This series highlights the companies Carbon Drawdown Initiative has invested in.

Carbon removal doesn’t work without trust.

We can’t scale gigatonne solutions if buyers can’t trust the credits, suppliers can’t trust the market, and verifiers can’t trust the data.

That’s where Carbonfuture comes in. Their digital products are the infrastructure that ensures carbon removal actually counts.

A vision born in the Alps, built for global scale

The idea sparked in 2019, on a mountaintop in Switzerland: What if we built a financing framework for carbon removal — one with transparency, accountability, and safeguards at every step?

Carbonfuture was founded in 2020 to do just that. With backgrounds in financial auditing and enterprise software, co-founders Hannes Junginger and Matthias Ansorge built Carbonfuture MRV+, a digital trust layer for carbon removal.

Carbonfuture MRV+: The gold standard for trust in carbon markets

Carbonfuture MRV+ is much more than a tracking tool. It’s also an end-to-end platform that:

Onboards suppliers and supports due diligence
Digitally monitors every tonne of CO₂ through removal, transport, and durable storage
Enables third-party verification and certification across standards like Carbon Standards International, Isometric and Puro.earth
Adapts to both voluntary and compliance markets

Every project in the Carbonfuture ecosystem is rigorously tracked, from biochar production in Bolivia or Australia, to Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage in Kenya. This ensures that removal credits are not only real but independently verifiable.

Proof in practice: Biochar Carbon Removal, Microsoft, and megatonne scale

Carbonfuture MRV+ underpins the world’s largest biochar carbon removal (BCR) deal to date: 1.24 million tonnes over 10 years between Microsoft and Exomad Green.

Every tonne is tracked via dMRV (digital Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification) and certified under the Puro standard
Biomass sourcing is monitored through a Forest Monitoring Center
Co-benefits include soil restoration, fire risk reduction, and Indigenous stewardship

This goes beyond tech. It’s trust at industrial scale.

Backing from SIX and a growing list of climate leaders

One year ago, Carbonfuture closed its Series A, led by SIX, a financial infrastructure leader. The investment signals strong alignment with the future of regulated carbon markets.

They’re also enabling large-scale projects with Swiss Re, Biomass Projects in Australia, and others who see MRV as essential to high-integrity, long-term CDR.

Why we are backing them

We need carbon removal that’s real, reliable, and scalable. But we also need the infrastructure to prove it.

Carbonfuture is building that trust layer. Not just for today’s projects, but for the gigatonne future we must reach.

They are building systems that hold up under scrutiny. That’s why Carbon Drawdown Initiative is proud to support them.

To learn more about their work, visit: https://www.carbonfuture.earth/

Portfolio Spotlight: Carbonfuture, a digital infrastructure for carbon removal