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carbmee secures €20M funding for AI-driven carbon emission reporting

December 3, 2024
SUNYA Summary
- Carbmee has raised €20 million in funding for its AI-powered carbon management software. - The platform enables companies to manage, reduce, and report on carbon emissions accurately and efficiently. - Many organizations struggle to track their carbon footprint due to siloed functions and reliance on tools like Excel. - Carbmee’s centralized platform uses advanced data analytics and AI to address these challenges. - The company has over 60 international employees and operates offices in Berlin, Munich, and New York. - Notable customers include Lufthansa Technik, Kärcher, Hilti, Miele, Coca-Cola, Schaeffler, and Anglo American. - The funding will enhance the Environmental Intelligence System EIS™ and feature improvements like granular LCA data collection and the customisation tool carbmee Studio. - CEO Christian Heinrich sees the funding as validation of their focus on scope 3 emissions in manufacturing. - More than 80 percent of emissions stem from the supply chain, making sustainability crucial for enterprise platforms. - Long-term customers have reported significant improvements in sustainability through carbmee’s platform. - KWS Saat's Toine Rombouts noted a 94 percent reduction in supplier carbon footprint calculation time using carbmee’s solutions. - CommerzVentures led the funding round with participation from Fly Ventures. - Managing Partner Paul Morgenthaler emphasized the software's role in simplifying decarbonisation for global supply chains.
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carbmee secures €20M funding for AI-driven carbon emission reporting

Berlin, December 3, 2024: carbmee’s centralised platform enables companies to manage, reduce, and report on their carbon emissions with accuracy and efficiency.

AI-powered carbon management software company carbmee has raised a €20 million funding round.

Typically, organisations struggle to track their carbon footprint effectively or accurately, due to siloed functions and a reliance on tools like Excel.

By leveraging advanced data analytics and AI, carbmee’s centralised platform enables companies to manage, reduce, and report on their carbon emissions with accuracy and efficiency.

With a rapidly growing team of over 60 international colleagues and offices in Berlin, Munich, and New York, Carbmee serves well-known enterprise customers, including Lufthansa Technik, Kärcher, Hilti, Miele, Coca-Cola, Schaeffler, and Anglo American.

The funds raised will be invested in further developing carbmee’s Environmental Intelligence System, the platform EIS™, with a focus on features like collecting granular LCA data and carbmee Studio, the recently launched customisation tool that enables users to create tailored, AI-driven reports and dashboards with ease.

According to CEO and co-founder Christian Heinrich, the funding is “a clear confirmation that we made the right decisions already 4 years ago anticipating the importance of scope 3 emissions in manufacturing industries."


“With over 80 per cent of emissions being rooted in the supply chain, we have built a platform that not only meets the evolving needs of complex industry enterprises but also plays a critical role in the global shift toward sustainability.”

Long term customers of carbmee’s platform, some of which are customers since the funding year, are seeing transformative results in their sustainability.

Toine Rombouts, lead of expert hub procurement direct material and services at KWS Saat, states that with carbmee, the company was able to calculate their supplier carbon footprint 94 per cent faster than with traditional methods.

CommerzVentures led the round with participation from Fly Ventures.

Paul Morgenthaler, Managing Partner at CommerzVentures commented,


“Christian and Robin have already achieved phenomenal growth since founding carbmee. They are at the forefront of a vital industrial step-change as businesses worldwide demand the knowledge and support to manage their carbon emissions.

Their powerful software reduces the complexity of decarbonising global supply chains, solving a key problem for industries.”