How carbmee’s will Drive Procurement to cut Carbon
Carbon management pioneer carbmee is preparing for significant growth after securing US$21m (€20m) in Series A funding. The funds will be directed toward scaling its innovative Environmental Intelligence System (EIS™) and expanding its reach to enterprises navigating complex sustainability requirements.
The Berlin-based firm works with household names, including Maersk, Coca-Cola and Anglo American, helping them measure and reduce carbon emissions. Over the past three years, carbmee has tripled its annual revenue, demonstrating the rising demand for its solutions in industries grappling with supply chain decarbonisation.
Capitalising on supply chain opportunities
The Series A round, led by CommerzVentures with support from Fly Ventures and high-profile angel investors, signals confidence in carbmee’s ability to lead in Scope 3 carbon management. These emissions, originating across supply chains, represent over 80% of an organisation’s carbon footprint, making them a key focus for carbmee.
Christian Heinrich, carbmee's CEO and co-founder, emphasises the importance of tackling this challenge: "This funding round is a validation of the innovative work we’ve done so far, but it’s also a launching point for what comes next.
“It’s a clear confirmation that we made the right decisions four years ago by anticipating the importance of scope 3 emissions in manufacturing industries.”
He added: “With over 80% 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.”
With its Environmental Intelligence System, carbmee simplifies a process many companies find daunting. The platform consolidates emissions data, using AI and advanced analytics to provide actionable insights. In doing so, it helps organisations overcome reliance on fragmented tools, such as Excel, which often lead to inefficiencies and inaccuracies.
A tool for every department
The newly secured funding will accelerate enhancements to EIS™, including greater capabilities for granular lifecycle analysis (LCA) data collection and the expansion of carbmee Studio. This tool, launched recently, enables users to customise reports and dashboards, tailoring them to specific organisational goals.
Christian highlights how procurement teams can use the platform to choose greener suppliers by accessing precise emissions data. Meanwhile, finance departments can meet regulatory standards, such as the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), while R&D teams can design eco-friendly products for the future.
Robin Spickers, Co-Founder at carbmee, adds: "We address one of the biggest challenges faced by the manufacturing industry.
“Currently, teams in large organisations work in data silos – procurement, R&D, finance, production – and rely on manual Excel spreadsheets to calculate carbon footprints, causing data inaccuracy and ineffective processes.”
He added: “Our product provides a centralised platform for all enterprise users to manage CO2 emissions at the corporate, product, supplier and SKU levels, enabling CO2 data to be managed as accurately as financial data in an ERP system.”
He said procurement teams can collect primary data and choose the greenest suppliers, finance teams can report in compliance with CSRD or CBAM, R&D engineers can design the green products of tomorrow and sustainability teams can identify CO2 reduction opportunities.
Industry-wide impact
Paul Morgenthaler, Managing Partner at CommerzVentures, describes carbmee’s software as essential for industries looking to decarbonise supply chains: “Christian and Robin have already achieved phenomenal growth since founding carbmee.
“They are at the forefront of a vital industrial step-change as businesses around the world demand the knowledge and support to manage their carbon emissions.
“Their powerful software breaks down the complexity of decarbonising global supply chains, solving a key problem for industries.”
Previously, carbmee has been backed by more than 15 high profile angel investors, including:
- Coupa Software Co-Founder Noah Eisner
- Gisbert Rühl, CEO of Klöckner & Co
- Dirk Hoke, CEO of Volocopter
- Mike Corbo, former chief supply chain officer at Colgate-Palmolive
- Pat McCarthy, VP Workspace & Gemini at Google
- Marcel Vollmer, former CIO of Celonis
- Ulrich Piepel, former CPO at RWE.
A catalyst for sustainability
Founded in 2021, carbmee’s rise reflects a broader movement towards accountability in corporate carbon footprints. The platform empowers organisations to meet stricter sustainability regulations while uncovering opportunities for innovation.
Christian views this next growth phase as essential for helping enterprises worldwide adapt to an increasingly sustainability-driven economy: “This investment will allow us to show the value of our platform not only to procurement and operations teams, but even more to extend the value to all organisational departments, including finance for integrated carbon accounting and R&D for eco-friendly product design.”
As the company pushes forward, its mission remains clear. Christian sums up the ambition: "With over 80% of emissions tied to supply chains, our platform plays a critical role in the global shift towards sustainability."
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