Advisory Services
With over 30 years of experience advising global corporations, government leaders, startups, and nonprofits, Josh helps organizations navigate complexity, unlock growth, and design for impact.
As a serial entrepreneur with successful exits, White House science and technology advisor, and board leader, Josh brings a rare blend of systems thinking, strategic insight, and successful real-world execution.
Josh has helped raise over $100 million in philanthropic and investment capital for his ventures and those he advises, making him a valuable partner for leaders seeking not just clarity, but capital.
He works across sectors to address challenges at the intersection of sustainability, technology, and purpose—whether launching climate tech ventures, navigating values-aligned mergers and acquisitions, embedding ESG into business models, aligning teams around a bold vision, or shaping policies that drive systemic change.
Josh’s advisory work spans various industries, but shares a common thread: helping visionary leaders turn possibilities into practice.
Advisory Offerings
Strategic Growth & Capital
Strategic Visioning & Planning – Navigate complexity and clarify purpose with actionable, systems-based strategies.
Fundraising & Capital Strategy – Design investor and donor engagement strategies that fuel growth and mission alignment.
Startup & Scale-Up Guidance – Support entrepreneurs from ideation through launch and growth.
Values-Aligned Mergers & Acquisitions – Guide leadership teams through matchmaking, deal strategy, and post-deal integration to ensure culture, mission, and growth stay aligned.
Leadership & Governance
Board & Executive Coaching – Strengthen leadership, decision-making, and alignment at the highest levels.
People, Planet & Profit Integration – Embed regenerative practices, climate intelligence, and community impact into operations and governance.
Systems & Ecosystems
Partnership & Ecosystem Design – Build cross-sector coalitions that drive collective impact.
Public Sector & Policy Advisory – Bridge innovation and governance through collaboration and policy design.
When people get hooked on identifying the animals and plants alive around them, the people, their local economies, and the planet all come out ahead.
A question about whales in the Puget Sound led me to build EarthAtlas.org — a map of where life on Earth has been seen, launching today on Earth Day.
A reflection on attention, nature, and the tools that have helped me notice patterns that were already there. From childhood experiences to modern Nature Tech, this piece explores how sense-making shapes care.
What happens when concern for your niece’s safety combines with a passion for data analysis and storytelling? An app to monitor seismic events while she’s climbing Mount Rainier!
This is a keynote I gave at the Move the Crowd Mastermind conference in 2014 that tells the story of my triple-bottom-line entrepreneurial path up to that point. It’s a favorite talk of mine to give, and I hope it has helped to inspire other business leaders to follow their values, mission, and passion. It was also my son’s 10th birthday and he and my daughter were in the crowd watching me speak.
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Josh Knauer, a visionary entrepreneur with two successful exits and the co-founder of ReSeed, a groundbreaking platform helping smallholder farmers combat climate change through verified carbon credits.
From Organic Marketplaces to Carbon Credits: How One Founder’s Mission-Driven Approach Is Reshaping Climate Tech
In a recent episode of Category Visionaries, Josh Knauer shared how his unconventional approach to building and scaling companies has led to his latest venture, Reseed, which is transforming how farmers participate in carbon credit markets. What’s particularly striking about Josh’s journey is his consistent focus on mission alignment over traditional startup metrics.
I enjoyed speaking about farmers and sharing the work we’ve been doing with smallholder farmers globally.
I had a great time speaking with Somil @ CleanTechies about regenerative farming, climate and collaborating with smallholder farmers.
It’s not a secret that accessing carbon markets is challenging for many farmers. The existing paradigm requires highly skilled individuals to support developing, registering, validating and auditing a project. What is the true cost for farmers in engaging in these services, how sustainable are they, and what could alternatives be?
From carbon sequestration, food security, preserving biodiversity, purifying air, waterways and terrestrial systems - rejuvenating soil health is key to our survival. Join us for a unique session that explores the various benefits humanity can derive from sustainable soil management practices, and how soil health contributes to our entire society. A key question - who should pay farmers for the additional services these methods provide?
Josh Knauer, co-founder of ReSeed + JumpScale, brings to Consensus 2022 a presentation on his project and the collision between Web3 and agriculture.
