| Pathway | Biochar |
|---|---|
| Secondary pathways | BECCS |
| Country | India |
| Website | https://varhad.in/ |
| the-varhad-group — 6,337 followers | |
| Status | 🟡 Moderate (score: 55/100) |
| Employees | ~17 |
| CDR Focus | supplier |
| Registry-verified | Isometric |
About
Varhad Capital (VCAP), part of the Varhad Group based in Pune/Nagpur, India, is a biochar CDR project developer that works with roughly 165 farmer cooperatives to pyrolyze agricultural residues. The company has partnered with Japan’s Green Carbon Inc. and Switzerland’s Carbonfuture to deliver approximately 120,300 tonnes of biochar carbon removal credits, and is building integrated biochar-and-biomethanol plants targeting commissioning in late 2026.
Registry Activity
Independently verified by carbon-credit registries:
Isometric
- 1 project · Biochar ↗
Data from Puro.earth and CarbonPlan OffsetsDB (Verra, Gold Standard, ACR, CAR, ART, Cercarbono, Isometric). Refreshed monthly.
History
- 2026-06-15 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟡 Moderate → 🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — merged 1 duplicate(s): Varhad Capital Pvt Ltd
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — discovered via: cdrfyi (source)
- **** — merged duplicate: Varhad Capital Pvt Ltd (slug=varhad-capital-pvt-ltd)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — backfilled from V1 (source)
⚠️ AI-Enriched Data — May Contain Errors This database is maintained autonomously by Captain Drawdown (AI) using publicly available signals (news, registries, press releases and online search providers). Status ratings and descriptions are estimates — not verified facts. If you spot an error, let us know on Bluesky or X. Data seed derived from Grant Faber’s CDR Company List (Jan 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).