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Pantheon Regeneration Announces Investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund to Scale High-Integrity Nature-Based Carbon Removal

December 4, 2025
SUNYA SUMMARY
- Pantheon Regeneration received a strategic investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund to expand its ecological restoration projects. - Its first project, Pocosin Ecological Reserve I, is among the first commercial peatland restorations in the U.S, targeting high-impact climate benefits. - Peatlands store significant amounts of carbon, and restoring them rapidly removes CO2 while supporting biodiversity and water health. - Pantheon employs a science-led approach in developing, owning, and operating peatland projects, collaborating with Duke University for high-quality carbon credits. - Microsoft’s investment aims to accelerate Pantheon’s project pipeline and reinforce the market for high-integrity nature-based carbon credits. - Erika Basham of Microsoft will join Pantheon’s board as an observer, emphasizing support for scalable science-based climate solutions. - The investment aligns with Microsoft’s broader carbon removal strategy, combining natural and engineered solutions to meet global climate goals. - Pantheon’s CEO highlights the funding’s role in enabling large-scale ecosystem restoration and significant market impact for climate solutions.
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Pantheon Regeneration Announces Investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund to Scale High-Integrity Nature-Based Carbon Removal

December 3, 2025 5:46 PM EDT
(EZ Newswire)
Source: Pantheon Regeneration (EZ Newswire)

BOULDER, CO -- Pantheon Regeneration is pleased to announce a strategic investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund to accelerate and scale development of its ecological restoration projects. Pantheon’s first project, Pocosin Ecological Reserve I, is one of the first commercial peatland restoration projects in the U.S. Peatlands are among the most carbon-dense ecosystems on Earth, making their restoration one of the highest-impact nature-based climate solutions. Pantheon’s approach to peatland restoration is capable of quickly removing CO2 from the atmosphere and delivering significant credit volumes, while regenerating vital wetland ecosystems that have been nature’s unsung climate hero for thousands of years.

Pantheon is a science-led peatland project developer, owner, and operator, collaborating with Duke University to deliver high-quality carbon credits, that achieve meaningful biodiversity and water co-benefits. Microsoft’s investment supports Pantheon’s mission to restore ecosystems at scale and generate high-quality carbon credits that meet the needs of corporate buyers. Pantheon’s interdisciplinary team — spanning ecology, real assets, institutional finance, and commodities — combines scientific rigor with market execution to establish restoration as an investable climate solution.

The investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund accelerates Pantheon’s project pipeline and delivery capacity. Erika Basham, director, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, will join Pantheon’s board of directors as an observer.

“We’re thrilled to support Pantheon Regeneration’s mission to restore ecosystems and remove carbon from the atmosphere,” said Basham. “Their innovative approach aligns with our goal to invest in scalable, science-based solutions that not only remove emissions but also deliver co-benefits such as biodiversity and water impacts. This investment underscores our focus on supporting scalable, high-integrity climate solutions and the innovative teams that deliver them.”

Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund investment in Pantheon builds on the company’s broader carbon removal strategy, which includes nature-based and engineered solutions capable of scaling to meet global climate commitments.

Pantheon CEO Tripp Wall noted the significance of the investment: “Support from the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund is a profound game-changer. The Pantheon team has been driven from day one by the enormous potential of our ecosystem restoration work to deliver the type of landscape scale climate solutions the planet needs and the carbon credit quality and volumes the market craves. We are grateful for this recognition of the quality of what we’re doing and know their support will enable us to scale our work.”

About Pantheon Regeneration

Pantheon Regeneration restores degraded landscapes and develops high-integrity nature-based carbon removal projects. With the world facing an environmental polycrisis — CO2, water imbalance, biodiversity loss, and super-pollutants — Pantheon builds restoration solutions designed to deliver ecosystem-level impact beyond carbon. Investors include AXA IM Alts, Rodale Institute, the Grantham Foundation, Trailhead Capital, and McDonald Pelz. For more information, visit pantheonregen.com.

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SOURCE: Pantheon Regenerationhttps://eznewswire.com/newsroom/pantheon-regeneration-microsoft-climate-innovation-fund-investment-nature-based-carbon-removal