Building Visionary Ideas and Financial Tools for a Sustainable Future.
Carnelian operates as a venture studio, guiding visionary founders—both for-profit and nonprofit—with operational expertise, capital, and investor analysis tools to build organizations that achieve financial success, social progress, and environmental resilience.
We solve the root causes of failure: the Execution Gap for founders and the Data Gap for investors.
Visionary founders hit a wall when growth demands what they lack: strategic frameworks, partnership pipelines, and operational systems (including HR, finance, and compliance).
Result: Brilliant ideas die not from market rejection but from internal chaos. A high failure rate due to execution, not vision.
Investors struggle to evaluate the true impact of their portfolios. ESG ratings are fragmented, opaque, and fail to connect directly to personal investments or donor-advised funds.
Result: Capital is misallocated or stalls, with investors unable to optimize for both returns and real-world impact.
We operate at the convergence of three multi-billion dollar markets, with our SaaS product targeting the largest, highest-margin segment.
TAM: Global ESG Assets
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Trillion by 2030
The ultimate market for The Compass SaaS/API.
SAM: ESG Analytics & Software
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Billion Annual Market
Our direct, addressable market for the Compass platform.
SOM: Venture Studio & Advisory
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Billion Seed Capital Deployed
Where we source and de-risk our early-stage ventures.
A disciplined execution sprint transforming operational proof-of-concept into B2B SaaS dominance.
Three pillars create a closed-loop system where low-risk operational work funds high-margin proprietary software.
We embed as the operational partner—high-touch, low-risk revenue that keeps pipeline companies sound.
We provide quantifiable operational improvements, allowing visionary founders to focus on impact while we ensure execution excellence.
Problem: The organization had a critical health technology platform but lacked formal governance, internal compliance, and documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), blocking large institutional partnerships.
Carnelian Execution: Fractional COO support focused on institutional readiness and stability.
SOP Completion
Governance & Compliance Setup
Milestone Completion Rate post-Carnelian Intervention.
Problem: Rapid growth led to unsustainable admin burdens, inconsistent program delivery across sites, and unclear financial reporting—hurting major grant applications.
Carnelian Execution: Streamlined program delivery; installed professional financial tracking and reporting.
Administrative Efficiency Increase
Financial Report Readiness
Program Delivery Consistency (Quarter vs. Previous Year).
Our stacked revenue model shows stable early returns funding the exponential growth of the Compass SaaS platform.
Raising $750,000 Pre-Seed
Explore our interactive prototype and see how the Compass platform will transform ESG portfolio analysis and impact investing.
View Compass Prototype →Note: This is a static prototype demonstrating our design and architecture. Full interactive features coming soon.