GreenVest
GreenVest, LLC is a Mid-Atlantic environmental services firm delivering fixed-price, full-delivery nature-based solutions — stream and wetland restoration, mitigation banking, coastal resilience, and stormwater management — to government agencies, utilities, and private developers across Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1992
- HeadquartersBowie, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What GreenVest does
GreenVest, LLC is a privately held environmental services firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in Bowie, Maryland, with additional offices in Baltimore, Maryland and Tranquility, New Jersey. The company delivers nature-based ecosystem restoration solutions — stream restoration, wetland creation and enhancement, coastal resilience, stormwater management, and living shorelines — to government agencies, private developers, utilities, and non-profits across the Mid-Atlantic region. Its operational backbone is a proprietary fixed-price, full-delivery contract model under which GreenVest assumes 100% of performance and financial risk and manages every phase from site identification and land acquisition through design, permitting, construction, monitoring, and long-term stewardship. The firm has secured rights on 48,000+ acres, restored 50+ stream miles, and completed 75+ restoration projects.
The technology foundation is ecological rather than digital: science-based site selection evaluated against reference conditions (soil, climate, landscape), nature-based techniques such as Beaver Dam Analogues that mimic natural stream reconnection, and conservation easements for perpetual preservation. GreenVest operates 11 mitigation banks across the Mid-Atlantic that sell compensatory mitigation credits to developers and infrastructure projects under Clean Water Act Section 404 requirements; named bank customers and project clients include Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration, New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the City of Annapolis, Prince George's County, Jersey Central Power & Light (FirstEnergy), Sunoco, and the EPA.
Revenue is generated through three intersecting streams: multi-year fixed-price full-delivery contracts (often tied to MS4, TMDL, or consent-decree mandates), mitigation credit sales from approved banks, and professional services for site identification, permitting, design, construction oversight, and long-term monitoring. Distribution is regional and direct — primarily competitive bidding for government work and negotiated contracts for private enterprise — supplemented by thought-leadership at industry conferences, podcast appearances, and educational outreach. The firm is founder-led, with President & CEO Doug Lashley as Managing Member and a lean management team that includes a General Counsel (Dana Cooper, joined 2020) and a small bench of project managers and stream scientists.
GreenVest firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- GreenVest
- Legal name
- GreenVest, LLC
- Website
- https://greenvestus.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1992
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- GreenVest, LLC is a Mid-Atlantic environmental services firm delivering fixed-price, full-delivery nature-based solutions — stream and wetland restoration, mitigation banking, coastal resilience, and stormwater management — to government agencies, utilities, and private developers across Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
GreenVest industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Environmental Restoration Services
- NAICS
- Landscape Architectural Services (541320)
- SIC
- Forestry (800)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Conservation Planning, Mitigation Banking & Offset Strategy (EUAHAHAL)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Conservation, Restoration & Biodiversity Services (Habitat, Wetlands, Riparian) (IMAMAJAH), Watershed Protection & Water Quality Services (AFAMAMAB), Ecosystem Services & Natural Capital Programs (Water, Biodiversity Credits, PES) (IMAMAJAK), Breakwaters, Seawalls & Coastal Defense Structures (IMAFAJAC)
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Where GreenVest is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Bowie
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices3 records
Markets served
GreenVest business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Full-Delivery Fixed-Price Contracts: GreenVest provides comprehensive ecosystem restoration services under fixed-price contracts where they assume 100% of financial and performance risk. Revenue is earned upon successful delivery of permitting compliance outcomes, site restoration, and monitoring milestones.
- Mitigation Banking Credits: GreenVest operates 11 mitigation banks across the Mid-Atlantic, selling mitigation credits to developers and projects requiring compensatory mitigation for wetland and stream impacts under the Clean Water Act Section 404 framework.
- Professional Services: Services include site identification, land acquisition, ecological design, regulatory permitting, construction management, maintenance and monitoring, and long-term stewardship of restored ecosystems.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Multi-year contract | Fixed-price full-delivery contracts with guaranteed outcomes |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels6 records
GreenVest product offering
Product offeringCore offering
GreenVest provides fixed-price, full-delivery ecosystem restoration services under which it assumes 100% of financial and performance risk. Offerings span stream restoration, wetland creation/enhancement, mitigation banking (11 banks across the Mid-Atlantic), coastal resilience (including salt marsh thin-layer dredge material application), stormwater management for MS4 compliance, and permittee-responsible mitigation. GreenVest manages every step of the project lifecycle — site identification, land acquisition, ecological design, regulatory permitting, construction, monitoring, and long-term stewardship — for government agencies, private developers, utilities, and non-profits across the Mid-Atlantic.
Product overview
GreenVest is an environmental services company offering nature-based ecosystem restoration solutions. The company operates as a single integrated platform providing full-delivery mitigation and restoration services rather than a modular software product. Key offerings include Ecosystem Restoration Services (stream and wetland restoration), Mitigation Banking (11 banks across the Mid-Atlantic), Coastal Resilience Projects, Stormwater Management, and Permitee-Responsible Mitigation. All services are delivered through a fixed-price, full-delivery model where GreenVest assumes complete financial and performance risk, managing site identification, land acquisition, design, permitting, construction, monitoring, and long-term stewardship.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Ecosystem Restoration Services Comprehensive, fixed-price full-delivery ecosystem restoration services for government agencies, private developers, utilities, and non-profits. Covers site identification, land acquisition, ecological design, regulatory permitting, construction, monitoring, and long-term stewardship for impaired systems in vulnerable communities.
- Mitigation Banking Operates 11 mitigation banks across the Mid-Atlantic region providing compensatory mitigation credits for wetlands and streams. Credits are available for purchase by developers and projects requiring Clean Water Act Section 404 compensatory mitigation.
- Stream Restoration Restores functionality and ecological health to impaired stream channels, managing stormwater, mitigating flood risk, and improving water quality through nature-based solutions including beaver dam analogues (BDAs) and engineered log jam structures.
- Wetland Restoration Restores and creates wetlands to compensate for unavoidable impacts, improve water quality, and provide habitat through conservation easements and perpetual preservation. Includes lower Raritan ACO Restoration (64 acres, EPA Administrative Consent Order) and NJ Turnpike Authority projects.
- Coastal Resilience Nature-based coastal protection and salt marsh restoration using thin-layer dredged material application to enhance marsh elevation and stabilize shorelines against sea level rise. Includes the Avalon Salt Marsh Resiliency Project and the $47.7M Middle Branch Resiliency Initiative in South Baltimore.
- Stormwater Management Provides stormwater management solutions to control harmful runoff, address flood risk, and support MS4 permit compliance programs for municipalities and government agencies, including a 20-year contract with the City of Annapolis.
- Permittee-Responsible Mitigation (PRM) Customized mitigation solutions designed specifically for project impacts, strategically sited to maximize watershed benefits, with 100% performance risk assumed by GreenVest under fixed-price full-delivery contracts.
- Full-Delivery Fixed-Price Contracts The umbrella contract structure under which all GreenVest services are delivered: a fixed-price, full-delivery arrangement where GreenVest assumes 100% of financial and performance risk, managing every step from site identification through long-term stewardship.
Quantifiable outcome
- 75+ full-delivery restoration projects completed successfully
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use GreenVest
Customer profileNamed customers7 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
GreenVest technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
GreenVest partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.
- South Baltimore Gateway Partnership (SBGP)coreSBGP is an economic development authority funded by casino revenue. GreenVest serves as SBGP's implementing partner for the Middle Branch Resiliency Initiative (MBRI), a comprehensive shoreline protection, marsh re-establishment, and stormwater management project in South Baltimore. $47.7 million secured to build wetlands around Middle Branch of Patapsco River.
- Baltimore CitycoreBaltimore City partnership for the Middle Branch Resiliency Initiative, part of the Reimagine Middle Branch Master Plan to transform South Baltimore's waterfront through ecological resilience projects.
- City of AnnapoliscoreGreenVest awarded a 20-year contract with City of Annapolis for stormwater management projects following all requirements of Maryland's MS4 compliance program and EPA mandated Chesapeake Bay clean water initiatives.
- Baltimore CountymajorPartner in the Middle Branch Resiliency Initiative working on coastal resilience and habitat restoration projects.
- GreenTrust AlliancecoreLong-term strategic partner for mitigation banking and long-term stewardship. Partnered on Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI) with U.S. Air Force, Army Corps, and Maryland Department of Environment. Co-developed multiple restoration projects including Mattawoman Creek and Pin Oak Forest.
- BiohabitatsmajorProject partner on Bacon Ridge Branch Stream Restoration and other stream restoration projects, providing ecological expertise and restoration design services.
- Environmental Quality Resources (EQR)majorProject partner on Waynesboro Stream Restoration Project for Virginia Department of Transportation, providing construction and environmental services.
- StantecmajorProject partner on Waynesboro Stream Restoration Project, providing engineering and consulting services.
- Princeton HydromajorProject partner on Pin Oak Forest Restoration (awarded Excellence in Water Resources Management by NJ-AWRA), Jamesburg Park Restoration, and Mullica Mitigation Bank projects.
- Maryland Department of Natural ResourcesmajorPartner in the Middle Branch Resiliency Initiative, supporting coastal resilience and environmental restoration projects.
- Maryland Port AdministrationmajorPartner in the Middle Branch Resiliency Initiative for shoreline protection and marsh restoration projects.
- Alliance for the Chesapeake BayminorEnvironmental nonprofit partner with 50+ years of work protecting and restoring Chesapeake Bay. GreenVest team members contribute guest posts and participate in joint educational initiatives.
- BetamoreminorBaltimore innovation campus where GreenVest's South Baltimore office is located at City Garage, supporting connection with clients and community.
- Coastal Resources Inc.minorProject partner on MDOT-SHA restoration projects providing technical consulting services.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights5 records
GreenVest competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Resource Environmental Solutions (RES): RES is the largest US provider of ecological restoration and mitigation banking services, operating mitigation banks nationwide. Closely mirrors GreenVest's full-delivery mitigation banking model and target customers (DOTs, utilities, developers) but at substantially larger scale.
- Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP): EIP is a mitigation banking sponsor and ecological restoration investor focused on the eastern US, including the Mid-Atlantic. Directly comparable as a mitigation bank operator selling compensatory mitigation credits to developers and regulated entities under CWA Section 404.
- Biohabitats: Biohabitats is an ecological restoration firm specializing in stream and wetland restoration, watershed planning, and nature-based design — a documented project partner of GreenVest on Mid-Atlantic work. Comparable in scientific approach and customer base (government, transportation, utilities).
- Princeton Hydro: Princeton Hydro is a New Jersey-based ecological restoration and water resource engineering firm partnering with GreenVest on Pin Oak Forest, Jamesburg Park, and Mullica Mitigation Bank projects. Direct peer in stream/wetland restoration and mitigation banking in the Mid-Atlantic.
Broad incumbents
- SWCA Environmental Consultants: SWCA is a national environmental consulting firm offering ecological restoration, permitting, and natural resource management services. Comparable in customer base (government agencies, developers, utilities) and service portfolio, but operates at broader geographic scale.
- Stantec: Stantec is a global engineering and environmental services firm with a strong water and ecological restoration practice, and a documented project partner of GreenVest on the Waynesboro Stream Restoration Project. Overlaps in environmental engineering, stream restoration, and permitting services for government clients.
- Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a global consulting and engineering firm with leading water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure practices. Provides comparable stream restoration, environmental permitting, and water quality services to government and utility clients across the US.
- Kleinfelder: Kleinfelder is a national engineering, environmental, and infrastructure consulting firm with a water and natural resources practice comparable to GreenVest's permitting and restoration services for DOTs, municipalities, and utilities.
Regional players
- Wetlands Studies and Solutions (WSSI) / Now Part of ERM: WSSI is a Virginia-based wetland and ecological consulting firm historically focused on the Mid-Atlantic. Direct competitor in stream/wetland delineation, mitigation design, and permitting for transportation and government clients in GreenVest's primary geography.
- Environmental Concern: Environmental Concern is a Maryland-based nonprofit wetland restoration and education organization. Regional peer providing wetland creation, restoration, and living shoreline work in the Chesapeake Bay watershed — overlapping GreenVest's Mid-Atlantic service territory.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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GreenVest leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles9 records
GreenVest funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Frequently asked questions about GreenVest
What does GreenVest do?
GreenVest provides fixed-price, full-delivery ecosystem restoration services under which it assumes 100% of financial and performance risk. Offerings span stream restoration, wetland creation/enhancement, mitigation banking (11 banks across the Mid-Atlantic), coastal resilience (including salt marsh thin-layer dredge material application), stormwater management for MS4 compliance, and permittee-responsible mitigation. GreenVest manages every step of the project lifecycle — site identification, land acquisition, ecological design, regulatory permitting, construction, monitoring, and long-term stewardship — for government agencies, private developers, utilities, and non-profits across the Mid-Atlantic.
Is GreenVest a public or private company?
GreenVest is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was GreenVest founded?
GreenVest was founded in 1992. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is GreenVest based?
GreenVest is headquartered in Bowie, United States, in the North America region.
How does GreenVest make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Full-Delivery Fixed-Price Contracts are the primary driver. The others are mitigation Banking Credits and professional Services.
Who are GreenVest's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Resource Environmental Solutions (RES), Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP), Biohabitats and Princeton Hydro. Broad incumbents are SWCA Environmental Consultants, Stantec, Tetra Tech and Kleinfelder. Regional players are Wetlands Studies and Solutions (WSSI) / Now Part of ERM and Environmental Concern.
Does GreenVest have an API?
No public API is recorded for GreenVest.
What industry is GreenVest in?
GreenVest's product category is Environmental Restoration Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAHAHAL, Conservation Planning, Mitigation Banking & Offset Strategy, with a secondary code of IMAMAJAH, Conservation, Restoration & Biodiversity Services (Habitat, Wetlands, Riparian). Its NAICS code is 541320 and its SIC code is 800.