Brainforest's Spring Cohort - Venture Program Participants '25
Meet the 7 nature-based companies that have been selected ot join Brainforest's Spring Venture Program
As we kick off the Spring 2025 edition of the Brainforest Venture Program, we’re proud and excited to welcome seven inspiring startups from around the world. Each of them is working on bold, nature-based solutions to restore biodiversity, regenerate forests, and reimagine how we live with nature.
Their journey will culminate in our Final Pitch Event on Friday, June 13th in Zürich. Whether you join us in person or online via livestream, we invite you to be part of this milestone moment and witness the future of nature innovation take shape.
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Let’s meet the impactful ventures and read more about their motivations to join Brainforest's Venture Program:
🌱 Aqua Viridi (Brazil):
🇧🇷 Aqua Viridi
Based in Manaus, deep in the heart of the Amazon, Aqua Viridi uses Amazonian microalgae to create sustainable innovations for the agro-industry, with forest preservation at its core.
Why they’re excited to be part of the Brainforest program:
“Because it’s more than funding, it’s mentorship and empowerment to take Aqua Viridi to the next level!”
🌱 FlameSense (Chile):
🇨🇱 FlameSense
FlameSense offers the most reliable and quickest way to prevent a wildfire. Their innovation uses a smart forest network of devices that live inside the forest, designed to detect the causes of wildfires before they have actually started.
Why they’re excited to join the Brainforest program:
“The knowledge and connection of the program is unmatchable. With Brainforest, we expect to reach the next step for FlameSense.”
🌱 OnlyPlants (Kenya):
🇰🇪 OnlyPlants
OnlyPlants is an alternative protein startup harnessing indigenous African crops to drive protein intake and empower smallholder farmers. Their products include a novel milk made from Bambara groundnuts, a local legume that is high in protein, drought-resistant, and improves soil health through nitrogen fixation.
Why they’re excited to be part of the Brainforest program:
“We’re looking forward to joining the Brainforest program to scale our business and deliver nutritious, affordable food products that drive tangible biodiversity outcomes.”
🌱 Polliknow (Ireland):
🇮🇪 Polliknow
Polliknow measures biodiversity by monitoring insect populations, delivering vital data to understand ecosystem health and guiding restoration efforts.
Why they’re excited to join the Brainforest program:
“Through Brainforest, we're excited to collaborate with NatureTech experts to scale our impact and accelerate our growth.”
🌱 Space4Good (The Netherlands):
🇳🇱 Space4Good
Space4Good provides environmental insights to unlock, accelerate and scale sustainable impact for our planet and its people. Our flagship product “Forester” supports forest managers in their fight against illegal deforestation by providing highly accurate alerts, predictions and streamlined reporting.
Why they’re excited to join the Brainforest program:
“The Brainforest program is unique in its focus on forestry and biodiversity, which will help us to accelerate the refinement and deployment of our product propositions.”
🌱 Swiss Soil (Switzerland):
🇨🇭 Swiss Soil
According to Swiss Soil, farmers lack the tools to understand and work with the complex living systems that produce their crops, leading to overapplication of inputs, degraded soils, and lost resilience. Swiss Soil applies Cognitive Agriculture by combining lab testing, satellite imagery, and regenerative inputs with machine learning to turn every field into a sensing, thinking, and self-improving ecosystem.
Why they’re excited to join the Brainforest program:
“We’re excited to join Brainforest to collaborate with leaders in ecological innovation and scale our vision of turning farmland into intelligent and self-healing ecosystems.”
🌱 RAMO (Portugal):
🇵🇹 RAMO
With Ramo technologies you can find and screen carbon projects accurately, instantly, and affordably. Ramo provides landowners, traditional communities, and project developers with on-demand geospatial data analytics and consultancy services to accelerate workflows and make data-driven decision-making accessible to everyone.
📣 Pitch Event on June, 13, 2025 in Zürich
Join us for the Brainforest Pitch Event on-or offline, where you will see the Spring Venture Program cohort pitching their solutions. This event if not only about presenting but also connecting with investors, experts, and founders shaping the future of biodiversity and climate solutions.
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