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Vibrant Planet

Cloud-based land management for climate resilience

Overview

Vibrant Planet is an environmental technology company that helps governments, nonprofits, and private landowners restore and manage land to fight climate change. Its flagship product, Land Tender, is a cloud-based planning and monitoring platform that uses AI and ML to analyze large datasets and deliver actionable insights for adaptive land management at any scale. The platform operates on a subscription model, with additional revenue from consulting services, enabling users to plan, monitor, and adjust land practices efficiently. Vibrant Planet differentiates itself as a Public Benefit Corporation focused specifically on land restoration and climate resilience, backed by significant investment and partnerships with major players, including Microsoft. Its goal is to reverse the negative impacts of historical land management, reduce carbon emissions, and increase the land's capacity to store carbon, thereby creating a more sustainable and resilient future.

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About Vibrant Planet

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Why Vibrant Planet is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsConsultingEnterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$52M

Headquarters

Truckee, CA

Founded

2020

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What believers are saying

  • Proposals launched April 2026, converting plans into grant-ready documents and public support.
  • Ventura County Fire Department adopted Vibrant Planet in July 2026 through CAL FIRE.
  • Arbor Day Foundation invested October 2026, validating wildfire-resilience demand beyond California.

What critics are saying

  • Government procurement cycles slow revenue, and CAL FIRE dependency concentrates budget risk.
  • Esri and internal GIS teams commoditize planning software within 12 months.
  • If CAL FIRE exits, Vibrant Planet loses the channel that legitimizes every other sale.

What makes Vibrant Planet unique

  • Vibrant Planet pairs peer-reviewed fire science with AI scenario modeling across jurisdictions.
  • CAL FIRE statewide partnership and 177 million acres prove operational traction.
  • Customers include USFS, PG&E, and county fire agencies, spanning public and utility buyers.

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Funding

Total Funding

$52M

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Funded Over

6 Rounds

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Company Equity
  • Phone/Internet Stipend
  • Home Office Stipend
  • Remote Work Options

Company News

Associated Press
Sep 16th, 2026
Vibrant Planet appoints chief product and science officers to scale AI wildfire risk platform across US

Vibrant Planet, a wildfire risk management technology company, has appointed Jodi Alperstein as Chief Product Officer and Dick Cameron as Chief Science Officer. The hires come as the company expands its AI-powered platform beyond the Western US into new markets and verticals. Alperstein brings 25 years of product leadership experience, including roles at Moody's Analytics, Twilio Segment, and Credit Karma. She will oversee product, engineering, and design. Cameron, with over 25 years in geospatial and ecological science, previously served as Vice President of Science at Pachama and Director of Science at The Nature Conservancy's California programmes. He will lead the company's fire and ecological science teams. Vibrant Planet's platform uses AI and machine learning to model forest conditions and fire behaviour, enabling land managers and utilities to identify high-impact interventions. The technology is currently deployed across 177 million acres in 12 US states.

Business Wire
Jun 4th, 2026
Vibrant Planet names Shannon Nash as COO and CFO to scale wildfire risk platform

Vibrant Planet, a wildfire risk mitigation technology company, has appointed Shannon Nash as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Nash will oversee operational strategy and financial management as the company expands its government partnerships nationwide. Nash brings over 30 years of finance and operations experience from high-growth technology firms, including previous CFO roles at Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery subsidiary, Reputation.com and Insidesource. She is a licensed attorney and CPA, and serves as a board director on NASDAQ-listed NetScout Systems and SoFi Bank. The appointment comes as Vibrant Planet scales its AI-powered wildfire risk modelling platform. The company's projects currently cover 84 million acres across 12 US states, serving land management agencies, fire districts, counties and utility territories.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Jul 12th, 2024
SEC FORM D

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TechCrunch
Oct 5th, 2023
Vibrant Planet Raises $15M Series A To Help Pg&E And Others Trim Their Wildfire Risk

cameraImage Credits: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg / Getty ImagesNatural disasters have a way of making people pay attention. Take for example California’s recent, catastrophic wildfire seasons, which broke records for how many acres they burned, how much property they destroyed and how many lives they took. That, plus the way they turned the sky a shade of apocalypse orange, grabbed people by the lapels and didn’t let go.The ordeal inspired more than a few people to search for solutions. Vibrant Planet was one that grew out of California’s wildfires. TechCrunch covered the company’s seed round, and now the startup is back with fresh funding.Vibrant Planet has raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by the Ecosystem Integrity Fund, with participation from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, Citi Ventures, Day One Ventures, SIG Climate, Globivest, Coefficient LP and other investors. That comes on top of the $17 million in pre-seed and seed funding the company announced in June 2022 as well as some government grants, bringing the total raised to $34 million.Last year, I found the idea of an ecological SaaS refreshing, though I wasn’t sure it would have the potential for the sort of breakneck growth that venture capital firms like to see

FinSMEs
Jun 23rd, 2022
Vibrant Planet Raises $17M in Seed Funding

Vibrant Planet, a San Francisco, CA-based creator of the OS for forest restoration, raised $17M in seed funding

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