Munich \u2014 Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firm Bird & Bird has advi\u00adsed Eco-FinTech company \u201cThe Land\u00adban\u00adking Group\u201d on an US$11 million seed finan\u00adcing round with an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal group of investors.<\/p>\n
The Land\u00adban\u00adking Group supports with the finan\u00adcing the launch of its natu\u00adral capi\u00adtal plat\u00adform Landler.io, the first inte\u00adgra\u00adted manage\u00adment and invest\u00adment plat\u00adform for natu\u00adral capi\u00adtal (biodi\u00adver\u00adsity, soil, water, carbon). This allows farmers and landow\u00adners to become provi\u00adders of natu\u00adral capi\u00adtal, and compa\u00adnies in the food indus\u00adtry, for exam\u00adple, to become natu\u00adral capi\u00adtal inves\u00adtors. The finan\u00adcing will enable the company to expand its custo\u00admer base in the agri\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral and food sectors and enter new markets in infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, energy and finan\u00adcial services. It also allows for the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of moni\u00adto\u00adring models for addi\u00adtio\u00adnal biomes and ecore\u00adgi\u00adons, as well as further expan\u00adsion of usable land (agri\u00adcul\u00adture and urban land) into conservation.<\/p>\n
The seed round was led by high impact fund BonVen\u00adture toge\u00adther with natu\u00adral capi\u00adtal pioneer Andr\u00e9 Hoff\u00admann. Venture capi\u00adtal funds such as 4P Capi\u00adtal, Vana\u00adgon and Planet A will contri\u00adbute their exper\u00adtise in marke\u00adting, refi\u00adnan\u00adcing and impact measu\u00adre\u00adment. In addi\u00adtion, the SUN Insti\u00adtute of the Deut\u00adsche Post Foun\u00adda\u00adtion and ten fami\u00adlies and private inves\u00adtors, inclu\u00adding Prince Maxi\u00admi\u00adlian von und zu Liech\u00adten\u00adstein, Alexa Firmenich, Jan-Hendrik Gold\u00adbeck and Fabian Str\u00fcng\u00admann, are support\u00ading the company\u2019s development.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsor to The Land\u00adban\u00adking Group: Bird & Bird<\/strong><\/p>\n Coun\u00adsel Andrea Schlote <\/strong>(Lead, photo \u00a9 Bird&Bird), Part\u00adner Stefan M\u00fcnch, Coun\u00adsel Dr. Chris\u00adtina Lorenz, Asso\u00adciate Louisa Graf (all Corporate\/M&A, Munich) and Asso\u00adciate Kilian Hummel (Corporate\/M&A, Frank\u00adfurt), Part\u00adner Dr. Markus K\u00f6rner and Asso\u00adciate Yvonne Schaafs (both IP, Munich), Part\u00adner Dr. Rolf Schmich, Coun\u00adsel Michael Br\u00fcg\u00adge\u00admann and Asso\u00adciate Luca Eckrich (all Tax, Frankfurt).<\/p>\n Alre\u00adady in 2022, the team around Andrea Schlote and Stefan M\u00fcnch supported The Land\u00adban\u00adking Group in the pre-seed finan\u00adcing round. Bird & Bird also works with The Land\u00adban\u00adking Group beyond that, advi\u00adsing them on banking regu\u00adla\u00adtory and IP matters, among other things.<\/p>\n The Landler.io<\/strong> plat\u00adform combi\u00adnes cutting-edge tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies \u2014 earth obser\u00adva\u00adtion, digi\u00adtal in-situ data, machine lear\u00adning and decen\u00adtra\u00adli\u00adzed ledgers. It can thus assign a \u201cpara\u00adme\u00adtric\u201d natu\u00adral capi\u00adtal account to each hectare of the planet. Thus, land coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adves, mana\u00adgers, or owners become provi\u00adders of ecosys\u00adtem services measu\u00adred in nature, and corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons or inves\u00adtors become inves\u00adtors in \u201cnature equity\u201d contracts. These contracts are a new balance sheet-quality asset class and are attrac\u00adtive to food, agri\u00adcul\u00adture, energy, resource and infra\u00adstruc\u00adture compa\u00adnies, but also incre\u00adasingly to insu\u00adrance compa\u00adnies and finan\u00adcial institutions.<\/p>\n