How to invest in TenzaOne — project financing and asset trading.
TenzaOne connects investors with high-integrity climate projects. You provide upfront capital to finance project development; in return, you receive a legally-binding Real World Asset (RWA) contract with a direct stake in future carbon credit revenues and project returns.
We don’t trade historical carbon credits. We finance the future — providing the capital that enables new carbon reduction and removal projects to become operational, verified, and revenue-generating.
Projects can be evaluated by the AI Credit-Readiness Pre-Assessment (10+ AI agents per full assessment). It analyses the project documentation, methodology alignment, GHG reduction potential, safeguards and monitoring plans, and produces a Credit-Readiness Score (documentation completeness against a 104-item checklist built on the Verra VCS PDD template) and an evidence tier band. It is not a rating of credit quality.
Projects are grouped into the TenzaOne Cooperative — a technology-based grouped project under Verra VCS (VCS's equivalent of a Programme of Activities). Shared certification services slash costs by 60–90%, unlocking previously non-economical offsets and maximising the value of resulting credits.
Projects are listed on the Projects Marketplace with a defined offer structure (Fixed Finance, Revenue-Based, Carbon Futures, or Equity/SAFE). Investors review the project profile, assessment scores, and financial model, then commit capital.
Planned: our DePIN-as-a-Service layer will verify project performance with IoT sensor data, time-stamped and anchored on chain (digital MRV is on the roadmap). The platform’s telemetry API is ready; no sensor data has been received yet.
Once the project generates verified carbon credits, returns flow to investors via their chosen model — fixed interest payments, royalty revenue share, carbon credit delivery, or equity appreciation.
| Fee Type | Project Side | Investor Side | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed / Royalty Financing | 2.0% | 0.5% | Min €5K deal |
| Carbon Pre-Purchase | 1.0% | 0.5% | Min €2.5K |
| SAFE / Convertible | 2.5% | 0% | Min €10K |
| Funding Facilitation | 10% success fee on finance fees | Disclosed in term sheet | |
Developer and investor plans, with their current prices, are on the Pricing page.
| Tier | Volume | Annual Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Micro | 1,000–2,500 tCO₂e | €90 |
| Small | 2,500–10,000 | €500 |
| Growth | 10,000–50,000 | €2,500 |
| Scale | 50,000–250,000 | €10,000 |
| Enterprise | 250,000+ | €45,000 |
Traditional fixed-interest lending to climate projects. Predictable returns with a defined repayment schedule.
| Interest Rate | 6% fixed annual |
| Term | 48 months |
| Repayment | Monthly (interest + principal) |
| Minimum Ticket | €25,000 |
| Max Investors | 20 per project |
| Fee | 2.0% (project) + 0.5% (investor) |
| Risk Level | Lower |
| Certificate | Ed. 4.x — CIN Fixed Rate (platform certificate; ERC-1155 planned) |
Pipeline stage (50%): €50K → €69,600 total return (€19,600 interest). Signed stage: €50K → €58,000. Returns vary by project stage at entry.
Share in the project’s gross revenue until a defined repayment cap is reached. Returns scale with project success.
| Royalty Rate | 3.25% of gross revenues |
| Repayment Cap | 1.4× (140% of principal) |
| Max Term | 60 months |
| Repayment | Graduated semi-annual payments |
| Minimum Ticket | €25,000 |
| Fee | 2.0% (project) + 0.5% (investor) |
| Risk Level | Moderate |
| Certificate | Ed. 5.x — CIN Revenue Share (platform certificate; ERC-1155 planned) |
€25K → €35,000 total return (12.70% IRR, 8.89% annualised). Returns are revenue-linked — stronger project performance accelerates repayment.
Forward purchase of future verified carbon credits at a discount to the projected market price. Its value follows the carbon price, which can rise or fall; a DePIN verification premium is only an optional assumption, not a market price.
| Entry Discount | ~25% below the market price of the credit type (for example energy-efficiency credits: €2.71/tCO₂e, the 2024 average, Ecosystem Marketplace) |
| Vesting | 12 months |
| Minimum Ticket | €25,000 |
| Fee | 1.0% (project) + 0.5% (investor) |
| Risk Level | Moderate–High |
| Certificate | Ed. 4.x — CIN Carbon Futures (platform certificate; ERC-1155 planned) |
| Scope 3 | Eligible for corporate ESG reporting |
At €2.03/tCO₂e (25% below that €2.71 reference: USD 3.05/t, Ecosystem Marketplace 2024 average, at the ECB rate of 21 Oct 2026), €50K buys about 24,600 tCO₂e. If the price rises 50% above the price paid, value reaches ~€75K; it can also fall. A premium for DePIN-verified credits is not a market price: TenzaOne shows one only as an optional, labelled assumption (+25% tech-verified, +50% DePIN monitoring tier), and there is no market evidence for it yet.
Direct equity stake or convertible instrument in the raising entity. Exit-driven returns — mutually exclusive with carbon-project instrument mix.
| SAFE Range | €250K–€2.5M |
| Equity Range | €2.5M–€25M |
| Convertible | €100K–€2M, 4–8% interest, 18–24mo maturity |
| SAFE Discount | 20% with valuation cap |
| Liquidation Pref | 1× non-participating |
| Fee | 2.5% (project) + 0% (investor) |
| Risk Level | Higher |
| Feature | Fixed Finance | Revenue-Based | Carbon Futures | Equity/SAFE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk | Lower | Moderate | Moderate–High | Higher |
| Return Type | 6% fixed | 1.4× revenue cap | Market appreciation | Exit-driven |
| Term | 48 months | 60 months | 12mo vesting | 5–7 years |
| Min Ticket | €25K | €25K | €25K | €100K+ |
| Fee (Project) | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 2.5% |
| Fee (Investor) | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0% |
| Certificate | Ed 4.x | Ed 5.x | Ed 4.x | Ed 6.x |
| Scope 3 | No | No | Yes | No |
Every project investment on TenzaOne is represented as a digital certificate — a Real World Asset (RWA) record on the platform that tracks your stake, its provenance, and its value over time (issuing it as an ERC-1155 token on Polygon is planned). These certificates are tradeable assets in the TenzaOne Asset Marketplace.
Today (Stage 1), certificates are platform records (pre-mint) providing transparency and auditability. In Stage 2, they become fully tradeable ERC-3643 compliant digital securities with KYC/AML integration and on-chain settlement.
Each certificate carries an edition number that identifies the type of claim it represents:
| Edition | Type | Represents |
|---|---|---|
| Ed 0 | Master | Project identity record. A Credit-Readiness Pre-Assessment snapshot can be committed to it as a SHA-256 hash on the platform; anchoring it on Polygon is planned |
| Ed 1.x | Verification | Registry submission + VVB verification evidence |
| Ed 2.x | Performance | Monitoring (MRV) performance checkpoints; DePIN sensor attestations are planned |
| Ed 3 | Gate | DAO access and cooperative acceptance records (not tradeable) |
| Ed 4.x | CIN Fixed Rate / CIN Carbon Futures | Fixed-interest lending position / forward purchase of verified carbon credits |
| Ed 5.x | CIN Revenue Share | Royalty-based revenue participation |
| Ed 6.x | Equity / SAFE / Convertible | Company equity stake, SAFE note or convertible note |
Certificate holders can list their assets on the TenzaOne Asset Marketplace as expressions of interest. Listings are not binding — they signal availability and invite offers. The actual transfer is arranged between parties.
Interested buyers click “Express Interest” — the seller receives a notification and contact details to arrange the transaction.
Stage 1 RWA holders exchange their certificates for tradeable ERC-3643 digital securities. Automated settlement, KYC/AML integrated on-chain, and a fully compliant secondary market with order books, price discovery, and instant settlement.
| Fee Type | Stage 1 (today) | Stage 3 (2028) |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate Transfer | 2.5% | — |
| Spot Trade (Maker) | — | 0.30% (baseline), 0.10–0.20% (high volume) |
| Spot Trade (Taker) | — | 0.60% (baseline), 0.30–0.50% (high volume) |
| Token Transfer / Bridging | — | 0.10–0.50% |
| Custody / Escrow | — | 0.10–0.30% / year |
| Listing Fee | Free (MVP) | TBD |
Buy certificates from other holders at market-driven prices. As projects mature, early investors may sell at a premium to new entrants who prefer lower-risk, later-stage assets.
Certificate prices are influenced by:
An early investor buys a Fixed Finance certificate (Ed. 4.x, CIN Fixed Rate) during the project’s pipeline stage for €25K. Two years later, the project reaches operational status with verified credits being issued. The investor lists the certificate at €32K — a 28% premium reflecting reduced risk and evidenced performance. A corporate buyer acquires it for Scope 3 compliance, getting a mature, lower-risk position without waiting for project development.
Every certificate carries a full transfer history (Provenance L2) — viewable on the certificate detail page. Buyers can trace ownership from original issuance to current holder, ensuring authenticity and preventing fraud.
Spread capital across technology types — Solar Thermal, Wind, REDD+, Cookstoves, Biochar, CCUS — to reduce exposure to any single sector’s performance risk.
| Strategy | Stage | Risk | Potential Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early-stage | Pipeline / Pre-Development | Higher | Higher (buy at discount) |
| Growth-stage | Development / Operational | Moderate | Moderate (evidenced trajectory) |
| Mature | Verified / Issuing | Lower | Steady (cash-flow-backed) |
A portfolio can hold I-RECs (renewable energy certificates, 1 MWh each) and EECs (Energy Efficiency Credits: carbon credits from energy-efficiency projects, 1 tCO₂e each) from projects in different regions, such as India, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
IoT and DePIN monitoring give a project time-stamped, auditable records of what it produces. There is no market evidence yet that buyers pay more for such credits: TenzaOne shows a premium for them only as an optional, labelled assumption (+25% tech-verified, +50% DePIN monitoring tier), never as a market price.