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Media Coverage

Allegheny Front

May 19, 2025

A FORMER GRAVEL MINE GETS A SECOND CHANCE AS FORESTLAND

Coverage of our collaboration with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and Bosland Growth to install a trial at a forest restoration project. 

Arbor Day Foundation

February 17, 2025

ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION INVESTS IN NEW TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE TREES GROW FASTER

Press release announcing the Arbor Day Foundation’s investment in Funga. 

Renewable Matter

February 5, 2025 

STARTUP: RESTORING BIODIVERSITY AND STORING CO2 THROUGH MYCORRHIZAE WITH FUNGA

This article introduces Funga’s natural climate solution: inoculating forests with native soil fungi to accelerate tree growth and enhance carbon capture.

Forbes

September 12, 2023

THIS START-UP TAPS INTO A HIDDEN WORLD TO RESTORE BIODIVERSITY AND CAPTURE CO2

This feature article by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon in Forbes expertly captures the technology and philosophy that drives us and our work at Funga.

The Keep Cool Show

September 7, 2023

FROM SOIL TO SKY: EXPLORING FUNGA'S INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO FOREST REGENERATION

Dr. Colin Averill discusses Funga’s innovative approach to forest regeneration, aiming to revitalize degraded soil microbiomes and combat climate change through nature-inspired biotechnology.

BBC’s Costing the Earth Podcast

May 16, 2023

SAVE THE MICROBES!

Dr. Colin Averill discusses the detrimental effects of intensive agriculture on soil biodiversity and how Funga's restorative approach can enhance tree growth and carbon sequestration.

New Scientist

April 12, 2023

THE SHOCKING DECLINE OF EARTH’S MICROBIOME— AND HOW TO SAVE IT

A comprehensive overview of the biodiversity crisis as it pertains to the microbiome, as well as efforts to preserve and restore microbial biodiversity (Funga is introduced as one of these efforts).

Built in ATX

February 16, 2023

FUNGA FORAGES $4M TO SCALE ITS FUNGI-FUELED CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY

Coverage of our seed round and an introduction to our work reintroducing soil fungi to enhance plant growth and sequester atmospheric carbon.

New Scientist

March 1, 2023

ADDING WILD FUNGI TO SOIL COULD MAKE TREES STORE MORE CARBON

A thorough introduction to the scientific concepts that our work is built on, and a description of our planting project in Georgia.

TechCrunch

February 15, 2023

THIS START-UP TAPS INTO A HIDDEN WORLD TO RESTORE BIODIVERSITY AND CAPTURE CO2

Tech Crunch announces the closing of our $4M seed round of funding and introduces our founder, our investors, and our mission to scale up the first nature-based carbon removal to be powered by belowground biodiversity restoration.

Mongabay

January 5, 2023

FOR RESTORATION, MICROBES BELOW GROUND ARE JUST AS CRUCIAL AS THE PLANTS ABOVE

Coverage of Dr. Colin Averill's 2022 Nature Microbiology paper, which showed that microbiome restoration can accelerate plant biomass production by 64% on average.

Inverse

December 27, 2022

THIS ECOLOGIST IS ON A MISSION TO SAVE EARTH'S MICROBIOME—AND HE'S CLOSER THAN EVER

Dr. Colin Averill was included in Inverse's 2022 Breakthrough Awards for his advancement of microbiome restoration in the emerging market of climate tech.

Inverse

October 5, 2022

THE SECRET TO SAVING OUR PLANET MAY BE LURKING IN THE DIRT UNDER OUR FEET

A comprehensive distillation of Dr. Averill's 2022 paper in Nature Microbiology, "Defending Earth’s terrestrial microbiome".

TED

October 2022

HOW TO HARNESS THE ANCIENT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FORESTS AND FUNGI

Dr. Colin Averill takes the stage at TED Countdown in London to present the science and vision that is foundational to Funga's work.

The Takeaway

August 9, 2022

UNDERSTANDING UNDERGROUND FUNGI MAY HELP MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE

Dr. Colin Averill speaks with WNYC's The Takeaway podcast to discuss why we should adopt a “fungi first” approach to climate change.

Forbes

May 26, 2021

CLIMATE CATALYSTS: FANTASTIC FUNGI

Dr. Colin Averill speaks to how soil microbiome restoration can introduce beneficial fungi, accelerating tree growth and carbon capture rates.

Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative

April 26, 2021

SOIL BIODIVERSITY AND THE STABILISATION OF CARBON IN SOIL

Dr. Colin Averill presents at the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative Webinar Series on emerging links between the soil microbiome and forest health.

The Global Landscapes Forum

April 13, 2021

CAN SOIL INOCULATION ACCELERATE CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN FORESTS?

Interview with Dr. Colin Averill and other soil ecologists on the potential for soil microbiome restoration to transform ecosystem restoration practice.

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Quick Links

Learn about our research and soil restoration process, as well as sources for key claims.

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Read about our Southern Pine Carbon Project and the high-integrity credits it creates.

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