Silva Capital

What Silva Capital does

Silva Capital is a Sydney-based financial services and investment company that originates and manages Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) projects, operating as a 50/50-style joint venture between Roc Partners, an agriculture-focused private capital manager with more than A$8.5 billion AUM, and C6 Investment Management, a dedicated carbon asset and investment manager spun out of advisory firm Market Advisory Group in 2022. Its core product is the Silva Carbon Origination Fund, an open-ended real asset fund that develops mixed-use agricultural and environmental planting projects across Australia to generate high-integrity ACCUs at scale, with the flagship Cooplacurripa Station in NSW having reached 160,000 mixed-species native trees planted by mid-2025 and achieved the world's first registration under Australia's Nature Repair Market Act using the Replanting Native Forest and Woodland Ecosystems method. Underlying capability rests on Environmental Planting methodology expertise, integrated carbon-and-agriculture project design, Traditional Owner engagement (including pilot partnership in the Dhawura Ngilan Business and Investor Principles), and regulatory navigation of Australia's Carbon Market and emerging Nature Repair Market.

The business model is that of an institutional fund and asset manager: capital is raised from wholesale investors (qualified under section 761G(7) of the Corporations Act 2001) into the Fund, deployed into land acquisition or lease and reforestation projects, and revenues are generated via fund management fees on committed or invested capital and performance-linked economics from ACCU creation and sale to corporate, compliance, and voluntary carbon market participants. Silva Capital Pty Ltd (ACN 666 501 846) operates as authorised representative (No. 001302859) of C6 Investment Management Pty Ltd (AFSL holder 539816), constraining distribution to a high-touch, enterprise GTM motion targeting institutional LPs and corporate carbon buyers; the firm does not disclose pricing publicly and terms are negotiated directly with qualifying wholesale clients.

Name

Silva Capital

Legal name

Silva Capital Pty Ltd

Website

https://silvacapital.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Silva Capital is a Sydney-based carbon asset manager, jointly owned by Roc Partners and C6 Investment Management, that originates and manages Australian Carbon Credit Unit projects via the A$250m Silva Carbon Origination Fund for wholesale institutional investors and corporate carbon market participants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Asset Management

NAICS

Timber Tract Operations (11311)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Agroforestry & Perennial Cropping Systems (EUABABAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Regenerative Agriculture & Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) (EUABABAE)

Keywords

• Carbon credit origination
• Environmental asset management
• Sustainable agriculture investing
• Nature repair projects
• Carbon fund management

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Silva Carbon Origination Fund (open-ended real asset fund): Open-ended real asset fund providing institutional and wholesale investors exposure to Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) generated through environmental planting and integrated agriculture. Capital is raised from financial investors and carbon market participants, deployed into land acquisition/lease and reforestation projects; revenues are generated via fund management fees on committed/invested capital and performance-linked economics from ACCU creation and sale.
2. ACCU origination and sale: Sale of high-integrity ACCUs generated from Silva Capital's portfolio of environmental planting projects to carbon market participants (corporates, compliance entities, voluntary buyers) to support their emission reduction targets and compliance obligations under the Safeguard Mechanism.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Core offering

Silva Capital operates the Silva Carbon Origination Fund, an open-ended real asset fund that develops mixed-use agricultural and environmental planting projects in Australia to generate high-integrity Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) at scale. It originates, registers and sells ACCUs to financial investors and carbon market participants (corporates, compliance entities, voluntary buyers), combining carbon sequestration with sustainable farming to improve soil health and biodiversity.

Product overview

Silva Capital operates as a single integrated offering centred on the Silva Carbon Origination Fund, an open-ended real asset fund that develops mixed-use agricultural and environmental planting projects in Australia to generate high-integrity Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) at scale. The fund combines carbon sequestration with sustainable farming, improving soil health and biodiversity while keeping land productive. Silva Capital is structured as a joint venture between Roc Partners (agriculture-focused private capital investor) and C6 Investment Management (carbon asset and investment manager spun out of Market Advisory Group), and it operates as a fund and asset manager rather than a multi-product platform with add-on modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Silva Carbon Origination Fund: Open-ended real asset fund offering investors access to Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) generated through integrated land reforestation using native vegetation and agriculture projects; first close A$250m in August 2024.

Products and services

• Silva Carbon Origination Fund Open-ended real asset fund that develops mixed-use agricultural and environmental planting projects in Australia to generate high-integrity Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) at scale; designed for wholesale financial investors and carbon market participants seeking risk-weighted returns combined with access to high-integrity ACCUs.
• ACCU origination and sale Sale of high-integrity Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) generated from Silva Capital's portfolio of environmental planting projects to corporate, compliance and voluntary carbon market buyers to support their emission reduction targets and compliance obligations under Australia's Safeguard Mechanism.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• South Pole: Global climate solutions provider developing nature-based carbon projects and selling credits to corporates. Comparable as a scaled carbon originator with overlapping methodology and customer base, but with a much broader international footprint and service portfolio than Silva Capital.
• Climate Asset Management: Natural capital investment manager (a HSBC Asset Management and Pollination venture) focused on nature-based solutions including nature-based carbon. Comparable to Silva Capital as an institutional natural capital fund manager with land-based carbon strategies.
• Pollination Group: Global climate advisory and investment firm active in carbon markets, natural capital and climate finance. Comparable to Silva Capital in providing institutional clients with access to nature-based carbon and ESG-linked investment products, with broader advisory services.

Emerging players

• Pachama: Tech-enabled carbon credit marketplace and project financier focused on nature-based solutions. Comparable to Silva Capital as a project-level investor/originator of high-integrity credits serving corporate buyers, but differentiated by its technology-led marketplace model.

Direct peers

• GreenCollar: Australia's largest carbon project developer, originating ACCUs and environmental planting projects for the voluntary and compliance markets. Directly comparable to Silva Capital as a domestic ACCU originator selling high-integrity credits to corporates and institutional buyers.
• Carbon Growth Partners: Australian carbon project origination and investment platform building a diversified portfolio of ACCU-generating land projects. Closely comparable to Silva Capital in targeting institutional capital for scaled Australian carbon origination.
• Wollemi Capital: Australian specialist carbon and natural capital investment manager running funds that originate and acquire ACCUs and biodiversity credits. Highly comparable to Silva Capital in fund structure, target LPs and Australian nature-based asset focus.
• Climate Friendly: Australian carbon offset developer focused on nature-based and land-sector projects including environmental planting. Comparable to Silva Capital in project type, customer base (Australian corporates seeking offsets) and reliance on the ACCU framework.

Others

• Indigenous Carbon Industry Network (ICIN): Australian industry body supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in the carbon industry. Comparable to Silva Capital through its focus on Indigenous-led carbon projects and cultural heritage integration, which aligns with Silva's Dhawura Ngilan pilot partnership.
• Verra: Operator of the Verified Carbon Standard and other carbon credit registries. Comparable to Silva Capital as a critical infrastructure provider in the carbon credit value chain whose methodology and registry decisions directly affect ACCU pricing and supply.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/silva-capital-investment

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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