Team & Advisors
Draft — to be finalized with verified bios, photos and named advisors before external circulation.
Founder
Olha Sytnyk — Founder & CEO. Architect of the AWAKEN ecosystem at the intersection of natural capital, AI, institutions and investment. Built CeibaQ's rare position in Peru: the owned concession and the network of national, regional and indigenous institutional agreements that make a direct-measurement reference layer possible. Leads strategy, institutional partnerships and capital.
Science layer — TERI
TERI (Tropical Ecosystems Research Institute) — the affiliated science NGO providing methodology, scientific validation, peer-reviewed credibility and grant-eligibility. TERI underpins ROOT's measurement integrity and the path to standard-setting (SEEA-EA / UNFCCC / Article 6 alignment).
Ecosystem partners
- SKYETON — long-endurance drone capability (aerial LiDAR/survey).
- Institutional partners: MINAM, SERNANP, SERFOR, GOREL, CCPIP.
Key hires — funded by the raise (honest gap)
The investor diligence rightly flags founder/geography concentration. Priority hires, funded by the seed:
- Senior commercial / MRV operator — to run delivery and enterprise sales.
- Carbon-transaction lead — to close credit/offtake deals.
- Lead data/ML + flux scientist — to build and run ROOT.
Advisors
To be named — targeting carbon-markets, climate-VC, and Peru legal/FPIC expertise. (Several relationships in progress through the AWAKEN network.)