Isometric, a London and New York-based agentic certification platform for the industrial economy, has raised $40 million in Series A funding led by AVP (AXA Venture Partners), with Plural, Lowercarbon Capital, John Doerr, and Walter Kortschak participating. Its AI agents review every data point from sensors, satellite imagery, supply chain records, and lab results to issue certifications in hours instead of months. The capital will expand the platform across carbon removal, superpollutants, energy, fuels, and materials.
AI Certification Disrupts Legacy Registries
The timing comes amid a shift toward AI-driven verification in carbon and industrial markets. Puro.earth raised $12.8M Series B in September 2025, while Sylvera has secured roughly $96.5 million across rounds. Isometric's agentic approach — exhaustive AI review replacing spot-checks — addresses the credibility gaps plaguing traditional registries.
Spot-Check Model Erodes Buyer Confidence
Traditional certification relies on sampling a fraction of evidence, creating opportunities for overstated claims. Buyers including Microsoft, Google, JPMorganChase, Boeing, and Anglo American demand higher integrity for decarbonization purchases. Legacy processes take 12 months and cover only portions of data, leaving industrial projects exposed to reputational and regulatory risk.
Agentic Platform Reviews Every Data Point
Isometric built Certify, an AI platform that ingests all project data, cross-checks millions of points, flags anomalies, and routes edge cases to human experts. This enables monthly certificate issuance with full coverage. The company also maintains a public registry and has developed protocols for biochar, direct air capture, enhanced weathering, marine methods, and more.
Isometric is the only platform combining registry, science-backed standards, and AI verification in one system, with simultaneous accreditation from ICVCM, CORSIA, and ICROA.
Mission Capital Backs Industrial Expansion
AVP led the round with AXA as anchor investor, bringing insurance-sector credibility to verification technology. John Doerr's participation signals conviction in scaling trust infrastructure for the largest corporate buyers. The round follows a $25 million raise in late 2022 and positions Isometric to move beyond carbon removal into the broader industrial certification space.
$350B Industrial Certification Market Beckons
Isometric targets the $350 billion global industrial certification market. The voluntary carbon credit market stands at $4.04 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach $45.18 billion by 2034 at 36.48% CAGR, while the broader carbon credit market is expected to grow from $127.3 billion in 2026 to $482 billion by 2035 at 15.9% CAGR. Structural drivers include corporate net-zero commitments, the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework, and demand for high-durability removal.
Competitors such as Verra and Gold Standard operate as legacy nonprofits with manual processes, while Puro.earth remains narrower in scope. Isometric's full-data AI model and horizontal expansion into energy and materials set it apart.
Onfido Founder Applies Trust Model to Industry
CEO Eamon Jubbawy previously founded Onfido, which verified over one billion identities before its $650 million acquisition by Entrust. Chief Scientist Dr. Jennifer Wilcox served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. The team includes 15 PhDs among roughly 190 employees.
As Jubbawy noted:
"For decades the certification industry faced a tradeoff between speed and rigour. Do it fast, or do it right. With Isometric, industrial companies can get both."