Sylvera

Sylvera is the ratings agency for a carbon market that is finally rewarding quality, which is precisely the environment its product was built for. It rates carbon-credit quality by fusing satellite imagery, lidar, radar, and field data through machine-learning models against established measurement methodologies — independent, data-grounded scoring that lets corporate buyers, traders, and governments tell real, additional, durable removal from junk. The market is validating that pivot in the data: Sylvera's own 2025 analysis shows the voluntary market shifting from volume to value, with credits rated BBB and above rising to 31% of retirements (up from 25%), half of retirements now BB or higher, and high-quality credits trading at clear premiums (BBB+ ARR around $26/tonne versus $14 for lower-quality supply). When buyers pay up for integrity, the independent scorer that defines integrity captures the value. Distribution just took a step-change: Sylvera's ratings were added to the Bloomberg Terminal, embedding its scores into the workflow of the financial professionals who will increasingly trade credits, and Sylvera projects compliance demand (CORSIA Phase 1 into 2028) converging with voluntary purchases. With over $95M raised including a $57M Balderton-led Series B, Sylvera is the Moody's of a market moving from wild-west volume to graded, financialized quality — a franchise position if the voluntary carbon market grows into the trillions its boosters promise.