# Carbonfact

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/carbonfact

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Paris, France
- Website: www.carbonfact.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $16M
- Latest round: Series A (Apr 30, 2024)
- Investors on record: 3

## About

Based in Paris, France, and founded in 2021, Kanso, Inc. trading under the name Carbonfact operates as a software as a services (SaaS) company offering a platform for managing carbon emissions. The firm mainly serves to apparel and footwear companies and some of its customers include allbirds, COBALT, IKO & NOTT, Maison Maes Paris, etc. In April 2024 the firm raised EUR 13.9 million in series A funding led by investor Alven, with participation from other investors Headline and Y Combinator. Carbonfact, as of May 2024, has over 150 clients with 162 million purchase orders collected and over 100 thousand products measured per week and is led by its founder and CEO, Marc Laurent. 

The company through its carbon management software focuses on sustainability and enables brands to measure, report, and reduce their emissions effortlessly, eliminating manual efforts. Carbonfact's product and services portfolio includes carbon accounting automation for Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, product life cycle assessment (LCA) on an SKU level, and simulation tools for decarbonization strategies. The platform's granular intelligence across the fashion supply chain facilitates accurate data collection, cleaning, and provision, delivering actionable insights. The range of other features offered by the Carbonfact platform includes the LCA engine, interactive platform, data ingestion, new features, customer journey, and onboarding and services.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Apr 30, 2024, $15M — Alven, Headline, Y Combinator
- Seed, Apr 21, 2022, $1.4M — Alven

## Investors

- Alven (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/alven) — Seed, Series A
- Headline (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/headline) — Series A
- Y Combinator (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/y-combinator) — Series A