Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Carbon Direct is a privately held, science-first carbon management company that combines climate science, policy, market expertise, software, and carbon-credit procurement to help organizations measure, reduce, remove, and report greenhouse-gas emissions. It serves enterprises, governments, and other organizations pursuing decarbonization and high-quality carbon removal.
Primary product
Carbon Direct Platform: enterprise carbon-management software and expert services covering emissions measurement, reduction planning, reporting, carbon-removal procurement, portfolio management, and project diligence.
Founded
2020
Headquarters
New York City, New York, United States
Team size
100-200
Work style
Remote
Industry
Climate Data and Analytics
Sub-industry
Carbon management software, carbon accounting, climate advisory, and carbon dioxide removal
Offices
Business model
Stage
Late-stage private / Series A reported by the company; some databases classify the 2022 financing as Series C
Total raised
$60.8M
Latest round
Series A / private equity financing · Aug 2022
Latest amount
$60M
Series A / private equity financing
Aug 2022 · Decarbonization Partners and Quantum Energy Partners' Innovation Fund
Jan 2021
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Nili Gilbert
Vice Chairwoman
Chief Scientist
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Colin McCormick, PhD
Chief Innovation Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Science Officer
Sarah Federman, PhD
Vice President, Landscape Decarbonization
Greg FitzGerald
Vice President, Supply
Meera Atreya, PhD
Vice President, Decarbonization Science and European Advisory
Derya Eryilmaz, PhD
Vice President, Power Commercialization
Senior Vice President, Strategic Engagement
The company presents itself as purpose-driven, science-first, collaborative, and mission-oriented. It emphasizes scientific rigor, climate impact, confidence in decision-making, cross-functional work among scientists, software developers, policy experts, and market specialists, and a remote-friendly international workforce with optional in-person office experiences.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public job materials reviewed did not provide reliable company-wide salary bands or equity details. Compensation appears role- and location-dependent; no supported estimate is included.
Benefits
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed. The platform and advisory offerings appear to use enterprise contracts, while carbon-removal procurement is structured around bespoke portfolios, one-time purchases, subscriptions, and multi-year offtake agreements.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1 million-$10 million annually; third-party estimates vary substantially, including one estimate of approximately $2 million and another of $25.2 million, so this should be treated as low-confidence.
Estimated monthly visits
37.2K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Carbon Direct acquired Pachama. The transaction added Pachama's forest-carbon digital monitoring, reporting, and verification technology and brought Pachama co-founder and CEO Diego Saez Gil into Carbon Direct as Senior Vice President for Strategic Engagement. Deal terms were not disclosed.
SourceQC Intelligence reported that Carbon Direct was downsizing amid market conditions and a broader operational overhaul. The report is based on sources rather than a detailed company announcement, so the scale and scope of the changes are not independently quantified here.
SourceIndustry reporting characterized the Pachama transaction as part of broader consolidation in a softened voluntary carbon market. Carbon Direct's disclosed funding was reported as approximately $60.8 million.
SourceCarbon Direct · Mar 2026
Carbon Direct published ERCOT modeling concluding that flexible data-center demand could prevent approximately $5.5 billion in annual consumer-welfare losses under a 40 GW data-center buildout scenario.
Carbon Direct · Feb 2026
Carbon Direct reported that 2025 voluntary-market credit retirements declined 7% while corporate climate commitments increased sharply, and highlighted risks to high-durability carbon-removal supply.
Carbon Direct · Nov 2025
Carbon Direct announced its acquisition of Pachama, integrating Pachama's digital forest-carbon MRV technology and adding Pachama CEO Diego Saez Gil to its leadership team.
TechCrunch · Nov 2025
TechCrunch reported on the Carbon Direct-Pachama transaction as an example of consolidation amid softer voluntary carbon markets and cited approximately $60.8 million in Carbon Direct funding.
Carbon Direct · Mar 2025
Carbon Direct announced availability of 1.6 million tonnes of vetted carbon-removal credits across nature-based, hybrid, and engineered projects, with delivery protections and portfolio-management support.
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