What is Pachama?
Forest carbon project monitoring, digital MRV, and nature-based carbon market tools.
- Category
- Nature-based carbon MRV
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA / Carbon Direct
- Founded
- 2018
- Employees
- Acquired team; many Pachama team members joined Carbon Direct
- Total funding
- $88M-$97M reported before acquisition
- Valuation
- Acquired by Carbon Direct on November 10, 2025; deal terms not disclosed
What is Pachama?
Pachama built AI and geospatial software for monitoring, reporting, and verifying forest carbon projects; in November 2025 it was acquired by Carbon Direct.
Pachama used satellite data, machine learning, and digital MRV to improve transparency in forest conservation and reforestation carbon markets. Revenue and ARR are not publicly disclosed; customer count is not publicly disclosed. Its public positioning is now part of Carbon Direct's science-backed carbon management platform.
As of June 2026, Pachama is best read as an acquired climate-tech company whose technology is being integrated into Carbon Direct. The most important operating signals are hundreds of customers claimed by founder, tens of millions of dollars deployed into nature-based projects, $64M Series B, and Carbon Direct acquisition. Pachama remains acquired by carbon direct, so exact margins, revenue mix, and customer contract values are not publicly reported unless stated by the company.
What does Pachama offer?
Pachama offered forest carbon MRV, project evaluation, carbon marketplace workflows, and tools for project developers and corporate buyers.
- Forest carbon MRV· Platform
- Satellite monitoring· Data
- AI project screening· Analytics
- Reforestation project tools· Developer
- Carbon buyer marketplace· Commercial
- Carbon Direct integration· Current status
How does Pachama make money?
Before acquisition, Pachama monetized through carbon-credit transactions, project services, and digital MRV tools; post-acquisition it supports Carbon Direct's platform and advisory services.
No public list pricing; commercial pricing is quoted by deployment, customer scale, geography, and service scope. Public prices were not listed; economics likely included marketplace fees, enterprise platform access, project developer services, and carbon-credit procurement support.
Growth depends on forest carbon quality scrutiny, digital MRV demand, corporate carbon purchasing, Carbon Direct integration, and regulatory/voluntary market convergence. For sellers, the most relevant budget owners are carbon procurement, sustainability, project developers, climate risk, finance, legal, and Carbon Direct platform buyers; procurement maturity should be treated as startup or growth-stage, with technical founders and operators close to vendor decisions.
Who leads Pachama?
Pachama is led by Diego Saez Gil, Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer; Tomas Aftalion, Co-founder and former CTO; Jonathan Goldberg, Founder and CEO, Carbon Direct.
- Diego Saez GilCo-founder and former Chief Executive OfficerFounder from 2018 until 2025 acquisitionJoined Carbon Direct after the acquisition and is listed on Carbon Direct's team.
- Tomas AftalionCo-founder and former CTOCo-founder from 2018Machine learning leader and public Pachama co-founder.
- Jonathan GoldbergFounder and CEO, Carbon DirectAcquirer CEOLeads Carbon Direct, which acquired Pachama in November 2025.
How do you contact Pachama's leadership?
Pachama publishes official company contact routes, but reviewed public sources do not verify personal executive email addresses. Use the company route below or a verified LinkedIn/workflow enrichment step before sending individual outreach.
Official routes at carbon-direct.com; personal executive pattern not verifiedHow much funding has Pachama raised?
$88M-$97M reported before acquisition; latest disclosed financing: $9M Series B extension in December 2023, bringing Series B to $64M. Acquired by Carbon Direct on November 10, 2025; deal terms not disclosed
2019-2021: Seed and earlier rounds, about $24M-$33M reported before Series B, led by early climate and tech investors, valuation not disclosed; May 2022: Series B, $55M, led by Future Positive and Breakthrough/Lowercarbon-linked syndicate, valuation not disclosed; Dec 2023: Series B extension, $9M, led by T.Capital, Lowercarbon Capital, and Positive Ventures, valuation not disclosed (brought Series B to $64M).
The company has not publicly disclosed every valuation or all small non-dilutive awards, so totals should be read as disclosed funding rather than a fully audited capitalization table. The latest financing signal matters because it funds pre-acquisition digital MRV development, forest project growth, marketplace operations, and Carbon Direct integration.
How did Pachama get here?
Pachama's path is defined by founding, technical validation, financing, and commercialization milestones.
- 2018FoundedPachama is founded to use AI and satellite data for forest carbon markets.
- May 2022$55M Series BPachama raises Series B to scale forest carbon verification.
- Dec 2023$9M Series B extensionSeries B increases to $64M with T.Capital, Lowercarbon, and Positive Ventures.
- 2024Market downturn layoffsTrellis reports carbon market downturn pressure and staff cuts.
- Nov 10 2025Acquired by Carbon DirectCarbon Direct acquires Pachama and integrates digital MRV platform.
Who are Pachama's competitors?
Pachama competes with companies in undefined.
- Carbon DirectCurrent acquirer and science-backed carbon management platform.
- SylveraCarbon ratings and market intelligence.
- BeZero CarbonCarbon ratings and project risk analytics.
- CarbonfutureCarbon removal MRV and marketplace platform competing in nature and engineered carbon credit infrastructure.
- TerraformationReforestation platform and project developer support.
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