by New York City – July 25, 2025 – FG Capital Advisors announced today that its Carbon Stream Financing Vehicle has raised $61.5 million in private capital, advancing its mission to finance high-quality, high-integrity carbon projects across Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU). The vehicle is already active, and early capital is being deployed across a pipeline of carbon-generating projects in Central Asia and the Congo Basin, two frontier regions with outsized climate relevance.
What Is Carbon Stream Financing?
Carbon stream financing is a structured mechanism where capital is advanced to project developers in return for the right to receive a portion of future verified carbon credits over time. It’s not equity. It’s not debt. It’s a forward purchase of yield-bearing environmental assets—structured, contracted, and secured.
FG Capital’s vehicle:
- Finances pre-issuance project stages, including validation, implementation, and early MRV
- Locks in delivery rights to future carbon credits at a pre-agreed price per ton
- Monetizes credits via contracted offtakes, spot sales, or long-term inventory management
- Recycles cash flows into new issuances, creating a self-reinforcing stream of supply
The model provides developers with upfront liquidity and offers investors exposure to discounted, real-asset-backed carbon credit streams—without operational ownership or balance sheet risk.
Central Asia: Afforestation and Dryland Restoration
Central Asia offers an abundance of low-cost, underutilized land with strong potential for afforestation, rangeland management, and agro-silvopasture. These projects meet Verra and Gold Standard methodologies and can scale rapidly due to the availability of contiguous hectares and low social displacement risk.
Congo Basin: Peatland Protection and Carbon Density
In the Congo Basin, FG Capital is prioritizing peatland conservation—a carbon sink more concentrated and fragile than tropical forests. Congo’s peatlands store up to 30 billion tonnes of carbon, and once disturbed, they emit irreversibly. Protecting these landscapes from drainage, logging, or land-use conversion offers one of the highest tCO₂e-per-hectare yields in the carbon markets.
These projects:
- Qualify for REDD+ peatland methodologies with premium co-benefits
- Support biodiversity corridors and Indigenous land tenure recognition
- Are often undervalued relative to their credit quality and permanence
Why This Vehicle Matters for Investors
The FG Carbon Stream Financing Vehicle gives qualified investors:
- Discounted forward exposure to high-integrity, nature-based carbon credits
- Diversification across geography, methodology, and vintage
- Access to structured, milestone-based underwriting, reducing delivery risk
- Upside from credit appreciation, especially in premium co-benefit categories
- Optional redemption via market sales, corporate retirements, or internal use
The voluntary carbon market remains fragmented and opaque. FG Capital brings structure, governance, and investment discipline into that vacuum—financing verifiable impact at scale.
Founder’s Statement
“Peatland degradation in the Congo is a climate time bomb. We’re one of the few players financing its prevention through enforceable contracts with boots-on-the-ground operators,” said Kenny Kayembe, Founder of FG Capital Advisors.
“This is real work. Long-duration carbon. Quantifiable impact. No tech wishcasting. With $61.5 million committed, we’re financing credits that actually mean something—and investors are responding.”
About FG Capital Advisors
FG Capital Advisors is a specialist private capital and structured finance firm focused on carbon-linked revenue models, energy transition, and natural capital in emerging and frontier markets. The firm advises developers, funds, and sponsors across trade finance, structured credit, and ESG-driven capital formation.
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