India’s First Nature Capital Institution

Nature was priced at zero for two hundred years. We are correcting the error one hundred acres at a time. Soul Forest restores degraded land into permanent forests, then co-builds premium businesses on a fraction of it, so that protecting nature becomes the most rewarding thing an owner can do.

Alive, in Telangana, today. Capital deployed. Business Partnerships signed.

250 250 Acres

Acres

at Veltoor, under active restoration

3

Years

of external audits

3 Years

of external audits

506 Flora Species

now growing, up from 201 on bare scrub

281 Fauna Species

now present, up from a baseline of 192

60+ Families

already co-own the first forest at Veltoor

506

Flora Species

now growing, up from 201 on bare scrub

281

Fauna Species

now present, up from a baseline of 192

60+

Families

already co-own the first forest at Veltoor

We Build
Nature Economic Zones

Nature Economic Zones (NEZs) are landscapes designed to balance ecological restoration with carefully structured economic activities. 80% of each NEZ is reserved forever as a forest, promoting healthy soil, water, vegetation, and wildlife that returns with them. The other 20% carries premium value-aligned businesses focused on wellness, learning, living, hospitality, and more.

The 80% drives the economy of the 20%
The 20% keeps the 80% alive.
Neither sustains without the other.

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80%

NATURE ZONE

20% ECONOMIC ZONE

80%

NATURE ZONE

20% ECONOMIC ZONE

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Veltoor - The 1st Nature Economic Zone

Veltoor - The 1st
Nature Economic Zone

250 acres of bare scrub in 2023. Today, a living forest, externally audited every year, with the first value-aligned businesses in the Economic Zone signed up.

3–4×

increase in soil organic carbon

7,672 tonnes

of carbon stock held

20M litres

of annual water harvesting capacity

506

flora species growing

281

fauna species living

3–4×

increase in soil organic carbon

7,672 tonnes

of carbon stock held

20M litres

of annual water harvesting capacity

506

flora species growing

281

fauna species living

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Recognised, Partnered and Built With

Recognised, Partnered and Built With

BY EARTHSHOT PRIZE-WINNING FOUNDERS

A 15-Year-Old Legacy

Soul Forest is the 4th chapter in our team’s 15 years of work for the planet and its people. Some of the same hands have been at this since 2011. The investing families at Veltoor are simply the latest people to believe in our mission and join.