Carbonera, Inc.

Name

Carbonera, Inc.

Legal name

Carbonera, Inc.

Website

https://carboneraexchange.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Credit Exchange and Environmental Commodities Trading

SIC

Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221)

akta.pro primary industry

Carbon Exchanges & Trading Venues (Spot, forward, auction platforms) (EUABAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Carbon Credit Brokerage & Trading (Spot, Forward, Structured Products) (EUABADAB), Interoperability & Registry Bridging Infrastructure (Cross-registry linking, meta-registries, portability) (EUABAAAI), Tokenization, Digital MRV-Linked Credits & On-Chain Carbon Infrastructure (Digital assets, provenance) (EUABAAAE), Project-Originated Carbon Credit Marketing & Offtake (Primary Market) (EUAGAIAC)

Keywords

• Carbon credit exchange
• Carbon offset marketplace
• Voluntary carbon market
• Verified carbon offsets
• Sustainability trading platform

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transaction/Seller Fees: Carbonera charges sellers a fee for each completed transaction, calculated as a percentage of the total amount paid by the buyer. This total includes the price of the purchased credit, any applicable taxes, and a fixed fee per order. This is the primary revenue stream for the marketplace.
2. Currency Conversion Fees: Carbonera charges a conversion fee when converting funds to a different currency to collect amounts owed or pay out funds. The conversion charge is a fixed percentage applied to the base exchange rate and retained by Carbonera.
3. Third-Party Integration Fees: Third-party services integrated into the platform may be accessed by users for an additional fee, including payment processing and premium feature access.
4. White-Label Subscription: White-label solution offered to brokers and developers for a nominal monthly fee plus a standard transaction fee, allowing them to customize the platform with their own branding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Carbonera operates an online marketplace platform (Carbonera eXchange) where verified carbon offset and credit projects from third-party developers are listed, traded, and tracked by corporate buyers, sustainability investors, and brokers across both voluntary and compliance carbon markets. The platform offers dynamic auction-based pricing, automated ERPA contract processing, near real-time transactions, and direct integrations with major carbon registries (Verra, Gold Standard, ACR, CITSS) for credit verification and listing.

Product overview

Carbonera, Inc. operates Carbonera eXchange as a unified carbon credit marketplace platform. The core product is the Carbonera Exchange Platform, which enables buyers, sellers, brokers, and sustainability investors to transact across Compliance and Voluntary Carbon Markets. The platform's main features include an auction-based Best Pricing system with dynamic matching, Streamlined Documentation with automated ERPA contract processing, and Instant Access to Buyers through an intuitive interface. Additional offerings include a White Label solution for brokers and developers to brand the platform, and a Multi-User Account Access program for enterprise collaboration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Carbonera eXchange

Quantifiable outcome

• Real-time transactions drastically reducing traditional carbon credit trading timelines
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Coalition of Forestry CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with a coalition of forestry companies that recognized the untapped value of their carbon credits but needed a more efficient way to reach a broader audience. This partnership provided the foundational supply-side market for the Carbonera exchange platform.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pachama: Pachama operates a carbon credit marketplace connecting corporations to verified forest and removal projects via satellite monitoring and ML-based quality assessment. Directly comparable to Carbonera as a tech-enabled, quality-verified voluntary carbon marketplace serving enterprise buyers and developers.
• Cool Effect: Cool Effect runs a curated marketplace for verified carbon offset projects aimed at businesses and individuals seeking transparent, high-integrity credits. Comparable to Carbonera as a voluntary carbon marketplace focused on third-party verified projects and impact transparency.
• Patch: Patch provides an API and platform for businesses to embed carbon offset purchasing directly into their products and checkout flows. Closely comparable to Carbonera in serving enterprise and developer demand for verified credits, but emphasizes embedded/API distribution over a standalone exchange UI.
• Terrapass: Terrapass sells verified carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates to businesses and consumers through a direct marketplace with portfolio management tools. Comparable to Carbonera as a verified-credit marketplace serving corporate offset buyers with both spot and portfolio offerings.
• Cloverly: Cloverly offers a carbon offset API plus a marketplace of verified credits from multiple registries, with white-label and embedded offerings for businesses. Directly comparable to Carbonera in multi-registry coverage, white-label capability, and target audience of enterprises and developers.

Broad incumbents

• South Pole: South Pole is a large climate solutions provider offering carbon credit origination, brokerage, advisory, and a corporate offset platform. Comparable to Carbonera in voluntary carbon credit trading and project developer services, but operates at much larger scale with consulting and program development as primary offerings.

Emerging players

• Renoster: Renoster operates an online platform for buying and selling nature-based carbon credits with focus on project due diligence and transparent pricing. Comparable to Carbonera as an emerging marketplace for voluntary carbon credits targeting corporate buyers.
• Sylvera: Sylvera provides independent ratings and data on carbon credit quality across registries and methodologies, used by buyers and intermediaries to underwrite credits. Adjacent to Carbonera as infrastructure for the voluntary carbon market; overlaps where Carbonera's quality verification messaging competes with Sylvera's rating products.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CarboneraExchg
• Facebookfacebook.com/carboneraexchange
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carboneraexchange2023

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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