Long-horizon asset
Lapland Forest
A long-horizon experiment in physical carbon infrastructure and biodiversity preservation.
In September 2021, we acquired 60 hectares of forest land in Northern Lapland, Finland: a deliberate buy-and-own position, not a branding exercise or a short-term trade. We plan to own it for decades as living infrastructure we expect to matter more as automation and AI push down the cost of labor and industrial output elsewhere.
Lapland, in numbers
The panel uses regional forestry estimates at steady state. The live total is context we publish in the open: a sense of scale, not a certified inventory or something we sell.
Estimated CO₂ to date (kg)
Not a certified offset program. We are not selling credits.
- Land
- 60 ha
- Rate
- 480 t/year
- Acquired
- Sep 19, 2021
Why a forest
We look at forests, agricultural land, and fresh water sources as financial assets. Not in the traditional sense of yield optimization, but as scarce, productive systems that increase in value as population grows and constraints tighten.
These assets compound quietly. They don't rely on user growth, marketing, or financial engineering. They benefit from long-term trends like population growth, resource scarcity, and climate pressure.
Historically, assets like this haven't been treated as a mainstream asset class for wealth building. Not because they lack value, but because they've been hard to price, hard to standardize, and even harder to benefit from in liquid markets. We think that will change.
Better measurement, clearer ownership models, and digital infrastructure will make it easier to understand, value, and eventually transact around real, productive assets like land and forests. When that happens, these assets stop being niche and start behaving like infrastructure.
Acquiring this land gave us skin in the game. It forced us to think seriously about how value is created, preserved, and measured outside traditional financial instruments.
This forest is not a finished product. It's a starting point.