When you tell the planet’s story from space, it better come with receipts. Chloris Geospatial just pulled in an $8.5M Series A to do exactly that, and the funding round reads like a who’s who of climate-capital conviction. Led by Future Energy Ventures, with returning believers like AXA IM Alts, At One Ventures, Cisco Foundation, Counteract, and Orbia Ventures, this round isn’t about hype, it’s about validation. Data doesn’t lie. And Chloris doesn’t guess.
Founded in 2021 and operating out of Boston with a braintrust that could make a NASA boardroom blush, Chloris is laser-focused on one thing: showing the world exactly how much carbon is stored in terrestrial ecosystems, and where it’s changing. The platform? A full-stack cloud-native SaaS that fuses machine learning and Earth observation data into the most granular, 30-meter-resolution forest carbon monitoring system on the market. If nature had a digital twin, Chloris would be running the back end.
Co-founder and CEO Marco Albani, a former McKinsey partner and WEF Tropical Forest Alliance lead, didn’t show up to play; it’s no accident this team blends business strategy with scientific pedigree. Dr. Alessandro Baccini, Chief Science Officer, is one of the pioneers in measuring biomass from space. Professor Mark Friedl, Senior Advisor, has logged nearly three decades with NASA science teams and previously co-founded TellusLabs. And Giulio Boccaletti, also a co-founder and Senior Advisor, brings deep atmospheric science chops and global water and climate policy expertise. These aren’t figurehead founders, they’re field generals.
What makes Chloris different? They’re not approximating forest cover and hoping for the best. They’re measuring above-ground biomass directly. Twenty-three years of historical data, updated annually, with uncertainty quantified at the pixel level. You want trust in carbon markets? Start with tech that doesn’t need a disclaimer.
And now, with this new capital, they’re building a European hub, expanding commercial and technical teams, and tightening the screws on carbon accounting, carbon credit validation, and supply chain decarbonization. Chloris isn’t here to talk about trust. They’re here to make it auditable.
Patrick Elftmann at Future Energy Ventures didn’t mince words when he called this “the missing link” for scaling credible climate solutions. And he’s not wrong. Because what Chloris has built doesn’t just shift the satellite game, it forces every stakeholder in the nature tech ecosystem to raise theirs.
The satellite-based forest carbon monitoring market is staring down a triple-digit billion-dollar future. Chloris Geospatial isn’t chasing it. They’re defining it.
