reNature

We support farmers & corporates in the transition to Regenerative Agroforestry.

  • Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Agriculture
  • Location Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Currency EUR
  • Founded January 2018
  • Employees 10
  • Incorporation Type Not Incorporated
  • Website renature.co

Company Summary

reNature promotes, designs and implements regenerative agroforestry to bring nature back into agriculture, restore landscapes, secure the economic resilience of farmers and tackle climate change.

We are a fast-growing and innovative start-up attracting a lot of attention in the world of regenerative agriculture. We drive large-scale landscape regeneration by offering design, implementation, capacity-building and regional transition services.

Team

  • CEO & Co-Founder

    Felipe's family have been working for 60+ years with large-scale organic citrus farming in Brazil, and that have made him always passionate about sustainable agriculture. With a Bc in Production Engineer in Brazil & Sustainable Agriculture in Netherlands, Felipe decided to take his learnings to the field. After visiting the Amazon Rainforest and seeing how agriculture is causing deforestation, he decided to start reNature with Marco de Boer.

  • CEO & Co-Founder

    As a Creative & Strategic Director I have learned that no challenge is the same. Even the most common issues demand specific solutions. My skill is to determine that specific challenge, to bridge the gap between sender and receiver. I distill the true message that will not only be understood but also intended. I write your punchlines that everybody will remember. My job is not to make your story beautiful, my job is to get your message across.

  • AgriBusiness Developer & Project Manager

    A Brazilian Forest Engineer and Lawyer, who came to the Netherlands for a master’s degree in Development Studies. Leandro took the Major in Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies, because it connected both of his backgrounds, combining political sciences with the natural resources’ management. Experiences in operational, commercial, and business development fields to project management.

  • AgriBusiness Research & Project Manager

    Passionate about finding context-specific solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation, whilst integrating socioeconomic aspects. Focus lies on agroforestry and regenerative agriculture. I see myself as a systems thinker taking the complexity of todays sustainability issues into great account. Shedding light on potential repercussions of actions and relationships within systems is a priority and helps me to identify the best solutions.

  • Chief Investment Officer

    Eva has over 10 years experience in impact investment having worked for Oikocredit International, the Common Fund for Commodities and most recently as lead for Rabo Foundation’s African portfolio.

    Eva is now sharpening her focus to environmental impact having seen first hand agro-forestry projects visited in Brazil in 2018. She’s convinced that we can make regenerative agricultural practices mainstream amongst practicioners and investors.

  • Financial Manager

    Over 15 years of her business career, Elena been gaining experience in launching a new business, a deputy CFO in the country unit in an emerging market, leading post-M&A integration processes and people, Global finance roles managing complexity, business fluctuations, and diverse Geographies (CIS, SAPAC, LATAM, EMEA) trough collaboration and building cross-functional relationships.

  • Waas Thissen
    Research Coordinator

    My interest goes out to how sustainable land management and sustainable agriculture can contribute to restoration of the environment.

    I am interested and trained in both the technical as well as the social aspects of sustainable land management and sustainable agriculture, which is reflected through my interdisciplinary education.

    Waas has a background in International Water & Land Management which he obtained at the University of Wageningen.

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