Klimate
Klimate
Science-led, tech-enabled carbon removal strategies
Investment vertical
- Climate techabout /verticals/climate-techClimate tech
Stage
- Seed
Website
www.klimate.co about https://www.klimate.co/The challenge
Many companies want to commit to net‑zero and climate responsibility — but offset markets are fragmented, confusing, and often lack quality or transparency. Choosing carbon removal projects can be time‑consuming and risky. Without access to vetted, science‑backed removals, firms risk greenwashing, wasted budget, and limited real impact.
The solution
Klimate.co offers an end-to-end carbon‑removal asset management platform that gives companies access to high‑quality, science‑vetted removal projects worldwide. Their platform streamlines sourcing, contracting, monitoring, and reporting of CO₂ removals in audit‑ready format. By turning carbon liabilities into transparent, verifiable assets, Klimate enables companies to reduce their footprint credibly, comply with regulations, and scale impact efficiently.
Footprint team
- Jakob Wichmann about ?overlay=jakob-wichmann
jmw@thefootprintfirm.com about mailto:jmw@thefootprintfirm.comJakob Wichmann
Co-Founding Partner
Jakob brings extensive expertise as an investor, entrepreneur, CEO, and management consultant, combined with significant international experience. He has served as a responsible partner on more than 200+ projects. He has served clients in international organizations and the private and public sectors on a wide range of issues, albeit always at the intersection between sustainability, research, and strategy. Jakob also serves as a trusted advisor to several senior executives, especially in private equity. He has been heavily engaged in the Footprint Firm investment practice, playing a core role in establishing the Footprint Fund and serving as board chair in several start-ups (Agrain, Klimate, Legacy) as well as leading several investment processes.
He especially thrives in diverse cultural and professional environments, as he has worked as an advisor and investor across the world and across multiple industries, with governments, academia, civil society and international organizations.
In 2011, he founded his own boutique consultancy as a response to the democratic movements in the Middle East and Africa that erupted in step with the Arab Spring revolutions. The company was later merged into Voluntas where Jakob has served as CEO and co-owner, as well as working with the advisory and investment sub-brands contributing to building the organization, growing the business as well as initiating new start-ups and establishing new offices. In 2008, Jakob co-founded the purpose-driven and renewable-only utility Natur-Energi, a company that was sold in 2017 after having built a significant client base.
Jakob holds a Master of Public Theory from University of Essex and a Master of Science in Political Science from the University of Aarhus. His former positions include CEO and Co-founder of Voluntas Group, including Voluntas Advisory and Voluntas Investment, Co-founder of Natur-Energi and other work with the World Bank, DanChurchAid and Epinion.