Cotierra raised EUR 2.6 million in a round co-led by PINC and Carbon Removal Partners to scale its decentralised biochar systems. The Zurich company is moving from pilots to repeatable, multi-year commercial deployments, initially in coffee supply chains. Participants also included Zürcher Kantonalbank and other climate-focused investors.
Cotierra combines reactors that convert agricultural residues into biochar near their source with software to operate, monitor and verify production. The carbon-rich material can be returned to farmland, while the platform supports traceability and reporting across distributed sites. The company plans to expand across agricultural regions and crops including cocoa, cotton and citrus.
