InPlanet develops enhanced rock weathering (ERW) solutions for tropical agriculture, spreading locally sourced rock powders on farmland to accelerate natural CO2 mineralization and improve soil fertility. The company pairs deployments with rigorous measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) and a scientific program that samples solid, liquid and gaseous phases and uses carbon mass balance, trace element and DIC measurements to quantify removal. InPlanet aims to both remove atmospheric CO2 and reduce farmers' reliance on synthetic fertilizers by boosting nutrient availability and crop yields. The team plans to scale MRV capabilities and operational deployments, targeting large‑scale rock spreading in the tropics. Operational targets in the announcement include spreading 200,000 metric tons of rock powder to capture 40,000 metric tons of CO2 and keeping on pace to remove 1 million metric tons of CO2 by 2026. The company has publicly disclosed prior pre‑seed funding and is positioning itself as a science‑driven CDR and agro‑tech provider in tropical markets. InPlanet deploys enhanced rock weathering by supplying and spreading finely ground rock powder on tropical agricultural land to accelerate natural CO2-consuming chemical reactions. The company positions the rock powder as a decarbonised soil amendment that can help restore tropical soils and substitute for limestone, pesticides and synthetic fertilisers. InPlanet plans to build a scalable enhanced rock weathering station in the tropics and, with the current program, will spread 50,000 tonnes of rock powder to remove an estimated 10,000 tonnes of CO2. The startup aims to scale toward preventing carbon megatonnes from entering the atmosphere by 2030. InPlanet is Germany/Brazil-HQed and works with scientific partners at the University of São Paulo and Universidade de Brasília. It participates in the Frontier Batch and ClimAccelerator programmes and plans to use new funding to grow its team.

Total raised

$6M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Nov 2023