Japan Energy Fund announces investment in Revalue, a high-integrity nature-based carbon credits development company
TOKYO — January 8th, 2026 — Japan Energy Fund (“JEF”) is pleased to announce that it has invested in Revalue through Japan Energy Fund’s Decarbonized Tech Fund managed by Japan Energy Capital.
Revalue is a nature-tech company that designs, develops and finances high-integrity nature-based carbon projects around the world. The company’s latest strategic investment round brings in new investors Japan Energy Fund and K8 Capital, alongside existing investors Ecosystem Integrity Fund and SJF Ventures. The capital will support Revalue’s next stage of growth, including scaling its pipeline of next-generation projects, further enhancing its climate-tech platform, and deepening partnerships with project developers, corporates, capital providers and carbon market infrastructure players globally.​
Background
High-quality nature-based solutions such as avoided deforestation, reforestation and ecosystem restoration are critical to achieving global climate goals and protecting biodiversity. Yet confidence in the voluntary carbon market has been shaken in recent years by concerns around additionality, permanence and overstated climate benefits in some nature-based projects. Corporates and financial institutions are increasingly seeking partners who can deliver credits with robust science, transparent monitoring, and clear social and biodiversity co-benefits.
Revalue was created to reset the bar for integrity in nature-based carbon projects. The company partners with leading on-the-ground project operators and strategic capital providers to design projects that protect and restore nature while generating high-integrity carbon credits. Its end-to-end model spans early feasibility and financing through to credit issuance and long-term monitoring, enabling developers and buyers to manage risk and impact over the full project lifecycle.
Japan has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, supported by strengthened 2035 and 2040 reduction targets and new policy frameworks such as the GX (“Green Transformation”) programme, GX-ETS emissions trading scheme and the expansion of J-Credit and other carbon-market mechanisms. As these frameworks evolve, Japanese companies are tightening their decarbonisation roadmaps and seeking access to diversified, high-integrity global carbon credit supply that complements direct emissions reductions.
Through this investment, Japan Energy Fund will support Revalue in building relationships with Japanese corporates, utilities and financial institutions that are looking to integrate credible nature-based credits into their net-zero strategies.
About Revalue Nature's technology and approach
Revalue combines deep ecological expertise with cutting-edge data and analytics to deliver a new generation of high-integrity nature-based projects. The company provides project developers with end-to-end tools and services — from initial assessment and structuring to ongoing monitoring and verification — underpinned by its proprietary intelligence platforms.
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Using advanced Earth observation and data science, Revalue’s technology stack integrates high-resolution satellite imagery, LiDAR, dynamic baselines, eDNA and other data sources to more accurately quantify carbon stocks, emissions reductions and permanence risks over time. Its platforms provide project operators, financiers and credit buyers with transparent, near-real-time insights into project performance, risk and co-benefits, helping to build confidence in the underlying credits.
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Revalue’s approach has been recognised by leading investors and independent ratings agencies as setting a new benchmark for scientific rigour and integrity in nature-based carbon credits. The company is now applying its methodology across a diversified portfolio of projects spanning tropical forests, mangroves, peatlands and other critical ecosystems in multiple countries and regions.
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Tomohito Shibata, Partner of Japan Energy Fund: "Revalue's innovative use of cutting-edge data science and leading AI models as well as partnerships with leading project operators and registries sets a new standard for scientifically rigorous credits in the carbon market. We are excited to invest in Revalue and support this key step in helping Japan meet its climate goals with credible and effective carbon projects."
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Stuart Rowland, Founder & CEO of Revalue: "I’m excited to share that Revalue has closed a strategic investment round to accelerate our next stage of growth. A warm welcome to our new investors, Japan Energy Fund and K8 Capital, who recognise the momentum behind what we’re building and where we’re heading next, and a huge thank you to our existing investors, Ecosystem Integrity Fund and SJF Ventures, for continuing to grow with us. I couldn’t be more excited for the future. Our new investors bring far more than capital — they open doors in the increasingly important Japanese market and unlock options for project-level financing."
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About Revalue
Revalue is a nature-tech company dedicated to designing, developing and financing high-integrity nature-based carbon projects. Revalue partners with best-in-class project operators and strategic capital providers to create landscape-scale projects that tackle deforestation and degradation, restore ecosystems and unlock long-term climate and biodiversity impact. Its proprietary platforms combine advanced Earth observation, LiDAR, eDNA and data science to deliver transparent, real-time measurement and monitoring, enabling a new generation of trusted carbon credits. Revalue is headquartered in London and operates projects across multiple tropical regions.
Website: www.revalue.earth
About Japan Energy Fund
Japan Energy Fund (JEF) is a venture capital fund investing in world-leading climate-tech solutions to accelerate Japan’s decarbonization and advance the global energy transition. Leveraging deep relationships across Japanese industry, corporations, and policymakers, JEF connects global innovators with Japan’s energy ecosystem to catalyze collaboration and market entry. Through these partnerships, JEF helps deploy transformative technologies and projects both in Japan and around the world.
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