Seqana, a Berlin-based digital measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) company, has closed a €3.2 million seed funding round to advance its soil carbon quantification technology. The round was led by Pymwymic, with participation from HTGF, Counteract, and Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank.
The company plans to deploy the fresh capital toward accelerating development of its soil carbon MRV tooling and extending measurement capabilities across agricultural landscapes. Seqana’s platform leverages satellite imagery and machine learning algorithms to assess soil health and carbon content, providing farmers and agricultural stakeholders with actionable data for monitoring environmental impact.
Filling a measurement gap
The funding underscores growing investor interest in agricultural technology solutions that address environmental monitoring challenges. Soil carbon measurement remains a critical but underdeveloped area within the broader carbon credit and sustainability reporting ecosystem. Seqana’s approach offers a scalable alternative to ground-based sampling methods, which are labor-intensive and difficult to deploy across large geographic areas.
Stefan Goenner, a representative of the company, emphasized the centrality of carbon to the company’s mission: “Carbon is core to what we do, and it stays that way. It’s how the market first learned to put a value on soil, and the discipline our measurement is built on.”
Expanding measurement infrastructure
Founded in 2020, Seqana has positioned itself within the growing cleantech segment focused on environmental monitoring and verification. The company’s technology addresses a specific need for agricultural businesses navigating increasingly stringent carbon accounting standards and voluntary carbon markets. As enterprises and regulators demand more transparent reporting of agricultural emissions and sequestration, reliable MRV tools have become essential infrastructure.
The company’s approach integrates remote sensing data with advanced analytics to generate measurements that can support carbon credit issuance, farm management decisions, and regulatory compliance efforts. This capability distinguishes Seqana from traditional agricultural service providers that rely primarily on manual assessment methods.
European momentum in climate tech
The funding round reflects broader momentum within Europe’s cleantech ecosystem, where climate measurement and verification technologies are attracting significant capital. Berlin continues to establish itself as a hub for environmental technology startups, drawing investors focused on solutions that address climate change mitigation across different sectors.
The participation of specialized investors such as HTGF, a venture capital firm focused on deep tech innovations, signals confidence in the technical sophistication of Seqana’s platform. Agricultural technology and environmental monitoring remain underpenetrated investment areas relative to their potential impact, creating opportunities for founders developing infrastructure-level solutions.
As regulatory frameworks around carbon accounting tighten and voluntary carbon markets mature, companies providing reliable measurement data will play an increasingly important role in enabling agricultural decarbonization efforts across the continent.