What iNovaland® does

iNovaland® is a private international organization founded in 2020 that restores degraded forest landscapes in Brazil and Ghana, operating an integrated platform that combines on-the-ground reforestation, carbon credit generation, investment management, and technical advisory services. The organization is the controlling brand over operational subsidiaries, including NGPTA Lda, which delivers technical assistance services, and uses a proprietary methodology branded FASB (Forest Asset and Sustainability Blueprint) to structure and manage restoration projects. The portfolio includes over 11 million trees under management across Brazilian and West African sites, with a stated target of issuing 8 million Verified Carbon Units (VCUs). The company is headquartered in Porto Seguro, Brazil, with offices in London and Lisbon and field offices in Ghana, and employs 18 staff.

The business model rests on three revenue streams: (1) the issuance and sale of carbon credits (VCUs) generated by the forest portfolio; (2) investment management fees on approximately €20 million of forest restoration funds deployed for institutional clients; and (3) technical assistance services delivered through NGPTA Lda. Anchor capital and offtake relationships include KIRKBI (the LEGO family holding company) with cumulative €3M plus €8M commitments, AstraZeneca's €22M Atebubu project in Ghana, BNDES's R$15M Floresta Viva program in Brazil, and operational partnerships with Suzano S.A., FUNBIO, MPBA, and Fundação José Silveira. The customer base is institutional and concentrated, with a small number of corporate and development-finance counterparties funding both project deployment and carbon offtake.

Recent strategic activity signals a scaling phase: a €6.5M capital raise and the 2025 launch of the 10,000-hectare Itanhém Forest Restoration Project in the Atlantic Forest, the May 2024 FASB Second Investment Cycle of €8M from KIRKBI, a January 2024 corporate restructuring to consolidate group entities, and a planned January 2026 leadership transition. The organization competes in the nature-based solutions and voluntary carbon market segments, where differentiation is driven by access to institutional capital, project pipeline quality, MRV data integrity, and the ability to package restoration assets into investable structures.

Name

iNovaland®

Legal name

iNovaland Investment Ltd

Website

https://inovaland.earth

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

iNovaland® is a private international organization founded in 2020 that restores degraded forest landscapes in Brazil and Ghana, combining on-the-ground reforestation with carbon credit generation, investment management, and technical advisory services for institutional clients and corporate offtakers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Restoration Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Afforestation, Reforestation & Revegetation (ARR) (EUABABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Agroforestry & Perennial Cropping Systems (EUABABAD), Carbon Forestry Project Development & Origination (Afforestation/Reforestation/IFM) (IMAMAJAD), Timberland Carbon & Natural Capital Project Development (Offsets/REDD+) (AFAMAKAH), Site Assessment, Planning & Permitting (Reforestation Plans) (AFAMACAC)

Keywords

• Forest landscape restoration
• Carbon credit development
• Environmental fund management
• Ecological corridor projects
• Socio-environmental incubation

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Carbon Credits: iNovaland generates Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) through forest landscape restoration projects. The company aims to issue 8 million Verified Carbon Units from their restoration activities. Carbon credit generation represents a core revenue stream from environmental restoration projects.
2. Investment Management Fees: iNovaland manages forest restoration funds on behalf of investors (such as KIRKBI, AstraZeneca) and charges management fees for fund administration, project oversight, and technical assistance services.
3. Technical Assistance Services: NGPTA Lda (technical assistance centre) actively supports on-the-ground initiatives to bring about positive changes in forest landscapes through technical expertise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

iNovaland® develops, incubates, and manages forest landscape restoration projects that channel private and institutional capital into degraded land restoration across Brazil and Ghana. Its core offerings are the FASB Program for socio-environmental project incubation and acceleration in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, the Atebubu and Wiase Living Lab in Ghana, and related carbon credit generation and ecological corridor programs. The company operates as a project developer, fund manager, and technical assistance provider, generating Verified Carbon Units and connecting fragmented forest landscapes.

Product overview

iNovaland® is a global private organization that restores degraded forest landscapes for people and planet. The company's offering is a portfolio of forest landscape restoration programs rather than a unified software platform. Core services include Project Origination, Project Management, Carbon Certification, and Stakeholder Engagement. The main programs are: the FASB Program (incubation and acceleration of socio-environmental projects in Brazil's Atlantic Forest), the Atebubu and Wiase Forest Landscape Restoration project (Living Lab in Ghana), and the Itanhém Forest Restoration Project. Supporting initiatives include Conectando Paisagens (BNDES partnership for restoration proposals), Corredor da Mata (ecological corridor with Suzano), Programa Arboretum (restoration through Fundação José Silveira), and the Study Tour educational program. The company operates as a fund manager and technical assistance provider, channeling resources from investors (KIRKBI, BNDES, AstraZeneca) to restoration projects across West Africa and South America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FASB Program (Fundo Ambiental Sul Baiano)
• Atebubu and Wiase Forest Landscape Restoration Project
• Itanhém Forest Restoration Project

Quantifiable outcome

• 11,398,126 trees growing in Brazil operations
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Ministério Público do Estado da Bahia (MPBA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 September 2025Partnership for the Itanhém Forest Restoration Project to restore 10,000 hectares of degraded Atlantic Forest. Initial investment of €6.5 million.
• Fundação José Silveira (FJS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 September 2025Partner in the Itanhém Forest Restoration Project through the Arboretum Program, a national reference in biodiversity conservation and Atlantic Forest restoration.
• Suzano S.A.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2024Partnership through the Corredor da Mata project to connect ~170,000 hectares of Atlantic Forest fragments. Suzano is the world's largest pulp producer and the initiative is part of their commitment to connect 500,000 hectares in priority conservation areas by 2030.
• Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (CBA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal network of Living Labs established by His Majesty King Charles III (formerly The Prince of Wales) in 2020 to accelerate transition to circular bioeconomy. iNovaland's Atebubu project is the first Living Lab established under CBA.
• Nature and Development Foundation (NDF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGhanaian NGO responsible for management and co-ordination of the Multi-Stakeholder Platform in the Atebubu project. Has partners across West Africa with experience in government, community, private sector, and civil society collaboration.
• Africa Plantation for Sustainable Development (APSD)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished plantation forestry company with concession of 30,000 hectares in Ghana region. Provides commercial plantation expertise and is working towards FSC certification for sustainable forest management.
• NGPTA (New Generation Plantation Technical Assistance)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical assistance provider for the Atebubu project and part of iNovaland's corporate structure. Provides sustainable land/forests management advice based on accumulated experience from the WWF knowledge-sharing platform on sustainable plantation management.
• WWF-BrazilsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported the Study Tour event bringing together participants from various FASB projects alongside international colleagues and investors to explore the landscape and discuss expansion.
• Bahia Forestry ForumsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with FASB Program for forest restoration activities in southern Bahia region, supporting restoration value chain development.
• Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) - GhanasecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry collaborating on agricultural and forestry initiatives in the Atebubu project area.
• CSIR - Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment research institute providing technical expertise on forestry research and tree nursery management for the Atebubu project.
• Ghana National Fire ServicesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment agency collaborating on wildfire prevention and management training for communities in the Atebubu project area.
• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologysecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremier science and technology university in Ghana collaborating on research and knowledge exchange for forest landscape restoration.

Scale indicators20 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Conservation International: Global environmental NGO running forest restoration programs including in the Atlantic Forest and West Africa. Comparable in mission and biomes (Brazilian Atlantic Forest and Ghana), with similar large-corporate partnerships and carbon credit monetization.
• South Pole Group: Global carbon project developer and advisory with a broad portfolio including nature-based solutions, renewables, and supply chain decarbonization. Comparable as a larger-scale forest landscape restoration and carbon project developer operating across multiple geographies.
• World Resources Institute (WRI) - Global Restoration Initiative: Large global research organization running the Global Restoration Initiative and African Restoration Initiative. Operates in the same landscape restoration space with comparable methodology development and multi-stakeholder platform building, though primarily nonprofit-funded.

Emerging players

• Pachama: Forest carbon marketplace and project development platform that uses satellite data to verify nature-based carbon projects. Comparable as a channel between forest restoration projects and corporate carbon credit buyers, though more tech/marketplace-led than field-implementation-led.
• One Tree Planted: Nonprofit reforestation organization running projects across Latin America, Africa, and Asia with corporate partnerships. Comparable corporate partner engagement model (plant-a-tree campaigns with brands like KIRKBI-aligned companies) though smaller project scale.
• Tree Nation: Reforestation project platform that connects companies and individuals to tree-planting projects worldwide. Overlapping customer base (corporate ESG partners) and comparable carbon/impact credit delivery model.

Direct peers

• Mombak: Brazilian reforestation and carbon project developer focused on restoring degraded land in the Amazon and other biomes. Highly comparable to iNovaland's FASB Program in mission, geography (Brazil), and revenue model (carbon credit generation from reforestation).
• Commonland: Dutch-based landscape restoration organization developing large-scale 'landscape deals' combining ecology, agriculture, and community. Comparable methodology-driven approach to multi-stakeholder landscape restoration at scale.
• Terra Global Capital: Investment manager focused on forestry and land-use carbon investments, including REDD+ and ARR projects in Latin America. Closely comparable fund management model for nature-based carbon projects in tropical forests.
• Veritree: Technology-enabled reforestation and carbon project platform that verifies tree-planting projects and issues carbon and impact credits. Directly comparable business model of running restoration projects that generate verified units for corporate buyers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inovaland-group
• Instagraminstagram.com/inovaland_brasil

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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