Greensphere Capital invests into Source Certain

July 24 2025 (London) – Greensphere Capital invests in Source Certain to deliver verifiable proof of origin — from farm to fork, from sea to shelf.

• Greensphere Capital invests into Source Certain to transform the market for origin testing. The funding scales the company’s machine-learning supported platform to deliver results faster and more cost-effectively.

• Source Certain’s proprietary forensic approach enables companies, governments and regulators to verify sustainability claims, detect fraud, and dismantle illicit trade routes.
• Company has already exposed “Italian” tomato puree containing tomatoes picked in China’s Xinjiang region, warzone wheat from Ukraine, and seafood illegally harvested in Marine Protected Areas.

London, 24 July 2025: Greensphere Capital today announced a strategic investment into Source Certain, a world-leading provider of scientific origin verification. The investment, made through Greensphere’s Gaia Sciences Innovation Fund, will scale Source Certain’s machine-learning supported platform, at the same time as integrating insights and innovations from some of the world’s foremost bioscience institutes.

Using a range of proprietary techniques originally developed to aid forensic criminal investigations, Source Certain provides rapid analysis of a product’s true geographic origin by combining advanced chemical analysis with AI, machine learning and expert interpretation. This goes far beyond traditional approaches to traceability, using paperwork or blockchain solutions, by reading the unalterable chemistry within the product itself to verify origin with high accuracy.

Source Certain’s clients include global retailers, national regulators, NGOs, law enforcement, and commodity traders seeking to enhance their commitment to responsible and sustainable sourcing. This enables them to fight food fraud, identify illegally sourced commodities, and provide science-based assurance for sustainable sourcing claims.

The company’s investigations have already been used to distinguish the difference between lab-grown and mined diamonds, find the real origin of mislabelled ‘sustainably sourced’ seafood in global supermarkets, uncover Ukrainian warzone wheat stolen and sold by Russian businesses, and reveal that ‘Italian’ tomato purees in fact contained tomatoes picked in China’s Xinjiang region, where there is a high risk of forced labour.

The origin testing market is currently dominated by comparatively high-priced stable isotope ratio analysis. Because Source Certain’s services predominantly rely on trace element analysis, this provides a more accurate and granular origin result at a significantly lower cost.

Greensphere’s investment will enable the company to expand its presence in the UK and EU markets, which are introducing increasingly stringent supply chain due diligence requirements, at the same time as developing next-generation applications for agricultural traceability and timber legality verification.

Divya Seshamani, Managing Partner of Greensphere Capital, said:

“Today’s supply chains are inherently complex. This creates challenges not only around ethics and environmental impact, but also with establishing fundamental truths. Where was this grown? Who handled it? Did it pass through sanctioned hands? For years, answering these questions reliably has been either too slow or too expensive. But with Source Certain’s technology, we can do it faster and more accurately than ever —with hard science, no paperwork and no “blockchain”. The product is now its own proof“

Cameron Scadding, Founder and CEO of Source Certain, said:

“We’re excited to partner with Greensphere because they understand both the scientific depth of what we do and the commercial scale it requires to have global impact. We’ve spent more than a decade proving our method in law enforcement and high-value commodities — and now, with this partnership, we can expand into markets where science-backed evidence is desperately needed.”

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Website: www.sourcecertain.com