Pina Earth

Unlocking carbon markets for European forest owners

Y CombinatorWinter 2022AcquiredIndustrialsClimateClimateClimateTech

What they do

Problem

European forest owners struggle to create, monitor, and certify high-quality forest carbon projects to access carbon markets and fund climate adaptation.

Solution

Pina Earth provides digital tools for forest data collection, monitoring, and certification to develop and manage forest carbon projects and generate carbon credits.

Who it's for

European forest owners and forest managers who want to run certified forest carbon projects and sell carbon credits.

Founders

Gesa Biermann

Founder

I have a background in environmental studies (PhD @LMU, M.Sc., @TU Munich) and business (C-level consulting at Kearney, Audi). Before founding Pina Earth, I co-led the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) in Munich for the four years of my doctoral research. At CDTM, I taught entrepreneurship and was responsible for partnerships (with e.g. Siemens AI, Adidas) as well as recruiting. CDTM is also where I met my co-founder, Florian.

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Florian Fincke

Founder

My main study background is in HCI (M.Sc. @ LMU in Munich, Germany). I specialized in affective computing & decision-support systems for expert users. Additionally, I attended an add-on study program in Technology Management @ the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) where I also met my co-founders. Since the beginning of my studies, I was working as a full-stack web and app developer at various early-stage start-ups including Alasco, ORDA, and ShoeSizeMe.