COMMUNITY-LED CARBON CREDIT PROJECTS RECEIVE MAJOR BOOST AS OMTSE VENTURES CONFIRM BACKING OF EARTH SAMA PLATFORM
MANILA, Philippines, June 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Omtse Ventures, a climate venture studio building the infrastructure of a regenerative future, today announced a strategic partnership and investment in Earth Sama, a climate-tech platform that enables real-time, community-driven credit generation.
Omtse's partnership with Earth Sama provides strategic backing, product support, and alignment with national-scale initiatives. "Earth Sama is what we look for," explained Derek Ruth, Partner at Omtse Ventures. "Tools built by people who've done the world. Grounded, credible, and pushing the frontier of community-first climate infrastructure. We are excited to back them as part of our commitment to sovereign-ready solutions that scale.
WHAT EARTH SAMA WILL DELIVER
Over the coming weeks, Earth Sama will roll out a suite of tools built for Paris Agreement compliance, operational simplicity, and on-the-ground usability. Features include:
A Climate Creator Platform – to mint traceable, industry standards-aligned carbon assets
A Blockchain-Powered Field App – for farmer onboarding and GPS-tagged field-level data collection
Smart Contract Infrastructure – for transparent carbon revenue sharing and automated audit trails
Earth Sama's mission is to democratise and uncomplicate the carbon credit industry by empowering rural farming and Indigenous communities involved in carbon capture projects at the forefront of global reforestation. Formerly known as CO2e and now rebranded as Earth Sama, the platform was born from frontline restoration work across Southeast Asia and the Caribbean. Co-founders Angeline Chen and Uyngheim Ngo spent nearly 8 years restoring coral reefs and mangrove forests with the support of Demeter Russafov and non-profit Global Coalition. Between 2023 and 2024, they planted over 1.2 million mangroves on the island of Kiskeya (Dominican Republic and Haiti). Frustrated by the exclusionary practices of traditional carbon markets, they built Earth Sama to dismantle systemic barriers and return power to the communities on the ground regenerating ecosystems.