Company profile
Biochar Industrial Group Inc.
Biochar Industrial Group Inc. is a privately held climate-infrastructure company founded in 2025 that partners with agricultural processors in Africa to convert biomass waste into biochar and verified carbon-removal credits. Founded by Ikenna Nzewi, Uzoma Ayogu and Isaiah Udotong, the company builds on the team's experience developing industrial agricultural infrastructure and biochar operations at Y Combinator-backed Releaf Earth. BIG operates a Biochar-as-a-Service model in which agricultural processors provide biomass waste while BIG finances, installs, and operates on-site pyrolysis equipment; manages biochar production, carbon-credit verification, and sales; and shares carbon-credit revenue with its partners.
- Sector
- Financial services / Waste Management, Carbon Credit Trading & Services
- Markets
- Nigeria
- Founded
- 2025
- Ownership
- Private
- Stage
- Startup
- Capital raised
- $1.5m
- Employees
- 11-50
- Business model
- B2B Manufacturing
Products and services
Biochar production; Biochar-as-a-Service; agricultural waste processing; pyrolysis equipment deployment; carbon-removal credit development, verification and sales; carbon-credit revenue sharing
Transactions
| Date | Transaction | Type | Value | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2026 | Breega, Catalyst Fund and the Mulago Foundation invest USD 1.5 million in Biochar Industrial Group (BIG) operations in Africa | Venture Capital | $1.5m | Nigeria |
Source: Partner Researchers.