Carbon Country Raises Early Climate Infrastructure Funding to Scale Agrivoltaics and Carbon Removal Land Projects
Carbon Country is a climate-focused land transformation and agrivoltaics company that combines renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, carbon removal, and cryptocurrency mining into a single integrated investment model. The company has recently attracted early-stage funding through private placements and crowdfunding-style investment rounds aimed at scaling its pilot farms and expanding its land portfolio in the United States.
According to publicly available fundraising data, Carbon Country has raised approximately $405,000 in prior capital across early investment rounds, with additional capital deployment continuing through ongoing offerings. The company has also conducted Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) raises via investment platforms, targeting both accredited and non-accredited investors interested in climate infrastructure and land-based carbon solutions. Climatize participated in facilitating one of the company’s financing campaigns tied to its agrivoltaics development pipeline.
One of its most recent funding efforts included a crowdfunding round structured with a valuation of approximately $10 million, reflecting investor interest in its hybrid model that combines solar energy production, regenerative grazing, biochar-based carbon removal, and Bitcoin mining on the same parcels of land. The offering targeted between $100,000 and $700,000 in capital to support land acquisition and early-stage infrastructure development, including solar installation and farm system buildouts.
Investor participation in Carbon Country’s funding ecosystem has largely come through regulated crowdfunding channels and climate-focused investment platforms rather than traditional venture capital firms. These raises are typically structured as convertible notes or debt instruments tied to specific project milestones, such as solar deployment or carbon credit generation.
Key participation in the company’s funding and development ecosystem includes platforms such as Climatize, which focuses on financing clean energy and climate infrastructure projects, and project development advisors such as Range Renewable Advisors, which supports project finance structuring and capital sourcing for renewable energy and carbon removal initiatives. These entities play a role in enabling Carbon Country’s blended financing approach across energy and land assets.
The company’s business model is built around acquiring undervalued farmland and converting it into multi-revenue ecosystems that generate income from electricity sales, livestock production, carbon credits, and digital asset mining. Its flagship pilot site spans approximately 73–74 acres and includes agrivoltaic solar installations combined with rotational grazing systems and carbon sequestration initiatives.
Carbon Country’s leadership includes co-founder Mark Smith, a former corporate affairs executive with experience in sustainability and international energy policy, and co-founder Josh Phelps, who brings experience in logistics, global operations, and systems design across humanitarian and technology sectors. The founders established the company in 2024 with the goal of creating scalable rural infrastructure that integrates food production and clean energy systems.
The company has also engaged engineering and project partners such as ARTi for biochar and pyrolysis systems and Advanced Solar for agrivoltaic EPC services. These partnerships help structure project-level financing opportunities that are often bundled into investor offerings tied to carbon credit generation and energy output.
While Carbon Country has not raised large institutional venture capital rounds typical of climate tech startups, its funding trajectory reflects a hybrid model of crowdfunding, project finance, and early-stage private investment. This structure allows investors to participate directly in land-based carbon infrastructure projects rather than investing through traditional equity venture rounds.
As demand for carbon removal, renewable energy integration, and sustainable land use systems continues to grow, Carbon Country’s funding approach positions it within a new class of climate infrastructure companies that rely on blended finance mechanisms and project-based capital rather than conventional VC funding pathways.
