Benthos
Rio de Janeiro · Berlin

The coastal
perspective.

Brazilian team. German structure. Coastal mission.

Team

We’re a Brazilian team of oceanographers
and engineers, building infrastructure
from the coast up.

Francielly Monteiro

Francielly Monteiro

Founder & Managing Director

Oceanographer & Data Scientist.
MSc. in Marine Geosciences.

Lucas Silva Pereira

Lucas Silva Pereira

Brazil Representative

Oceanographer & Mangrove specialist.
PhD candidate in Oceanography.

Dr. Fábio Xavier

Dr. Fábio Xavier

Data & AI Tech Lead

Mathematician & Ocean Engineer.
PhD in Marine Biotechnology.

Luís Felipe Silva

Luís Felipe Silva

Data Engineer

Senior Back-end Developer.
MSc in Marine Biotechnology.

Structure

A gGmbH, on purpose.

A gemeinnützige GmbH is a German non-profit limited company. This structure locks our mission into our legal form.

Our SatzungArticles of associationThe legally binding charter of a German gGmbH (non-profit limited company). commits us to coastal ecosystem protection, responsible AI and local knowledge preservation.

Headquartered in Berlin, operating from the coast. Donations from Germany and the EU are tax-deductible.

The name

βένθος

"the depths of the sea"
Ancient Greek · coined as a scientific
term by Ernst Haeckel, 1891

Benthos are the organisms living at the bottom of the ocean, on the seafloor, in mangrove roots, and in muddy estuaries. They are rarely the focus, yet they are the foundation every other layer depends on.

That's the work.