Sparkle Invests in ForestFolks' Seed Round, Aiming to Realize 'Forest Management Sustainable for 1000 Years'
Sparkle Inc. announces its follow-on investment in ForestFolks Inc.'s seed round. ForestFolks develops the 'Forester Earth' system to generate carbon credits from forests. The funds will accelerate product development and partner acquisition.
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Sparkle Inc. (Headquarters: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture; CEO: Hideki Fukudome; hereinafter "our company") is pleased to announce that it has made an investment from the Sparkle No. 1 Fund in the seed round of ForestFolks Inc. (Headquarters: Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture; CEO: Takashi Sakurai; hereinafter "ForestFolks"), a company engaged in forest asset management aiming to realize a world that can coexist with nature for 1,000 years to come.
Our company has consistently supported the business building of ForestFolks since the initial investment in their pre-seed round. With this additional investment, we will further strengthen our hands-on support and contribute to the company's exponential growth and the creation of social impact.
## Background and Purpose of the Investment
ForestFolks operates a service that provides everything from forest maintenance to the creation and sale of carbon credits. Carbon credits are created by enhancing the CO2 absorption capacity of forests and then making the absorbed CO2 available for sale, primarily to corporate entities.
ForestFolks is currently developing 'Forester Earth,' a forest management system that acts as a hub connecting micro-level field operations to macro-level finance and urban design by combining forest management know-how cultivated in the field with highly accurate data.
● Scaling Field Technology:
It digitizes the 'mountain assessment' skills possessed by experienced foresters, enabling optimal operational design across vast areas.
● Managing 'Areas Untouched by Existing Forestry':
It assigns new data-driven value (carbon credits, disaster prevention value, tourism resources, etc.) to forests that have been abandoned due to low profitability, bringing them into a management cycle.
Through this investment, following the pre-seed round, we will support the business growth of ForestFolks and contribute to solving the problem of abandoned forests in regional areas and the associated environmental issues.
Taking the opportunity of this fundraising, ForestFolks is looking for a wide range of partners—such as financial institutions, core regional companies, local governments, and agriculture/forestry public corporations—who are conscious of the issues surrounding forests.
## About ForestFolks Inc.
Under the vision of 'Realizing a world that can coexist with nature for 1,000 years to come,' the company operates a forest maintenance business and a carbon credit business. It aims to expand its forest management nationwide to solve long-standing environmental problems and realize a sustainable society utilizing carbon credits.
Our company has consistently supported the business building of ForestFolks since the initial investment in their pre-seed round. With this additional investment, we will further strengthen our hands-on support and contribute to the company's exponential growth and the creation of social impact.
## Background and Purpose of the Investment
ForestFolks operates a service that provides everything from forest maintenance to the creation and sale of carbon credits. Carbon credits are created by enhancing the CO2 absorption capacity of forests and then making the absorbed CO2 available for sale, primarily to corporate entities.
ForestFolks is currently developing 'Forester Earth,' a forest management system that acts as a hub connecting micro-level field operations to macro-level finance and urban design by combining forest management know-how cultivated in the field with highly accurate data.
● Scaling Field Technology:
It digitizes the 'mountain assessment' skills possessed by experienced foresters, enabling optimal operational design across vast areas.
● Managing 'Areas Untouched by Existing Forestry':
It assigns new data-driven value (carbon credits, disaster prevention value, tourism resources, etc.) to forests that have been abandoned due to low profitability, bringing them into a management cycle.
Through this investment, following the pre-seed round, we will support the business growth of ForestFolks and contribute to solving the problem of abandoned forests in regional areas and the associated environmental issues.
Taking the opportunity of this fundraising, ForestFolks is looking for a wide range of partners—such as financial institutions, core regional companies, local governments, and agriculture/forestry public corporations—who are conscious of the issues surrounding forests.
## About ForestFolks Inc.
Under the vision of 'Realizing a world that can coexist with nature for 1,000 years to come,' the company operates a forest maintenance business and a carbon credit business. It aims to expand its forest management nationwide to solve long-standing environmental problems and realize a sustainable society utilizing carbon credits.