NativeEnergy
Burlington, US · 2 known investors
Native Energy helps organizations activate climate solutions and manage residual carbon emissions through validated climate action projects. The company partners with businesses to support sustainability goals while delivering measurable environmental and community benefits.
Also known as Native Energy · Native, a Public Benefit Corporation · NativeEnergy, Inc
Founders & leadership
Investors · 2
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$1.3M disclosed across 1 round · 2014
▶$1.3MraisedDec 2014 · 11 investors · Other EnergyRule 506(b)
- Steven MassicotteDirector
- Thomas C StoddardExecutive Officer, Director
- Jeffery W BernickeExecutive Officer, Director
- Robert GoughDirector
- D. Chandler JonesDirector
- Cairn CrossDirector
- Offering amount
- $1.3M
- Amount sold
- $1.3M
- Minimum investment
- $25K
- Sales commissions
- $7.5K
- Placement agents
- Primesolutions Securities, Inc.
- First sale
- Dec 2014
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Native, formerly known as NativeEnergy, is a Burlington, Vermont company that develops and finances greenhouse gas reduction projects and supplies the resulting carbon offsets, along with renewable energy credits (RECs) and carbon accounting software, to businesses and individuals. Its central offering is the Help Build (HelpBuild) offset, under which customers forward-purchase credits from projects that have not yet been built, providing the up-front capital that enables the projects to proceed. Project types described include wind, solar, biogas and methane digesters on family farms, water-related projects such as household water filters in rural Kenya, renewable energy installations at schools, and community- and landscape-scale initiatives; the company states the first large-scale Native American-owned wind turbine in the U.S. is among the projects it made possible.
Alongside offsets, Native sells Green-e Energy certified RECs that allow an organization to match its electricity use with renewable generation, and it positions these purchases as supporting requirements such as LEED certification, EPA Green Power Partnership, Green-e Marketplace and Cradle to Cradle certification. The company also provides sustainability strategy and project development services, drawing on an in-house team of strategists, project developers, environmental scientists, engineers and legal counsel. All of its carbon offsets are described as undergoing third-party validation and verification to leading standards.
In August 2018 the company amended its certificate of incorporation to convert to a public benefit corporation under Delaware law, identifying greenhouse gas reduction and the furtherance of sustainable development as its specific public benefits; it is also a certified B Corp.
Business model
Native develops or sources third-party validated greenhouse gas reduction projects and sells the resulting carbon offsets and renewable energy credits to corporate and individual buyers. Under the Help Build model, supporters forward-purchase offsets from projects that have not yet been built, with credits delivered later as the projects generate verified reductions. The company also offers a portfolio of vintage offsets and RECs from existing projects and provides carbon accounting software and sustainability advisory services.
Revenue derives from sales of carbon offsets (including forward-purchased Help Build offsets and vintage offsets) and Green-e certified renewable energy credits to corporate and individual buyers, plus carbon accounting software and related sustainability services.
Traction
Company materials report 80+ validated projects, 500+ corporate supporters and 60 million tonnes of CO2e verified and validated over two decades. Earlier descriptions cited more than 50 to 60 community-scale Help Build projects, roughly 2 to 2.5 million tons of greenhouse gases reduced, and 4 to 6 million tons under contract.
Latest developments
The company markets HelpBuild climate projects and forward-purchased offsets to corporate supporters and publishes a newsletter, The Dirt, covering climate and carbon market topics; a recent item covered Brazil's creation of a Ministry of Indigenous Peoples.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
The company describes two decades of activity in the voluntary carbon market, more than 80 validated climate action projects, over 500 corporate supporters, and 60 million tonnes of CO2e verified and validated. Earlier company descriptions cited over 50 helped-build projects and millions of tons of reductions, with several million tons under contract. It is a certified B Corp and Delaware public benefit corporation.
Native emphasizes forward-purchased offsets that fund new projects that would not otherwise take place, rather than the sale of credits from existing projects, and links project selection to a supporter's values and supply sheds. All offsets are third-party validated and verified to recognized standards, and RECs are Green-e Energy certified by the Center for Resource Solutions.
Technology
Alongside project development, the company offers carbon accounting software for measuring and managing greenhouse gas emissions. Offsets and RECs are quantified under third-party validation and verification standards, with RECs measured in megawatt hours added to the North American grid.
Go-to-market
Businesses and organizations pursuing corporate sustainability and net-zero or residual-emissions goals, including consumer brands, universities and schools, and individuals. Named clients include eBay, Keurig Green Mountain, Ben & Jerry's, Interface, Stonyfield Farm, Esurance and National Geographic; Aveda, EILEEN FISHER and Austin College have also been cited as customers.
Geography
Headquartered at 3 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont. Projects span the United States (including school wind projects and farm methane digesters) and international locations such as Kenya, Ghana and Honduras.
History
Founded in 2000, the company operated as NativeEnergy, providing carbon offsets, RECs and carbon accounting software. Jeff Bernicke was named CEO in July 2014, and in January 2014 the company announced the acquisition of the assets of SunOne Solutions. In August 2018 it converted to a Delaware public benefit corporation, becoming formally known as Native, a Public Benefit Corporation, and now operates under the Native brand.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsThe company amended its certificate of incorporation to convert to a public benefit corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law, identifying greenhouse gas reduction and sustainable development as its specific public benefits.
NativeEnergy announced that Jeff Bernicke was named chief executive officer.
Purchases of NativeEnergy carbon offsets by Aveda and EILEEN FISHER enabled a new wind energy project at an Indiana school.
NativeEnergy announced the acquisition of the assets of SunOne Solutions.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- NativeEnergynativeenergy.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does NativeEnergy do?
- Vermont-based public benefit corporation that develops validated climate action projects and sells carbon offsets and renewable energy credits.
- Who are NativeEnergy's investors?
- NativeEnergy's investors include CEI Ventures, FreshTracks Capital.
- How much funding has NativeEnergy raised?
- NativeEnergy has disclosed $1.3M raised across 1 round.
- Where is NativeEnergy headquartered?
- NativeEnergy is headquartered in Burlington, US.