Focus Areas
We support in general all cases that are nature & biodiversity positive and possibly have a connection to forests. We're particularly interested in startups in one of the following focus areas (non-exclusive).
Biodiversity
Ventures focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services are essential for preserving forest health. They sustain pollination, purify water, store carbon, and enhance soil fertility, ensuring thriving ecosystems.
Food Forests
Ventures focused on creating market-driven solutions that generate revenue for local forest communities through the sustainable production of nuts, fruits, and other non-timber forest products.
Biodiversity
Ventures focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services are essential for preserving forest health. They sustain pollination, purify water, store carbon, and enhance soil fertility, ensuring thriving ecosystems.
Food Forests
Ventures focused on creating market-driven solutions that generate revenue for local forest communities through the sustainable production of nuts, fruits, and other non-timber forest products.
Biodiversity
Ventures focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services are essential for preserving forest health. They sustain pollination, purify water, store carbon, and enhance soil fertility, ensuring thriving ecosystems.
Food Forests
Ventures focused on creating market-driven solutions that generate revenue for local forest communities through the sustainable production of nuts, fruits, and other non-timber forest products.
Biodiversity
Ventures focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services are essential for preserving forest health. They sustain pollination, purify water, store carbon, and enhance soil fertility, ensuring thriving ecosystems.
Food Forests
Ventures focused on creating market-driven solutions that generate revenue for local forest communities through the sustainable production of nuts, fruits, and other non-timber forest products.
The world’s first Venture Platform for forests and biodiversity
The world’s first non-profit Venture Platform
for forests
We accelerate ventures by leveraging philanthropy, science, technology, entrepreneurship and our unique access to indigenous and local knowledge.
The world’s first non-profit Venture Platform
for forests
We accelerate ventures by leveraging philanthropy, science, technology, entrepreneurship and our unique access to indigenous and local knowledge.
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Ventures
Incorporated & Seed Funded
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Million
Raised in Impact Investments
6
Million
Raised in Grants
By 2030 we will regenerate and protect 20 million hectares of biodiverse forests
Every year, our planet faces a growing loss of biodiversity, with 69% of global wildlife already gone since 1970. This devastation threatens our ecosystems, our climate, and our future. Brainforest was established to combat this crisis as the world’s first venture platform focused exclusively on forests and biodiversity.
Our Focus Areas
We regenerate and protect forests and biodiversity with our venture portfolio, nurtured through catalytic philanthropy and grown with impact investments.
Food Forests
Ventures focused on creating market-driven solutions that generate revenue for local forest communities through the sustainable production of nuts, fruits, and other non-timber forest products.
Biodiversity
Ventures focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services are essential for preserving forest health. They sustain pollination, purify water, store carbon, and enhance soil fertility, ensuring thriving ecosystems.
Food Forests
Ventures focused on creating market-driven solutions that generate revenue for local forest communities through the sustainable production of nuts, fruits, and other non-timber forest products.
Biodiversity
Ventures focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services are essential for preserving forest health. They sustain pollination, purify water, store carbon, and enhance soil fertility, ensuring thriving ecosystems.
We accelerate ventures by
Identifying Impactful Leverage Points
The venture acceleration process starts with a systems map, identifying main problems in our selected areas and based on them, we define key leverage points for maximum systemic impact.
Identifying Impactful Leverage Points
The venture acceleration process starts with a systems map, identifying main problems in our selected areas and based on them, we define key leverage points for maximum systemic impact.
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Entrepreneurs Join Venture Program
Top global talent with in-depth knowledge of our identified focus areas join our Venture Program. We help entrepreneurs further refine and scale their innovations through strategic collaboration, expert guidance, and access to a global network of resources and partners.
Entrepreneurs Join Venture Program
Top global talent with in-depth knowledge of our identified focus areas join our Venture Program. We help entrepreneurs further refine and scale their innovations through strategic collaboration, expert guidance, and access to a global network of resources and partners.
Validating Solutions
Our venture program rigorously validates these solutions, efficiently ensuring they are scalable, impactful, and aligned with our mission.
Validating Solutions
Our venture program rigorously validates these solutions, efficiently ensuring they are scalable, impactful, and aligned with our mission.
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Investing, Collaborating & Scaling Impact
We collaborate with the best entrepreneurs to scale their solutions, providing financial support and additional services. The selected venture becomes part of the Brainforest portfolio, and we collaborate closely over the next year to support and achieve scaling impact.
Investing, Collaborating & Scaling Impact
We collaborate with the best entrepreneurs to scale their solutions, providing financial support and additional services. The selected venture becomes part of the Brainforest portfolio, and we collaborate closely over the next year to support and achieve scaling impact.
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Identifying Impactful Leverage Points
The venture acceleration process starts with a systems map, identifying main problems in our selected areas and based on them, we define key leverage points for maximum systemic impact.
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Sourcing Entrepreneurs
We seek out top global talent with in-depth knowledge of our identified focus areas. We help entrepreneurs further refine and scale their innovations through strategic collaboration, expert guidance, and access to a global network of resources and partners.
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Validating
Our venture program rigorously validates these solutions, efficiently ensuring they are scalable, impactful, and aligned with our mission.
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Incorporate
Then we craft solutions that activate pressure points within the system that were identified in step 1.
Portfolio
Building upon a successful proof of concept
Foundations & Partners that contribute to our mission
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