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GreenTask

A verified environmental gig marketplace for emerging markets

Workers get paid for climate micro-jobs. Organisations get verified impact. We earn commission on every job and build carbon-generating assets.

The Problem

Two sides of the same gap

For workers in emerging markets

  • 40% youth unemployment in Nigeria
  • Women in rural communities lack access to formal employment
  • Existing environmental work (tree planting, waste cleanup) is informal, unverified, and poorly paid

For organisations

  • NGOs struggle to mobilise and verify environmental work at scale
  • Corporates have CSR budgets but no way to deploy them into verified, trackable climate action
  • Carbon credit projects fail because nobody monitors whether trees survive after planting
The Solution

A two-sided gig marketplace

Supply side

Workers (starting with 1,000 women through our NGO partner SheCanDo) pick up paid environmental micro-jobs through our mobile app. Tree planting, waste collection, biodiversity monitoring, land restoration.

Demand side

NGOs, corporate CSR departments, and local governments post jobs and pay through the platform. Verified impact reports generated automatically.

Verification layer

Every job is verified through GPS geofencing, camera-only capture (no gallery uploads), cryptographic signing, and AI-powered image analysis. Machine-verified, not self-reported.

How money flows

Demand

Organisations

Platform

GreenTask (10-15% commission)

Supply

Workers

How assets compound

Surplus capital

GreenTask

Same workers + verification

Teak plantations

GreenTask-owned

Carbon credits + Timber

Revenue Model

Four compounding revenue layers

Year 1+

Platform Commission

10-15% on every micro-job. Capital-light, recurring. Pure variable cost model with no employment overhead.

Year 2+

Verification-as-a-Service

The AI verification engine becomes a standalone product. Other reforestation projects and carbon credit developers pay to use GreenTask's MRV (monitoring, reporting, verification) infrastructure.

Year 3-5+

Carbon Credit Revenue

Deploy surplus capital into teak/mahogany plantations through the same worker network and verification infrastructure. Credits sell year-over-year at appreciating prices. First sale after Year 3 verification.

Year 10-15+

Timber Appreciation

Teak is one of the world's most valuable tropical hardwoods. West African FOB prices: $200-300/m³. Thinning harvests at Year 10 and 15 generate additional revenue.

Financial Model

Comprehensive Revenue Model

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Traction & Partnerships

What we have done so far

Nov 2024

2nd place at International hAIckathon

250+ participants, 30+ countries

Dec 2024 - Present

Built entire tech stack

Flutter mobile apps, NestJS backend, admin panel, partner panel, AI verification engine, Flutterwave payments

2025

Accepted into NCTA accelerator

Sustainable Ventures + Barclays Eagle Labs

2025

YC application: top 10% signal

Recommendation to reapply with traction

2026

App live on iOS and Android

2026

LOI signed with SheCanDo

Women's empowerment NGO. 1,000 women workers. Breaking gender biases through environmental micro-jobs.

Honest status: No revenue yet. No paying customers yet. The app is live, the LOI is signed, and we are ready to execute with capital.

Market Opportunity

A market that is growing fast

$2.5B

Voluntary carbon market in 2025

Projected $15B by 2035 (20.59% CAGR)

Source: Market analysis

2.4B

Tonnes of carbon credits Africa could generate annually by 2030

Source: ACMI Roadmap

$24

High-quality ARR credit price per tCO₂ (Sept 2025)

Up from $14 at start of year

Source: Sylvera

$6.82

Nigeria's cost per tonne, one of the lowest in Africa

Source: Research data

$50+

ARR credit forward prices for upcoming vintages

Source: Market quotes

Comparable companies

Mombak

Brazil

$200M raised. 5M trees planted. $150M in offtake contracts from Microsoft, Google, Meta.

Does reforestation + carbon credits but NO gig marketplace layer.

Rainforest Builder

West Africa

1.8M credits secured by Microsoft.

Direct employment model, no platform.

Tourba

Nigeria

Carbon farming with smallholders. 15K hectares.

Agroforestry focus, no gig platform.

Pachama

Global

Carbon credit marketplace with satellite verification.

Trading layer only, no planting.

GreenTask's differentiation: Only company combining a commission-earning gig marketplace with carbon credit asset ownership and continuous AI-powered verification. Capital-light platform model vs capital-heavy project developer model.

Team

The people building this

D

Devansh Karia

Technical Co-founder

Built the entire tech stack solo. Flutter, NestJS, AI verification engine, payment integration. Based in London.

D

Dolapo

Co-founder & CEO

Partnerships, government relations, on-ground operations in West Africa. Nigerian with existing government relationships.

V

Vivek

Marketing

LinkedIn strategy, content, brand building.

P

Pranav

Networking & BD

Investor outreach, partnership development.

The Ask

Raising pre-seed

~£500K

Pre-seed round

£400KTeam salaries (4 people x £50K x 2 years)
£100KFirst planting cohort (~100-150K trees via SheCanDo)

What this gets us to

  • Platform commission revenue from NGO and corporate clients
  • 100K+ trees planted and verified (real asset on balance sheet)
  • First carbon credit verification cycle initiated
  • Data and traction for YC reapplication and seed round

Seed target

~£1M at ~£10M valuation (10% equity)

Want to talk?

We would love to hear from you.

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