Seqana
Berlin climate/agritech building digital MRV for soil carbon, regenerative agriculture and supply-chain resilience.
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🎙️ Deep Dive
Festina Finance, Frontier Health, Seqana — legacy pensions, NHS AI and measurable soil — Daily News June 19, 2026
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Seqana is a digital MRV company quantifying soil health and carbon using satellite imagery, ground-truth data and proprietary machine learning. Its platform helps food, fibre and fuel companies, as well as carbon project developers, measure soil carbon, monitor regenerative agriculture and assess supply-chain risks. Founded in Berlin in 2020, the company has already evaluated millions of hectares and contributes to industry standards such as Verra VM0042 v3 and the Gold Standard SOC Model Guidelines. The €3.2M round led by Pymwymic, combining venture and debt capital (including a loan from Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank and an ESA grant), will support expansion from soil carbon into additional soil health indicators.
The Story
Founded in Berlin in 2020 to make soil health, a previously hard-to-quantify variable, measurable through satellites and machine learning.
How Seqana works
Business Model
B2B data/SaaS platform for agrifood, commodity companies and carbon project developers.
Revenue Model
Not publicly verified; likely SaaS/data licensing, MRV projects and analytics services.
Products & Services
Key Products
- Digital Soil Maps
- Soil Sampling Designs
- Digital MRV platform
- Soil carbon measurement tools
Core Use Cases
- Soil carbon MRV
- Regenerative agriculture monitoring
- Carbon project verification
- Supply-chain resilience analytics
- Soil health risk assessment
Market & Clients
Key Customers
Targets food, fibre and fuel companies and carbon project developers; reported clients include Danone, eAgronom, Klim and Bayer.
Geographic Presence
How Seqana competes
Competitors
Competitive Advantages
- Satellite imagery combined with ground-truth data
- Machine learning models for soil carbon and soil health
- Experience across millions of hectares
- Contribution to Verra VM0042 v3 and Gold Standard SOC Model Guidelines
- Existing clients including Danone, eAgronom, Klim and Bayer
How Seqana grows
Growth Strategy
Accelerate soil carbon MRV tooling and extend measurement to additional soil health indicators and carbon pools.
Distribution Model
B2B data platform and MRV services for agrifood, commodities and carbon-market participants.
Moat (Defensibility)
Soil data, model performance, MRV methodology expertise, standard-setting credibility and customer deployments across large acreage.
Regulatory Context
Relevant to voluntary carbon markets, carbon removal verification, regenerative agriculture standards, EU soil monitoring policy and supply-chain sustainability reporting.
Key Risks
- Methodology scrutiny in voluntary carbon markets
- Accuracy and verification requirements
- Carbon market volatility
- Dependence on agrifood enterprise adoption
Strategic Insights
- Soil carbon only becomes an asset once it is measurable and verifiable.
- Soil health is increasingly tied to financial risk and supply-chain continuity.
- Satellite imagery and machine learning can reduce the cost of environmental measurement at scale.
Funding & Investors
Funding Rounds
- 2026 - Funding round: €3.2M
Lead: Pymwymic
Key Investors
Founding Team
Founders
Key Executives
- Stefan Goenner - CEO
Key Metrics
Lessons from Seqana
- In climate tech, measurement can be a more important infrastructure than offsetting itself.
- Combining remote data and ground truth is crucial to building trust.
- Scientific credibility and participation in market standards can become a moat.
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