Nura is building Plano to simplify the carbon credit creation process, which is currently complex, time-consuming and expensive for projects. Their vision is to digitize the process using machine learning and blockchain.
Plano's initial focus is on "blue carbon" mangrove projects in Indonesia, where they are piloting their rapid assessment tool. Their goal is to eventually support all nature-based carbon projects globally.
Early traction includes over 40 projects on their early access waiting list and partnerships with 3 pilot projects plus 5 more in the pipeline for testing.
While competitors exist like Revalue Nature, Plano aims to truly streamline the end-to-end process and make it accessible to anyone wanting to set up a carbon project.
The voluntary carbon markets targeting natural solutions like mangroves are still small but growing rapidly as more organizations set climate targets.
Despite criticisms, Nura believes nature-based credits will continue playing a key role given the many environmental and social co-benefits they provide over engineering solutions alone.

0:00-2:00 - Introduction to Nura's founder and experience that led him to identify problems with current carbon credit validation process.

2:00-5:00 - Further background on complex multi-step process today and Nura’s vision to digitize, streamline and automate validation of carbon projects on their SaaS platform Plano.

5:30-8:00 - In-depth explanation of specific pain points Plano aims to solve

8:00-10:30 - How they plan to rapidly assess carbon reductions and generate credits using computer vision, remote sensing and machine learning algorithms

11:00-13:30 - Deep dive on mangrove pilot projects underway in Indonesia, partner details and early lessons from digital assessments.

13:30-16:00 - Challenges assessing mangrove systems and adaptations made to validation tools and methodology.

16:00-18:30 - Partnerships in 5 other countries and pipeline of additional projects interested in using Plano.

18:30-21:00 - Traction to date including 40+ projects on waitlist and differentiation from other vendors.

21:00-23:30 - Outlook for voluntary carbon markets growth and future of compliance markets.

23:30-26:00 - Funding landscape, current fundraising round details and target milestones.

26:00-End - Product roadmap, priority features and customer onboarding plans.

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