About
timber sourcing streamlined
Catastico is a next-generation B2B marketplace designed for modern, ethical timber traders.
We serve Asian and European stakeholders with a vast, curated network of verified hardwood suppliers across Southeast Asia and the European Union — helping users navigate procurement effortlessly and responsibly.
Promoted and co-funded by the State of Carinthia (KWF) and the European Union, Catastico is built for genuine exporters and importers committed to ethical and sustainable trade.
Our platform places strong emphasis on documentation accuracy, chain-of-custody integrity, and forest sustainability.
our founder
Mauro has spent his entire career in the global timber trade, working closely with hardwood suppliers in Southeast Asia and buyers across Europe.
After decades of navigating the industry’s traditional processes, he recognised a simple truth: timber world needed a smarter, more transparent way to connect.
This vision spurred him to build Catastico, a next-generation digital timber marketplace. Supported and co-financed by the Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungs Fonds (KWF), Project Catastico.eu is building technology that brings structure, trust, and efficiency into a historically fragmented sector.
With Catastico, Mauro aims to modernise how hardwood is bought and sold, creating a platform where verified Southeast Asian suppliers and global buyers can meet, transact, and manage documentation seamlessly.
Guided by Mauro’s deep roots in the tropical timber trade, Catastico represents the future of timber commerce: connected, reliable, and built for the global market.
our vision: where heritage meets technology
The inspiration behind Catastico goes back centuries - to the Republic of Venice.
A Legacy Few Know
During the 16th–17th centuries, Venice depended on inland forests to source high-quality timber for its warships. To protect this precious resource, the Serenissima introduced revolutionary forest-management practices, limiting extraction to what nature could naturally regenerate. The original Catastico was the official register of these inland woods, documenting species, origins, transport routes, and sustainable harvesting limits.
This meticulous approach: “take only what nature can renew,” formed the foundation of one of the world’s longest-lived republics.
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