Sanctu

Sanctu operates a platform aimed at converting degraded smallholder land in the Amazon into regenerative production systems, including forest restoration, regenerative pasture and agroforestry. The company describes a four-step model: a detailed land project designed with AI and geospatial science; financing of the transformation; technical assistance during implementation and ongoing management; and sales of the resulting output.

In the financing step, Sanctu positions itself as a fintech that lends to smallholder farmers at what it describes as affordable rates, with repayment tied to the sale of sustainable products from the regenerated land. During roughly the first six months of a project, Sanctu coordinates suppliers and delivers an implemented farm; afterwards farmers manage the operation themselves supported by a digital management system. On the commercial side, Sanctu aggregates and sells farmer output — agroforestry products, carbon credits and regenerative livestock — directly to large corporate buyers, describing itself as removing intermediaries. Farmers in the programme are referred to as "Guardians."

Business model

Sanctu combines lending, project delivery services and offtake: it designs and finances land regeneration projects for smallholder farmers, provides paid or bundled technical assistance and supplier coordination during implementation, and then markets the resulting agroforestry products, carbon credits and regenerative livestock to corporate buyers, positioning itself between farmers and end buyers rather than owning land.

The website indicates revenue paths from financing smallholder land transformation at interest and from selling farmer output (agroforestry products, carbon credits, regenerative livestock) to corporate buyers without intermediaries; specific pricing and fee terms are not disclosed.

Traction

The company publishes forward-looking targets rather than achieved results, including transforming millions of hectares and impacting hundreds of thousands of smallholder families by 2034, and cites illustrative farmer income rising from R$3,400 per month in year one to R$12,800 per month in year eight under its model.

Latest developments

As of 2025 the website advertises a financing simulator, product purchasing and a careers page listing benefits (competitive salary, company stock, remote and hybrid work, health plan) with no open positions.