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We defend the highest-risk frontlines RAINFOREST FROM OTHERWISE-CERTAIN DESTRUCTION, TO PROTECT our biodiversity and climate

THE AMAZON IS

HUMANITY’S

CLIMATE SOLUTION

MOST CRITICAL

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  • Removes 20% of human carbon emissions

  • Produces 25% of your freshwater and rain

  • Home to 50% of all terrestrial biodiversity

The Amazon is impossible to replicate, and deforestation is pushing it towards a tipping point of total collapse, destroying most of the world’s living organisms, breaking the water and oxygen pump of the planet, and making climate change all but impossible to stop.

OUR MODEL:

DEFENSE THAT

DRIVES VALUE

WE STOP DEFORESTATION
WHERE IT HAPPENS: AT THE HIGHEST-RISK FRONTLINE

RDC defends the most highly threatened rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon from otherwise-certain destruction.

When successful, we generate high-integrity carbon credits, which we sell to serious net-zero companies to generate revenue. We then repeat and rapidly scale this process with access to capital markets, to defend more rainforest from otherwise-certain destruction.

Secure the HIGHEST-RISK FRONTLINES rainforest

We target rainforest areas with the highest levels of destruction in the world. Our flexible approach allows us to help defend rainforest on indigenous, public and private lands.

Deploy PROActive
Defense

We actively defend each of our rainforest areas from otherwise-certain destruction through a coordinated set of defensive measures. We heavily monitor the rainforest, respond rapidly to any incursions, and work with communities on both sides of the frontline to align incentives with conservation and restoration.

FRONTLINE CARBON Credits

When successful in defending rainforest from otherwise-certain destruction, we earn carbon credits which we sell to serious net zero companies to generate revenue. Our carbon credits are unique in that we work only at the highest-risk frontlines, and through a combination of defense of intact forest and restoration of adjacent degraded land. 100% of proceeds from carbon sales are used to defend more highly-threatened rainforest.

Scale Through Capital Markets

We reinvest all our revenue, and access the capital markets and grants, in each case in order to rapidly scale to protect 1M hectares of the highest-risk rainforest in the Amazon by the end of 2030.

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A SMARTER WAY

TO SAVE THE

RAINFOREST

BUILT FOR IMPACT, LED BY EXPERTS

Our team comes from Cravath, Allianz, NYSE, WWF, IUCN and beyond, bringing deep expertise in finance, biodiversity, conservation and capital markets to solve deforestation at scale.

A Market-Driven Solution

Rainforests can't be protected by staying passive or relying on donations. RDC monetizes proactive rainforest defense, making it financially viable and scalable. We reinvest 100% of our funds to defend more highly-threatened rainforests.

FRONTLINE Carbon Credits

RDC's carbon credits come from a unique combination of defending and restoring highly-threatened rainforests at the frontlines. We are on our way to offering the most attractive and highest integrity carbon product to corporate buyers.

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MEet the

TEAM

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DR. MATTHIAS PITKOWITZ

  • Entrepreneur; nature & climate finance expert with 2 decades of capital markets experience and $72bn of transaction closed

  • Founder of EQX, a long-term sustainable finance platform (Member FINRA, Registered SEC)

  • Previously, M&A and capital markets lawyer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, the leading US corporate law firm

  • Licensed investment banker and attorney in New York

  • Master of Laws (Columbia Law School); PhD and JD (University of Vienna), with Honors

Founder & CEO

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JULIAN SLUYTERS

CIO

  • Previously COO at Allianz Global Investors, one of the world’s leading asset managers

  • Previously also Chief of Operations at Aegon Asset Management, COO of PineBridge Investments, and as CEO and President of Old Mutual Capital.

  • BS in Accounting and Finance (Lehigh University)

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MICHAEL GELTZEILER

CFO

  • Operating Partner at one of largest sovereign wealth funds

  • Previously, CFO & Group Executive VP at NYSE Euronext, CFO at the Reader’s Digest Association, and SVP & CFO for The ADT Corporation

  • Previously, Audit Chair & Board member for Cypress Creek Renewables

  • MBA in Finance (New York University), BS in Accounting (University of Delaware); CPA certification (State of New York)

Raíssa Saré

Brazil & Engagement

  • 15+ years of experience across policy, ESG regulation, and sustainable finance

  • Former Head of Policy–Americas at CDP, leading engagement with governments and development banks across Latin America and the US

  • MBA in ESG & Sustainable Business (USP/Esalq); BA in International Relations (USP)

Thaline Karajá

Indigenous Empowerment

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  • Member of the Karajá people, born in Santarém, Brazil

  • Life-long activist in Indigenous and feminist movements

  • Environmental advocate with Greenpeace Brasil and Engage Mundo

  • Global presence advancing Indigenous rights and climate justice

JAMES ECCLES

Finance & Markets

  • Previously, Co-founder Mr. Sprout & Co., leading fundraising and operational efficiency improvements in a fast-growing e-commerce startup

  • Manager at a leading telecommunications company in the US

  • BS in Marine Biology from the University of Queensland (Australia)

RAFAEL BARCAN

Project Management

  • Product Sustainability Engineer at Rivian, leading cradle-to-grave carbon analysis and climate-positive design across EV programs

  • Experience in lifecycle assessment, green product design, and decarbonization consulting

  • BS in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University

SAMUEL MURRAY

Carbon Sales

  • Previously, Head of Strategy and Operations at Catona Climate (focused on deploying capital and technology to scale nature-based carbon removal projects around the globe)

  • MBA focused on entrepreneurship and technology (UCLA Anderson School of Management), BA in Mathematics and Economics (Middlebury College)

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Delfina Freijido

Blended Finance

  • Previously Lead on Finance for Nature at IUCN

  • Former Head of Sustainable Finance at Banco de la Nación Argentina

  • Previously, Co-Founder of Acrux; Board member at Unplastify Uruguay

  • Dual-MPA at Columbia University and Sciences Paris; BA in International Relations, Di Tella University  

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DR.FRAUKE FISCHER

Biodiversity

  • Leading biodiversity expert

  • Head of International Biodiversity at University of Wurzburg, Germany

  • Member of the Scientific Board of WWF Germany; Member of IUCN

  • Award winning scientist and biodiversity project lead across Global South

  • PhD in Tropical Ecology and Wildlife Biology (University of Wurzburg); MS in Biology, Zoology, Animal Ecology (Goethe University)

ADVISORS

& MENTORS

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KEVIN CARTON

Former Sr. Practice Partner at PwC; BOD Russel Reynolds, BOA Unio Capital; BOD Leadership Roundtable

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LAra Birkes

Head of Climate & Nature, BTS; fr Head of ESG, Sonder; VP, Chief Sustainability Officer, HPE

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Peter georgescu

Former CEO of Young & Rubicam
Chairman, New York-Presbyteruab Hospital

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William cruger

Former Vice Chairman at J.P. Morgan; Board Member at Virtu Financial, Market Axess, Capital IQ

JOIN THE mission

JOIN US IN OUR MISSION TO DEFEND FRONTLINES rainforest FROM OTHERWISE-CERTAIN DESTRUCTION.

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Help us defend the most highly-threatened rainforest areas and vulnerable communities in need of support.

Purchase our carbon credits to defend frontlines rainforests, or invest in RDC to further our mission.