Pocket trees
Carbon removals through sustainable forestry on underutilized land
Internal Venture
About
Pocket Trees
About Founder
Delta 40 is a Venture Studio that focuses on investing in technology-enabled energy, agriculture, and mobility ventures in Sub Saharan Africa that tackle climate change and increase income.
Problem
Urban professionals with underutilized land face barriers in venturing into tree farming, including a lack of guidance, difficulties in sourcing high-quality seedlings, and challenges in monitoring tree growth remotely. The current absence of a streamlined solution hinders the widespread adoption of tree planting efforts.
Solution
Pocket Trees will support urban professionals with underutilized land upcountry to venture into tree farming, with AI-enabled site selection, deliveries of high quality seedlings, remote monitoring, and annual carbon-backed payments. We have validated this idea through customer and stakeholder interviews and built partnerships which will allow Pocket Trees to scale more quickly, and aim to launch a full pilot in January 2024.