What Proyecto Cultivarte does

Proyecto Cultivarte is a Buenos Aires-based sustainability company founded in 2015 that designs, manufactures, and delivers organic waste management and urban agriculture solutions for organizations, municipalities, and individual consumers in Argentina. Its core offering spans four revenue streams: hardware product sales (composters from 64L residential units up to 1,300L enterprise units, plus modular garden beds and accessories), professional services (composting system design, garden installation, waste management consulting, and ecological landscaping), education and training (workshops on composting, regenerative agriculture, and sustainability), and managed services (organic waste pick-up and treatment at a Buenos Aires composting center).

The underlying technology is built around a proprietary material platform — recycled plastic wood (madera plástica reciclada) and quebracho wood — produced in partnership with Unidad 19 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Ezeiza, embedding a social-inclusion labor program into the manufacturing process. Products are modular, maintenance-free, and sold under sub-brands including CompostEra (composters), HuertEra (garden beds), and Línea Era. Distribution combines a Mercado Pago-integrated DTC e-commerce storefront for consumer/SMB buyers with a WhatsApp-led direct sales motion for enterprise and government clients. Named enterprise customers include Nestlé, Banco Santander, Schneider Electric Argentina, Grupo L, Laboratorios Andrómaco, Bitali, Fate, and De Origen, alongside a municipal program with the Municipality of Dolores.

The business is founder-led (Tomás Lusardi), privately held with no disclosed institutional funding, operates with approximately 8 employees, and positions itself as a triple-impact provider supporting ISO 9001/14001/26000 and B Corp compliance, aligned with UN SDGs 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 17. Go-to-market is hybrid: content marketing and social (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook) for top-of-funnel demand, downloadable proposals and case studies for mid-funnel conversion, and quote-based multi-year contracts for enterprise and government buyers.

Name

Proyecto Cultivarte

Legal name

Proyecto Cultivarte

Website

https://cultivarte.com.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Proyecto Cultivarte is a Buenos Aires-based sustainability company that designs, manufactures, and operates composting systems, urban garden products, and organic waste management services for Argentine enterprises, municipalities, and consumers, with social-inclusion manufacturing via a federal prison partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Composting and Urban Agriculture Equipment

NAICS

Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing (32531), Landscaping Services (561730), Compost Manufacturing (325315)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply (5200)

akta.pro primary industry

Organics & Composting Programs (Food Waste, Green Waste) (BPABALAC)

Keywords

• Composting equipment
• Urban gardening products
• Recycled plastic wood
• Organic waste management
• Ecological landscaping services

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Hardware Product Sales: Sale of composters, urban gardens, and accessories through e-commerce. Products include composter bins ranging from 64L to 1250L capacity, garden beds, and related supplies. One-time purchase model with prices ranging from approximately $11,000 to $1,270,600 Argentine pesos.
2. Professional Services - Consulting and Projects: Comprehensive sustainability projects including composting system design, garden installation, waste management consulting, and landscape design. Services include diagnostic, planning, implementation, and ongoing technical support.
3. Education and Training Services: Workshops, training sessions, and educational activities on topics including composting, urban gardening, waste management, sustainability, renewable energy, and regenerative agriculture delivered to organizations.
4. Pick-up and Treatment Services: Collection and treatment service for organic waste from organizations without in-situ composting capabilities, including logistics, transport, and treatment at authorized composting center in Buenos Aires.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Proyecto Cultivarte designs, manufactures, and sells composters (CompostEra line in sizes 215L to 650L) and urban raised-bed gardens (HuertEra line in Mini, Orgánica, Grande, and Premium 1m²/2m² configurations) made from recycled plastic wood and quebracho wood. Beyond the hardware, the company delivers end-to-end organic-waste and urban-greening services for households, companies, schools, and municipalities, including organic-waste pickup, custom garden projects, ecological landscaping, irrigation-system installation, workshops/training, and corporate volunteering, with manufacturing labor supplied through a partnership with inmates of Unidad 19 of Argentina's Federal Penitentiary Service.

Product overview

Proyecto Cultivarte offers a comprehensive sustainability solutions portfolio centered on organic waste management and urban agriculture. The product ecosystem comprises four main categories: (1) Composter products ranging from 64L to 1300L capacity including urban 2-drawer composters (Compostera Blanca/Negra de 2 cajones), garden composters (Madera Reciclada and Madera Plástica 360L), the premium CompostEra line (215L through 650L), and large enterprise solutions (Quebracho 1300L and Madera Plástica 1250L), plus custom CompostEra a medida; (2) Garden bed products including organic gardens (Madera Plástica and Quebracho 2m), large gardens (Madera Plástica and Madera Reciclada), the HuertEra Premium line (1m² and 2m² in simple and double heights), custom HuertEra a medida, and mini gardens (Mini Huerta #1 and #3); (3) Composting supplies including worm nucleus, worm humus, compost aerator, sieve, and bio-stabilizer; and (4) Professional services including composting systems, organic waste pickup, irrigation systems, garden projects, corporate volunteering, ecological landscaping, and event workshops. The company also offers Gift Cards as a gifting option. All products are manufactured using recycled materials and support the company's social inclusion mission through prison work programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CompostEra: Modular composting system made from recycled wood/plastic, available in Premium and standard lines, ranging from small household units (215L/280L) to large enterprise units (1250L/1300L).
• HuertEra
• Línea Era
• Compostera de Inclusión Social

Products and services

• CompostEra Composters (residential line) Residential-capacity composters (CompostEra 215L, 280L, 360L, 430L) made from recycled plastic wood (madera plástica reciclada) and/or quebracho wood, intended for household kitchen and garden organic-waste composting. Available in color variants (Blanca, Negra) and in recycled-plastic-wood or quebracho-wood construction.
• CompostEra Composters (enterprise line) Large-capacity CompostEra composters (540L, 650L) and custom a-medida configurations, built from recycled plastic wood or quebracho wood, designed for corporate, institutional, and municipal organic-waste management at scale.
• HuertEra Urban Gardens Raised-bed urban gardens in the HuertEra range, including Mini Huerta, HuertEra Orgánica, HuertEra Grande, and Premium 1m²/2m² configurations (simple and doble variants), plus custom a-medida builds, made from recycled plastic wood or quebracho wood for households, schools, and organizations.
• Composting Accessories Supporting consumables and tools for the composter line: worm nucleus (Núcleo de Lombrices), worm humus (Humus de Lombriz, including bulk/wholesale), aerator (Aireador), sieve (Tamiz), and bio-stabilizer (Bioestabilizador), plus loose add-on Cajón Blanco and Cajón Negro bins.
• Gift Card Proyecto Cultivarte gift card redeemable across the product catalog, targeting individual gifting use cases.
• Corporate Composting Systems (Sistema de Compostaje) Turnkey composting-system service for companies and institutions, combining supply and installation of CompostEra enterprise composters with the recurring Pick Up organic-waste collection service.
• Organic Waste Pickup (Pick Up)

Quantifiable outcome

• Organic matter recovery programs operational for multiple organizations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• De OrigencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership for carbon offset and tree planting projects. De Origen specializes in carbon projects and native tree planting, while Proyecto Cultivarte provides organizational implementation and ongoing management. Together they offer comprehensive sustainability solutions to corporate clients seeking carbon compensation and environmental regeneration programs.
• Unidad 19 del Servicio Penitenciario Federal de EzeizacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial inclusion manufacturing partnership where products are made with raw materials from recycled pallets in the prison facility. Provides employment and professional training for people deprived of liberty while producing composters and gardens with social and environmental impact.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Compostología: Argentine-focused compost and urban-agriculture solutions provider selling composters, workshops, and B2B advisory services — overlapping Cultivarte's core audience, product mix, and triple-impact positioning within the same domestic market.
• Bootstrap Compost: Residential and small-business composting subscription service combining pick-up with educational content. Comparable to Cultivarte's consumer/DTC composter + training motion and managed pick-up.
• CompostNow: US-based residential and commercial food-waste pick-up service with training and educational content. Closest international analog to Cultivarte's managed organic-waste pick-up + training bundle for organizations.
• Subpod: Worm-based composter product company (Subpod in-bed composter) selling modular composting hardware to households and small organizations. Comparable to Cultivarte's CompostEra line on form factor, modular design, and consumer/edu-led GTM.
• Compost Cycle: Commercial and institutional composting service in the US serving offices, schools, and corporate cafeterias with on-site systems and pick-up — the same enterprise segment Cultivarte targets with its B2B SISTEMA DE COMPOSTAJE offering.
• Hungry Bin: Continuous-flow worm composting product brand selling a single-shape composter for residential and small commercial use. Comparable as a hardware-led composting product peer competing in the same SKU category as Cultivarte's CompostEra line.

Broad incumbents

• Casella Waste Systems: US publicly traded solid-waste and recycling company with a sustainability and organics-processing arm. Relevant incumbent comp for Cultivarte's enterprise waste-pick-up and organics-processing services, though operating at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Waste Management Inc. Largest North American waste and environmental services provider with organic-processing capabilities and sustainability consulting. Establishes the upper-bound public-market comp for organics services and recycling-led impact narratives.

Emerging players

• Tide Capital (Compostadora Tide): Emerging LATAM-focused composter and soil-amendment operator serving B2B and municipal clients. Comparable emerging peer for Cultivarte's enterprise and municipal go-to-market motion and recycled-material product strategy.

Regional players

• Recyclo: Mexican sustainability and waste-management services company focused on recycling and organic waste. Closest regional comp outside Argentina for Cultivarte's B2B organic waste and composting services model in Latin America.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@proyectocultivarte
• Facebookfacebook.com/proyectocultivarte
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/proyectocultivarte
• Instagraminstagram.com/proyectocultivarte

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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