Securing Land Rights
for Everyone
Property rights are the foundation of economic freedom. When you can prove you own your land, you can use it as collateral for a loan, pass it to your children, or sell it at fair market value.
But for over 1 billion people worldwide, there is no reliable way to prove ownership. Paper records are lost, burned, or falsified. Corrupt officials extract bribes.
We're building the infrastructure to change that — permanently.
Our Values
The principles that guide everything we do
Immutability
Once recorded, land rights cannot be altered or erased by anyone
Accessibility
Technology that works for everyone, including rural communities
Transparency
Open-source protocols with publicly verifiable records
Impact First
Measuring success by lives improved, not just metrics
The Global Land Crisis
Why this problem matters
Economist Hernando de Soto estimates that $9.3 trillion in assets are held as "dead capital" — property that cannot be leveraged because ownership cannot be proven. This affects the world's poorest communities most severely.
5B
people lack legally recognized land rights globally
40%
of armed conflicts are linked to land and resource disputes
Traditional land registries are expensive to maintain, vulnerable to corruption, and often inaccessible to rural populations. Blockchain offers a different path: immutable records that no single authority can alter, accessible from any mobile phone.
Advisory Board
World-class expertise guiding our mission
Dr. James Ochieng
Former Land Commissioner, Kenya
Prof. Lisa Chang
MIT Media Lab
Raj Patel
Partner, a16z crypto
Elena Volkov
Ex-CTO, Chainlink Labs
Partners & Backers
Our Journey
Key milestones in building TerraChain
TerraChain founded with seed funding from Blockchain Ventures
First pilot program in Rwanda with 10,000 parcels registered
$15M raised to expand to 5 new countries
1M+ parcels secured, partnerships with 12 governments
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