake of Planboo's Thailand biochar credits. Patch is both a distribution channel for Planboo and a competitor for end-buyer relationships in the broader CDR market.
- Supercritical: Carbon removal marketplace that arranged Boeing's 20,000-tonne CDR portfolio which includes Planboo's Namibia project. Supercritical screens over 200 projects globally to source biochar and enhanced rock weathering credits — a direct channel partner and competitor.
- Terrachar: Biochar project developer producing certified carbon removal credits from agricultural residues. Terrachar operates distributed biochar production projects comparable to Planboo's tropical network, targeting similar enterprise offtake customers.
Broad incumbents
- Pachama: Larger, well-funded carbon credit marketplace combining nature-based and tech-based removal solutions. Pachama operates in the same enterprise carbon procurement space as Planboo's distribution channels and represents a broader incumbent in the market Planboo addresses.
- Puro.earth: Leading carbon removal registry and standard that certifies Planboo's industrial-scale biochar projects. Puro.earth operates the methodology framework and registry infrastructure underpinning biochar carbon credit issuance — both a critical infrastructure partner and ecosystem incumbent.
- Isometric: Carbon removal registry known for scientific rigor that recently released a methodology for smaller, decentralized biochar projects. Isometric is a registry partner for Planboo and a critical infrastructure provider that shapes credit issuance rules for the entire biochar category.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Planboo leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Planboo funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors2 records
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Frequently asked questions about Planboo
What does Planboo do?
Planboo facilitates nature-based carbon removal by enabling tropical project developers to transform agricultural waste into biochar and certified Carbon Dioxide Removal Credits (CDRCs). The company provides a digital Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (dMRV) technology platform—MRVin—combining IoT hardware (Greenbox thermal sensors) with a smartphone app and cloud dashboard to measure over 300 data points across the biochar production lifecycle. Planboo sells verified, Puro.earth and CSI-certified biochar carbon removal credits to enterprise buyers and offers its MRV platform on a tiered subscription basis to project developers.
Is Planboo a public or private company?
Planboo is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Planboo founded?
Planboo was founded in 2020. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Planboo based?
Planboo is headquartered in Nacka, Sweden, in the Europe region.
How does Planboo make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Carbon Dioxide Removal Credits (CDRCs) is the primary driver. The others are biochar Sales / Agricultural Sales and project Developer Onboarding & MRV Services.
Who are Planboo's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Carboneers, Carbon Capital, Carbonfuture, Exomadgreen, Patch, Supercritical and Terrachar. Broad incumbents are Pachama, Puro.earth and Isometric.
Does Planboo have an API?
No public API is recorded for Planboo.
What industry is Planboo in?
Planboo's product category is Carbon Removal Technology. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUABACAK, Digital MRV & Traceability Platforms (dMRV, APIs, Data Pipelines, Tokenization Support), with a secondary code of EUABABAH, Biochar Carbon Projects (Biomass to Biochar & Soil Application). Its SIC code is 8731.