THE BEGINNINGS

Our story

Pachama’s roots are found in the heart of South America where the rainforest meets the mountains. Pachama’s co-founders, originally from Argentina, were moved to action after witnessing wide-scale deforestation and the early impacts of climate change. Working from the redwood forests of California, they created an organization that combines cutting-edge technology with the latest advances in ecology. Their goal became to take advantage of market mechanisms in order to build a sustainable economy capable of solving climate change and guaranteeing human wellbeing. 

Pachama was founded in 2018 and immediately attracted talented engineers and scientists in addition to the support of investors such as Y Combinator, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, LowerCarbon Capital and the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund. Pachama has since assisted dozens of Fortune 500 corporations in investing in high-quality nature-based carbon credits. Pachama’s work has helped fund projects restoring or protecting more than 1 million hectares of land in 15 different countries.

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OUR TEAM

Driven by Purpose

Pachama’s team is made up of a multidisciplinary and international group of engineers, scientists, and operators from some of the best organizations in the world including NASA, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, SpaceX, Tesla, and The Nature Conservancy, among others. Our team is driven by purpose and a deep love for nature and our planet.

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    Kelsey Josund Machine Learning
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    Andrea Sassenrath Product
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    Carlos Silva Science
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    Gonzalo Martinez Software
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    Levi Malott Engineering
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    Michael Wang Finance
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    Catherine Charnov Carbon Solutions
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    Aron Gates Infrastructure
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    Amal Priestley Business Development
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    Kate Krauskopf Accounting
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    Rachel Engstrand Science Operations
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    Jeffrey Seifried Engineering
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    Noah Golmant Machine Learning
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    Rodrigo Wanderley Origination
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    Henrrietta Nkrumah People Operations
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    Ailin Yu Engineering
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    Gabe Chapin Origination
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    Nick Harrison Business Development
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    Martha Morrissey Machine Learning
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    Kelly Rytel Client Success
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    Natalie Urban Finance
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    Heidi Hurst Engineering
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    Jen Black Sales
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    Cindy Chiang Carbon Solutions
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    Abby Glackin Sales
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    Marie Hoeger Engineering
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    Cait Harding Marketing
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    Emma Chastain Operations
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    Dan Smith Engineering
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    Carly Keller Supply
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    Ignacio San Miguel Sanchez Machine Learning
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    Tomas Aftalion Head of PachamaX
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    Harley Alexander Software
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    Kyle Arvisais Science Operations
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    Katy Evans Engineering
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    Will Merritt Science
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    Kevin Mehlbrech Engineering
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    Andrea Castillo Supply
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    Addie Johnson Marketing
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    Hannah Edgerly Marketing
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    Diego Saez Gil Founder & CEO
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    Tyler Johnson Sales Operations
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    David Bochner Business Development
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What Pachama means

Pachama was named in honor of Pachamama, the Mother Earth goddess for the indigenous people of South America.

We are looking for future team members to join us in creating a healthier planet.
OUR CUSTOMERS

Partnering with leading brands around the world

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OUR BACKERS

Some of our investors

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Ryan Graves Saltwater Founder
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Chris Sacca Lowercase Founder
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Paul Graham Y Combinator Founder
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Shana Fisher Third Kind Founder
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Tobi Lutke Shopify Founder
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Tim Schumacher Ecosia Founder
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Azeem Azhar Exponential View Founder
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Miguel Nogales Generation Founding Partner
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Alexis Ohanian 776 Founder
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Claire Hughes Johnson Stripe Corporate Officer and Advisor
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Tim O'Reilly O'Reilly Media Founder and CEO
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Manu Ginobili Investor and Professional Basketball Player
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Scott Belsky Adobe Chief Product Officer
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Lenny Rachitsky Author and Investor
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Seth Goldman Honest Tea Co-Founder
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn Ralph Waldo Emerson