# Grant Canary

> Grant Canary is the Seattle-based founder and CEO of Mast Reforestation, the company formerly known as DroneSeed. His career has moved through green building, wind energy, insect protein, drone planting, seed banks, nurseries, carbon finance and biomass burial, all in service of a consistent goal: making post-wildfire forest recovery possible at the scale and speed the American West now demands.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Mast Reforestation
- **Organizations:** Mast Reforestation, DroneSeed, BioSystems Co., Enterra Feed Corp., Vestas Wind Energy, U.S. Green Building Council, Techstars Seattle, Mulago Foundation
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA in Sociology; minor in Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College, Master's in Engineering Design and Process, Universidad de La Sabana
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled DroneSeed into Mast Reforestation, an integrated post-wildfire restoration company., Founded BioSystems Co., which was acquired; afterward helped support a $10 million raise and construction of a 60,000-square-foot insect-protein factory., Selected as a 2020 Mulago Foundation Fellow.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Graduated from Occidental College after serving as men’s water polo captain and leading the student Programming Board.
- **After 2005** — Worked briefly with the U.S. Green Building Council and later entered a Vestas Wind Energy management development program, working in China and Denmark.
- **Before 2012** — Founded BioSystems Co. in Bogotá while earning a master’s degree, using food waste and black soldier fly larvae to produce fish-feed protein.
- **2012** — BioSystems was acquired by Enterra Feed Corp.; Canary supported fundraising, project management, business development and expansion.
- **2016** — Founded DroneSeed in Beaverton, Oregon, and joined Techstars Seattle.
- **2020** — Selected as a Mulago Foundation Fellow.
- **2021** — Named to the Grist 50; DroneSeed acquired Silvaseed and later adopted the Mast Reforestation name.
- **2023** — Mast acquired Cal Forest Nurseries and was named by Fast Company in the Social Good category of its Most Innovative Companies list.
- **2024** — Mast appeared on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list.
- **2025** — Mast announced a $25 million Series B and launched the MT1 restorative biomass-burial and reforestation project.

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled DroneSeed into Mast Reforestation, an integrated post-wildfire restoration company.
- Founded BioSystems Co., which was acquired; afterward helped support a $10 million raise and construction of a 60,000-square-foot insect-protein factory.
- Selected as a 2020 Mulago Foundation Fellow.
- Named to the 2021 Grist 50 climate-fixers list.
- Led Mast through the acquisitions of Silvaseed and Cal Forest Nurseries.
- Raised a $36 million Series A in 2021 and a $25 million Series B in 2025 for Mast.
- Led Mast’s expansion into biomass carbon removal and storage at the MT1 project.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Mast published an essay titled 'Carbon Removal Has to Outlast the People in the Room.'
- **2026-05** — Mast announced an 891-acre Oregon forest restoration collaboration with EFM and Anew Climate using climate finance.
- **2026-04** — Mast reported that MT1 biomass-burial credits sold out, with Bain & Company and BMO among buyers.
- **2026-01** — Mast announced delivery of its first market-facing biomass-burial credits to buyers including Royal Bank of Canada and CNaught.
- **2025-09** — Mast reported burial complete at MT1 and continuous monitoring underway.
- **2025-02** — Mast announced a $25 million Series B co-led by Pulse Fund and Social Capital and launched its first restorative biomass-burial project.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mastreforest.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantcanary
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/droneseed
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxD3X3bT-VAxV5ktNFL438A
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mast.reforest/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/droneseed

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Last updated: 2026-08-26