Wedgetail
Impact investorHobart · Seed–Series A · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
Wedgetail finances nature-positive endeavours to help halt and reverse biodiversity loss and bridge the gap to the 2030 '30x30' conservation target. It invests in projects that simultaneously prioritise nature, business and people, seeking models that value ecological outcomes alongside economic returns. The firm emphasises securing livelihoods for local communities who steward the land, and threading together indigenous, scientific, technological, financial, entrepreneurial and agricultural knowledge systems to restore ecosystems to health.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's websiteFounder of Wedgetail, established to reimagine regeneration and finance nature-positive endeavours.
Investments · 27 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBringing digital-twin technology to agriculture to unlock and measure natural capital value; based in Sydney.
Delivers science-backed conservation across sanctuaries, including feral-proof fencing to protect Cape York's wildlife.
Grassroots not-for-profit creating a wildlife corridor for koalas across the Northern Rivers of New South Wales.
Independent council founded by 11 universities promoting evidence-based solutions to Australia's biodiversity crisis.
Colombian chocolate company running agroforestry and EUDR-compliance pilots to support local communities and ecosystems.
Using shade-grown cacao to prevent land-clearing and conserve migratory bird habitat in Honduras's La Mosquitia forest.
Supporting cacao agroforestry and climate resilience in the buffer zone of Guatemala's Laguna Lachúa National Park.
Community Markets for Conservation incentivises regenerative agriculture and conservation for smallholder farmers in Zambia.
Agroforestry intelligence platform helping Brazilian landowners plan, finance and manage regenerative agroforestry.
Trains rescue dogs for wildlife detection to protect endangered Australian species like koalas and greater gliders.
Aggregator, processor and exporter of organic spices from smallholder farmers in Nicaragua and Honduras.
Developing local economies in West Papua, Indonesia through sustainable commodity commercialization that keeps forests standing.
Chefs-turned-farmers growing seasonal produce in Tasmania while conserving native forest, supported by Wedgetail's first nature-linked loan in Australia.
Oro Verde Foods processes and exports organic coffee and cacao from cooperatives in Peru's biodiversity hotspots.
Reforesting strategic locations within the 25,000-hectare Azuero Ecological Corridor in Panama.
Revival Cacao restores Mexican cacao using traditional and modern processing while regenerating forest ecosystems.
Bringing accounting rigour to non-financial (nature) accounting; based in Burnie, Tasmania.
Pakana Rangers eradicating feral cats to create safe havens for native species on Aboriginal-owned Tasmanian islands.
Colombian coffee and cacao producer/exporter restoring degraded pastureland into agroforestry systems.
Wedgetail's 5,000-hectare demonstration property in the Tasmanian Midlands, a living laboratory for ecosystem regeneration.
Equipping Ghanaian scientists with tree-climbing and monitoring equipment to study and protect tropical forest canopies.
Supporting frontline conservation rangers, funding the LEAD Ranger program in Kenya and Zimbabwe.
Bean-to-bar chocolate maker fighting the extinction of Nacional cacao in Ecuador via nature-linked lending.
Cooperative of 25 cacao organisations scaling climate-resilient agroforestry across 11 provinces of Ecuador.
Cooperative of 394 cacao producers in Ecuador mapping conservation areas and training youth in regenerative agriculture.
Data and AI cloud platform enabling businesses to measure and manage their biodiversity footprint; based in Sydney.
The world's first Bird-Friendly-certified cacao farm, using cacao to finance conservation of Bicknell's Thrush habitat in the Dominican Republic.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Wedgetail invest at?
- Wedgetail invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Wedgetail focus on?
- Wedgetail focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, FoodTech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Wedgetail located?
- Wedgetail is headquartered in Hobart, AU.
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