Submit Data: State of Private Investment in Nature 2026

Help shape the future of nature finance.

This benchmark survey tracks private capital flows into natural capital investments—from sustainable agriculture and carbon projects to ecosystem restoration, biodiversity conservation, and NatureTech.

You’ll help us create a comprehensive global benchmark for nature finance based on standardized, primary investor data.

While nature investment is projected to require hundreds of billions annually, little market intelligence exists on actual capital flows, performance, or investor practices. Existing estimates rely on proxies, smaller datasets, extrapolations, or self-reported commitments rather than deployed capital.

Who should participate?

Organizations making nature-related investments that seek financial returns—including fund managers, asset managers, family offices, banks, pension funds, corporations, and aggregators. This survey is not designed for grant-making foundations, project developers, or public finance entities.

Why participate?

Get insight. Survey participants receive the full report with granular data on:

  • Performance benchmarks by investment type, stage, and geography
  • Capital efficiency insights: how nature impact relates to financial returns
  • Catalytic capital structures and effectiveness across project types
  • Early-stage investment patterns and barriers
  • Market maturation indicators and investor sentiment

Shape market development. Your data informs:

  • Policy interventions and public capital deployment strategies
  • Standard-setting for nature investment due diligence
  • Product development by financial institutions
  • Capital allocation decisions across the investor community
  • Influence flows to ~$200 billion+ in nature investment annually through the most comprehensive private capital dataset in this emerging asset class.

Time commitment
40-45 minutes. Your responses are invaluable even if you can’t complete every question.

Confidentiality & data protection
Your data remains confidential. We protect respondent data by:

  • Publishing only aggregated data across multiple respondents
  • Following our “rule of three”: We only disclose aggregated data points where at least three different respondents have provided information. If fewer than three respondents report on any specific combination of attributes, we do not publish that data
  • Never identifying individual organizations or investments in published reports without explicit permission
  • Maintaining secure data storage with access limited to authorized research staff

Questions about NDAs or data handling or need a copy of our full Terms of Use? Contact our team at [email protected].

Ready?

Survey sections:

  • Organization profile & capital allocation (5 min)
  • Investment activity by category and time period (10 min)
  • Your three largest nature investments (15 min)
  • Performance, impact, and risk assessment (5 min)
  • Catalytic capital and early-stage ventures (5 min)
  • Future outlook and market perspectives (5 min)

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