Perwez-based Soil Capital, a Belgian B-Corp company specialising in regenerative agriculture, has completed its €15M Series B funding round. The company focuses on addressing social, environmental, and economic needs through its low-carbon transition initiatives for farms.
The round was led by Trill Impact Ventures, with participation from Société Fédérale de Participations et d’Investissement (SFPIM), Sandwater, Santander Alternative Investments, and existing investors Ring Capital, Edaphon, the company founders, and other shareholders.
This funding will enable Soil Capital to solidify its role as a key partner for farmers and agri-food businesses, with a focus on creating a resilient and sustainable food system.
Dr. Alexander Domin, Partner at Trill Impact Advisory and Co-Head of Trill Impact Ventures, says, “We believe that Soil Capital is well positioned to champion the regenerative agriculture transition. With their large base of loyal farmers and high-integrity standards for certification, they help some of the world’s largest food corporates reduce their net emissions and strengthen their supply chain’s resilience to climate change.”
“The investment in Soil Capital is a testament to Trill Impact’s belief that business models addressing crucial climate challenges have great potential to become commercial winners. Together with our co-investors, we look forward to supporting the team’s ambition to enable farmers’ around the world in their transition.”
Capital utilisation
Soil Capital aims to support the transition of 1 million hectares to regenerative agriculture by 2025. It will use the funds to scale up operations, enhance the data entry platform, and improve agronomic support.
The company will address the increasing demand for comprehensive indicators on GHG emissions, soil health, water quality, biodiversity, and socio-economic factors, while also supporting its expansion to reach more farmers globally.
Chuck de Liedekerke, CEO of Soil Capital, says, “As a team with longstanding experience managing farms, we have seen firsthand the reality and consequences of climate change. These are already very real. That’s why we launched Soil Capital, with a vision to reshape the agricultural value chain.”
“This new funding gives us the scope and capacity to take our impact to the next level, with an enhanced value proposition that will help to reimagine the relationship between society, land use, food systems and nature.”
Soil Capital has paid over 800 farmers in the UK, France, and Belgium for eco-friendly farming this year, doubling the number from 2022. The first quarterly payment of 2024 totalled £2.4M, highlighting its growing European presence.
Regenerative agriculture for food system
According to Soil Capital, regenerative agriculture can capture more carbon than it emits, enhance biodiversity, improve water retention, and boost ecosystem health.
Soil Capital supports farmers in transitioning to this approach, benefiting over 1,600 farmers across France, Belgium, and the UK, and covering 350,000 hectares.
The company’s programme uses a reliable methodology, certified by a carbon indicator, and aligns with corporate goals to reduce scope 3 emissions. Scope 3 emissions are indirect emissions from activities related to a company’s operations, but from sources not directly managed by the company.
Soil Capital’s certificates meet the Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) requirements of the SBT initiative and are independently verified.
The certification programme ensures positive outcomes from regenerative practices. They conduct yearly assessments to measure farms’ carbon levels, which serve as a key indicator of soil health and regenerative practice adoption while providing agronomic support to farmers.
Improvements are quantified and certified through carbon measurements, with each certificate representing one ton of CO2e either reduced or removed.
Companies boost their supply chain resilience by supporting these farmers and rewarding their positive results. This helps companies reduce their scope 3 emissions using solutions that meet international standards like the SBTi.
What the investors had to say?
Peter De Decker, Investment Manager at SFPIM, says, “We share Soil Capital’s mission of supporting farmers in their transition to regenerative and sustainable agriculture. We are convinced that Soil Capital will enable change by unlocking a virtuous cycle.”
“First of all by placing the environment at the heart of its activities, but also by supporting farmers towards a future-proof farming model. We are very eager to collaborate with Soil Capital’s team and the other investors on its ambitious plan.”
Charlotte Lafont, Investment Director at Ring Capital, adds, “We’re very proud to renew and increase our support for Soil Capital’s very talented team. Since our initial investment in January 2023, we’ve contemplated the many successes of the company confirming their capacity to unlock the great power of regenerative agriculture.”
“We’re glad to be joined by highly qualified investors such as Trill Impact, SFPIM, Sandwater and Santander Alternative Investments to support Soil Capital in its expansion and accelerate the deployment of their programme.”
“Through its innovative programme, Soil Capital not only addresses the environmental problems of our food system, but also provides a viable and powerful solution to the social and economic challenges of the farming sector, thus combining comprehensive impact and scalable business model.”
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