Merger Creates Europe’s First Full-Stack Forest Carbon Platform
Pina Earth and Tree.ly merge to build Europe’s leading tech-enabled Forest Carbon Platform.
Pina Earth and Tree.ly have merged to create Europe’s first full-stack forest carbon platform, combining operations across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Italy. The new entity manages over 80,000 hectares of forest, holds 500,000+ tCO₂ of certified regional carbon credits, and serves 100+ corporate buyers, positioning it as the market leader in the DACH region. Backed by top-tier investors, the company is preparing for a Series A to scale its platform for regional, high-integrity carbon projects across Europe.
Scaling impact for buyers and landowners
The combined company offers carbon buyers access to a larger, more diverse portfolio of nature-based projects across multiple methodologies, certification standards, and geographies. Projects are designed with strong biodiversity co-benefits and regional impact.
For forest owners, the merger simplifies certification across project types and countries through a single trusted partner and enhances access to long-term buyers.
“We founded Pina Earth to ensure Europe has healthy forests for generations to come,” said Dr. Gesa Biermann, co-founder of Pina Earth. “I’m so excited to join forces with Tree.ly to scale our impact even faster – and provide companies with the regional, high-integrity carbon credits they’re asking for.”
Technology at the core
Both companies see software and automation as essential to scaling nature-based solutions. Pina Earth’s proprietary forest simulation software will be integrated into Tree.ly’s certification platform, improving project development efficiency, transparency, and methodology coverage.
The combined entity will operate under multiple climate standards (e.g. ISO, WKS) and methodologies such as Improved Forest Management (IFM), Afforestation, Reforestation & Revegetation (ARR), Conservation, and forest adaptation, enabling more forest owners to participate, regardless of size or location.
“Technology is the only way we can meet climate targets at the scale required,” said Jodok Batlogg, Tree.ly Co-Founder & CEO. “With this merger, we’re bringing the strongest tools and best teams in the market together to make forest carbon projects faster, simpler, and more reliable – for landowners and buyers alike.”
Market timing and policy context
With climate change pressuring Europe’s forests and EU policy frameworks like the Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) emerging, demand for scalable, quality-driven carbon removal is growing.
The merger accelerates both companies’ impact to close the vast financing gap for forest protection and biodiversity, while making it easier for companies to invest. It also contributes to a consolidation in Europe’s fragmented carbon developer market.
“This is a defining moment for European forest carbon markets,” says Nadja Bresous Mehigan, Partner at Xange and lead investor in Pina Earth. She views the merger as a strategic step toward defining the future category leader in European forest carbon.
Leadership and next steps
The combined company will keep the Pina Earth brand and be led by Tree.ly founders Jodok Batlogg and Christian Lutz, both experienced tech entrepreneurs. Their leadership brings deep operational and strategic expertise for the company’s next growth phase.
Pina Earth co-founders Dr. Gesa Biermann and Florian Fincke will take on strategic advisory roles, focusing on long-term impact and governance, staying closely involved to ensure the values, rigor, and impact focus remain at the core of the new company.
Maintaining hubs in Munich, Berlin, and Dornbirn, the company will focus on commercial expansion, technology scaling, and preparing for its Series A financing round.
Together, Pina Earth and Tree.ly aim to set a new standard for climate integrity, regional impact, and software-enabled scale in Europe’s carbon markets.
For more information or interviews with the founders, contact press@pina.earth.
Additionally, you can read more about SymbiaVC’s past efforts to accelerate the growth of Tree.ly in this article.
