Conservation Resources

Profile

Conservation Resources is a natural-capital investment firm based in the USA, founded in 2004. The firm was established to focus on impact investing in real assets, primarily timberland and farmland, aiming to achieve both competitive financial returns and measurable environmental outcomes. The team is spearheaded by founder and managing partner Paul Young, with Dag Rutherford and Zach Sargent as principals, adding robust expertise in forest products, natural resources, and institutional portfolio management.

Conservation Resources has launched CRSilva Ventures, a new venture capital arm focused on early-stage investments in the forest sector. The firm historically invests in sectors such as forestry, agriculture, and now venture capital, targeting pre-seed, seed, and early-stage companies primarily in the U.S. The firm's previously raised assets exceed $1.3 billion, although the exact size of the new venture fund hasn't been disclosed. A notable LP is the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, which provided a $5 million anchor commitment to CRSilva Ventures.

The current portfolio includes companies like Tanbark, specializing in molded fiber packaging, WholeTrees, which provides structural round-timber systems, and Kodama.ai, offering AI-enabled, remote and autonomous machinery for forestry. Other investments include Module, Vibrant Planet, and BurnBot. This diverse portfolio underscores the firm's strategic focus on forestry ecosystem technologies.