Proba, a Dutch climate technology company working on agrifood supply chains, has raised €1.25 million to support expansion into the United States and Brazil, with participation from Future Food Fund, Yield Lab Europe, and Value Factory Ventures. The expansion is intended to scale verified and traceable emissions reductions across agricultural markets in the Americas.
The company focuses on certifying fertilizer-related Scope 3 emission reductions and plans to apply its platform initially across major crop value chains including coffee, corn, potatoes, and sugar. Scope 3 emissions refer to indirect greenhouse gas emissions produced across the agricultural value chain, both upstream through supplier activities and input production, and downstream through product use and disposal, arising from sources that the agritech company neither owns nor directly controls.
Our ambition is to make fertilizer-related Scope 3 reductions standard practice in global agri-food supply chains.This funding accelerates that mission by enabling us to operate in the regions that matter most to our customers, particularly the United States and Brazil.
Proba’s platform focuses on measuring, verifying, and certifying fertilizer-related emission reductions and converting them into traceable ‘Impact Units’ that can be adopted across agricultural supply chains. The company works with agrifood buyers, traders, and cooperatives to link on-farm practices with climate accounting frameworks, enabling Scope 3 reductions to be documented and financed rather than treated as estimations.
Proba positions this approach as a way to align farmers, cooperatives, traders, and food companies around shared incentives, addressing long-standing gaps between climate ambition and on-ground adoption. The company states that by making emission reductions measurable and financeable, its model aims to support consistent implementation across regions rather than one-off sustainability initiatives.
Measuring and Scaling Fertilizer Emission Reductions
While low-carbon fertilizer solutions are already available, adoption has remained limited due to cost barriers and misaligned incentives across agricultural supply chains. Proba is seeking to address these challenges by making fertilizer-related emission reductions measurable, financeable, and scalable, enabling wider participation across producers and agrifood buyers.
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As per Proba, its platform functions as a monitoring, reporting, and verification layer embedded within existing agri-food supply chains rather than a standalone offset mechanism. According to the company, fertilizer use data, agronomic inputs, and farm-level practices are aggregated and assessed against defined baselines to calculate emission reductions using established methodologies.
Proba addresses one of the most material and under-accounted sources of emissions in the agri-food sector. Their approach combines strong scientific grounding with a practical pathway for companies to act on Scope 3. We see significant potential for their model as companies face increasing pressure to deliver verified results.
These reductions are then converted into traceable Impact Units that can be allocated to buyers across the value chain, allowing Scope 3 outcomes to be recorded with greater consistency and auditability. Proba positions the platform to integrate with procurement, sustainability reporting, and climate accounting workflows already used by agrifood companies, cooperatives, and traders.
Market Expansion and Buyer-Side Adoption
Proba’s approach reflects a broader shift in how agricultural emissions are being addressed within supply chains. Fertilizer-related emissions have historically been treated as indirect, estimated, or outside operational control, limiting meaningful intervention. By framing emission reductions as verifiable units that can be financed and adopted across multiple stakeholders, Proba positions Scope 3 action as an operational system rather than a reporting exercise.
This model suggests that future adoption may be driven less by voluntary commitments alone and more by the need for scalable, auditable infrastructure that links on-farm practices with enterprise-level accountability across regions and crop systems.
Proba is already delivering real, measurable impact, turning fertilizer-related emission reductions into results companies can credibly report. That traction strongly fits Value Factory’s focus on deeptech with measurable climate impact, and we’re excited to keep supporting Proba as they accelerate and expand into the US and Brazil.
By translating emission reductions into verifiable, transferable units, the platform reframes Scope 3 action as a shared operational process rather than a compliance-driven reporting task. This approach points toward a future where adoption is shaped less by voluntary climate pledges and more by the availability of scalable, auditable systems that connect on-farm decisions with enterprise-level accountability across geographies and cropping systems.
