Ecosapiens is an eco-conscious collective that champions for the climate through creative technology solutions. The firm is still young and in the early stages of its development. The firm is on a mission to make carbon removal and sustainability seamless while making it a fun and engaging experience. The firm intends to scale out its workforce an an effort to build an ecosystem that gives offering to empower people and communities show some love to the planet by reducing the global carbon footprint. By leveraging blockchain technology, especially NFTs(Non-Fungible Tokens) the firm is set to revolutionize sustainability and sustainable development and at the same time raise awareness of the climate crisis. According to Nihar Neelakanti, the co-founder of Ecosapiens, the platform was founded to build a widespread ecosystem of eco-conscious individuals while at the same time providing a range of digital infrastructure and resources ranging from NFTs, carbon infrastructure, chat groups and comic series to keep the community engaged in reducing their individual and businesses’ carbon footprints by using more sustainable products therefore leading to the creation of a green economy.
To meet its objectives, Ecosapiens has recently raised $3.5 million in a seed fundraising round led by Collab+Currency, a consumer web3 fund. The seed round also garnered participation from gmoney, a notable investor and influencer that joined in as an advisor. Other participants in the event include notable angel investors like Alex Witt, CFO(Chief Financial Officer) of Celo and Ryan Carson, the former COO(Chief Operating Officer) of MoonBirds. The notable angels also led the pre-seed fundraising round of 2022 that yielded $1.5 million bring the total amount of raised funds to $5 million. Other returning investment firms include Alumni Ventures Blockchain Fund, Slow Ventures and Menlo Ventures.
NFTs have an enormous capability inn unlocking technology for positive climate action. This infinite potential makes it easy for individuals from any background that includes environmentalists, art lovers and NFT collectors among others to make environmental sustainability a byproduct of their daily lives and hobbies while at the same time creating an economic ecosystem that earns them income. At the beginning of the year, Ecosapiens revealed a collection of NFTs dabbed the alpha collection. The collection featured the first carbon-backed NFTs. During the rollout of the collection, Ecosapiens awarded 350 members from its ecosystem with free-to-mint Chrysalis that could be upgraded to an Ecosapien to offset 28 tons of carbon – US carbon footprint for 2 years. So far, the alpha collection has isolated 1700 tons of CO2(Carbon Dioxide) from the environment – an equivalent of planting 68 000 trees.
The platform is still gaining traction with at least 17 000 members onboarded onto ecosystem’s Discord channel. The adoption of the framework has drawn actors from the art industry as well as the NFT community. The platform also has a native token called Ecosapien. Ecosapien can be minted by acquiring a Chrysalis from The Genesis Collection on OpenSea. The Ecosapien also has an ability to evolve into an Ecoverse.
