Mombak – a Brazilian startup removing carbon from the air through reforestation of the Amazon has received an investment of $5 million into its vehicle “The Amazon Reforestation Fund” from the Rockefeller Foundation. 

Mombak is a Brazilian reforestation startup launched in 2021 by two entrepreneurs Peter Fernandez and Gabriel Silva. The company’s ambitions are high and aims to be the world’s largest high-integrity reforestation carbon removal company. It has already partnered with some of the world’s largest investors to boost its operations and has attracted over $100 million in investments.

The investment will aim to enhance reforestation efforts in the Amazon and generate high-quality carbon removal credits. Mombak’s first project in Northern Brazil will plant three million trees with more than 100 native species, including 200,000 seedlings of endangered species. 

Operator of an environmental service company intended to improve forestry and carbon markets. The company specializes in cultivating native, biodiverse forests that remove carbon from the atmosphere in the highest-integrity way possible, the projects have high additionality and durability and low leakage in addition to removing carbon, enabling people to enhance biodiversity and foster socioeconomic development in local communities