Katanso

Katanso Solutions Ltd, trading as Kumo, builds capital markets infrastructure for carbon markets. Its stated aim is to make carbon a bankable asset class by supplying the data, diligence and transaction execution needed to close carbon financing deals. The offering is organised around three components: market intelligence via the Kumo Terminal, a benchmarking product that tracks over 300 carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects across financials, performance, delivery and cost benchmarks; an accelerated diligence product that scores projects across seven dimensions with a focus on financeability rather than credit quality, calibrated against market data; and capital connections, which matches projects to capital providers on the Kumo platform and supports structuring discussions.

The company runs two distinct services: the Kumo Platform (platform.kumo.earth), where users upload project data for assessment and financing, and the Kumo Terminal (terminal.kumo.earth), a subscription benchmarking terminal through which subscribers access aggregated data. Customer data covers project-level financial details, cost profiles and revenue projections on the developer side, and investment mandates, funding criteria, indications of interest and bidding activity on the capital side. Kumo publishes benchmark figures drawn from its dataset, including global medians for biochar and afforestation/reforestation/revegetation (ARR) cost, pricing, yield and returns metrics, and has announced forthcoming reports on carbon financing participants, biochar cost benchmarks and outcome bond structures.

The operating entity is registered in England and Wales at 71-75 Shelton Street, London, with a stated nature of business of business and domestic software development.