Natural capital analysis platform for investment-grade environmental projects
Cultivo packages nature-restoration projects into investable financial products by combining remote-sensing analysis (Google Earth Engine, QGIS) with geospatial data processing (PostgreSQL, BigQuery) to forecast natural-capital returns. The company's tech stack—heavy on Python and cloud infrastructure—reflects a data-first approach to validating project quality before sale to financial institutions. Active hiring skews senior and leadership roles in engineering, suggesting they're scaling analytical depth rather than headcount.
Cultivo finances nature-restoration activities by connecting investment capital to high-impact land projects. The business works by identifying restoration opportunities (regenerative grazing, forest management) using proprietary remote-sensing models, modeling the natural-capital returns those projects will generate (carbon, water offsets), and then packaging them into investment products for banks and corporates. Cash flows from the resulting carbon and offset credits provide both investor returns and long-term project revenue. The company operates from Berkeley and hires across engineering and sales in the United States and United Kingdom.
Python, Google Earth Engine, TypeScript, GCP, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Next.js, React, QGIS, Pulumi, Stripe, Capacitor, and Expo.
Cultivo is actively hiring in the United States and United Kingdom.
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