Meta Carbon is a climate-tech company founded dedicated to making carbon offsetting more transparent, efficient, and engaging. Its mission is to simplify carbon management for businesses and individuals, using technology to bridge the gap between climate action and everyday life.
The core of Meta Carbon's service is its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, which provides a comprehensive suite of tools for carbon project management. These include features for inventory management, real-time reporting, and yield optimization. The platform also offers a range of engagement tools, such as offset certificates, digital badges, and leaderboards, which allow businesses to transparently showcase their sustainability efforts to their customers. A key feature of the platform is its ability to integrate with e-commerce sites, enabling carbon offsetting at the point of sale.
Meta Carbon uses the Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) to record every transaction, measurement, and retirement of carbon credits on the public ledger. This provides a high level of transparency and trust, as all data is immutable and auditable.
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Hsuite is a comprehensive platform offering tools and services designed to enhance interaction and development on the Hedera network. It provides a unified user experience for individuals, developers, and businesses engaging with Hedera's distributed ledger technology (DLT).
The services include secure HBAR and HTS token management through integrated wallet functionalities, tools for the creation and administration of HTS tokens, and interfaces for deploying and interacting with Hedera Smart Contracts. Hsuite also provides non-fungible token (NFT) management, including minting and trading capabilities, alongside integrations for decentralized identity (DID) applications. For businesses, it offers payment gateway solutions to facilitate transactions using Hedera-based assets.
Hsuite’s streamlined common operations provide an entry for new users as well as robust resources for developers building applications on Hedera. Its flagship feature, Smart-Nodes, are highly customizable programs deployed inside virtual images which can be hosted and decentralized through cloud computing environments such as Google cloud and Amazon Web Services.
HeliSwap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) that was launched in 2022 as a joint partnership between MANTRA and LimeChain. The platform is designed to bring a comprehensive suite of decentralized finance (DeFi) services to the Hedera network, with a focus on a user-friendly and community-centric approach.
The core of HeliSwap's service is its open-source, non-custodial exchange, which allows for the seamless swapping of tokens within the Hedera ecosystem. The platform supports swaps between HTS tokens, ERC-20 tokens, and HBAR, providing a high degree of interoperability. In addition to token swaps, HeliSwap offers a range of DeFi features, including customized liquidity mining programs and the ability for users to create their own yield farms. A key component of the ecosystem is the HeliSwap DAO, the first of its kind on Hedera, which empowers the community to participate in the governance and future development of the platform.
HeliSwap is built on the Hedera Smart Contract Service and is fully compatible with the Hedera Token Service (HTS).
The Aria Network is an integrated media company founded in 2018 and based in Los Angeles, California. Its focus is on creating immersive digital experiences that bridge the gap between physical and virtual assets. Aria works with global brands, sports leagues, and celebrities to develop new forms of engagement through augmented reality and other digital technologies.
Aria's primary product is the Aria Exchange, a platform for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). A key feature of the exchange is the concept of "living NFTs," which allows creators to continuously add new content and value to a token after its initial purchase. The platform is designed to be carbon-negative, tracking the carbon footprint of each transaction and offsetting it through partnerships.
The Aria Exchange is built with a direct and foundational connection to the Hedera network. Every NFT minted and traded on the Aria Exchange is securely stored on the Hedera distributed ledger. This integration provides an immutable and transparent record of ownership and transaction history for every digital asset.
ValueNature is a South Africa-based organization working to create a new class of nature-based commodity credits. The company's mission is to accelerate the recognition of nature's value by creating a transparent and efficient market for biodiversity and natural carbon credits.
ValueNature's core service is the facilitation of nature-based investment projects. They are actively developing projects across the Global South that are designed to generate both biodiversity and carbon credits. The company's methodology involves using a combination of on-the-ground sensor technologies and remote sensing data to measure and verify the positive impacts of these projects on local ecosystems. The goal is to create a robust and evidence-based system for quantifying and valuing nature, with a commitment to ensuring that 80% of the revenue from the sale of credits goes back to the local custodians of the land.
ValueNature is building its platform on the Hedera Guardian, an open-source toolset for creating and managing digital environmental assets. This allows for the tokenization of their biodiversity and carbon credits, creating a transparent and auditable record of their entire lifecycle.