Loamfield
Loamfield measures soil carbon in the field at a cost that works for smallholder projects, rather than modelling it from a satellite and hoping.
What we saw in Loamfield.
Soil carbon credits have a credibility problem, and the honest fix is measurement. The obstacle has always been cost per hectare.
Wanjiru is a soil scientist who built a sampling protocol and a cheaper instrument to go with it. The science was peer reviewed before we invested, which made our diligence unusually pleasant.
We co-led the seed with a climate specialist fund. The market for credits has been volatile since. Demand for defensible measurement has not.
The company in short.
- Founded
- 2021, Nairobi
- Founders
- Wanjiru Kamau and Felix Otieno
- Sector
- Climate
- First cheque
- Seed, 2022
- Our role
- Co-led the seed
- Partner
- Tobias Lund
- Status
- Active
- Website
- loamfield.earth
How Loamfield has moved.
Founded in Nairobi out of an agricultural research programme.
Rifatela co-led the $4.2M seed.
Measured across 180,000 hectares in seven countries.
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