Greenscope, the greentech company that supports companies and financial institutions in structuring their CSR approach with a SaaS platform and CSR/ESG consulting, announces a first round of financing of 1 million euros to accelerate the roll-out of its solution in Europe. The French start-up is backed by Epopée Gestion, Newfund NAEH and Archipel Ventures.
Greenscope, a start-up born of a commitment to the sustainable transition of the economy
Founded in February 2022 by four entrepreneurs with complementary areas of expertise – Grégoire Etienne, Jean-Emmanuel Challan-Belval, Eric Chea, and Pierre Edouard Montabrun – Greenscope today has fifteen employees and aims to help investors and companies act responsibly towards the environment and society.
Greenscope collects, analyzes and communicates ESG data from companies and financial players in an all-in-one, intuitive, collaborative and intelligent Saas tool where data is fully exploited. The tool makes it easy to visualize the social performance of an investment portfolio, with metrics such as gender parity, calculate the carbon footprint of a company or investment portfolio, or, for example, to estimate the impact of an activity or investment on biodiversity.
The company has rapidly established itself as an innovation leader in the ESG sector, and has been awarded several prizes and labels, including the Greentech Innovation prize, the Finance for tomorrow “Coup de Coeur” award and the Finance Innovation label.
Today, over 1,000 companies in Europe report to the Greenscope platform. All these companies also benefit from personalized support from Greenscope consultants.
Funds raised to take Greenscope to a new stage in its development
By raising 1 million Euros, Greenscope intends to triple its number of partners and continuously improve its tool. In particular, Greenscope is working on improving its taxonomic and CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) reporting modules, developing a second version of its carbon and biodiversity calculators, and finalizing an automatic data verification and security module.
As a reminder, by 2025, over 50,000 companies will be newly subject to sustainable reporting standards. In fact, all companies meeting two of the following three criteria: more than 250 employees, sales in excess of 40 million euros, balance sheet total in excess of 20 million euros will have to comply with CSRD.
This fundraising of 1 million euros was not possible without the support of Squair (Damien Gorse) and Chammas & Marcheteau (Jérôme Chapron, Agathe Delforge), Greenscope’s and Epopée’s respective law firms, nor without the due diligence of Dafinity (Dimitri Speyer, Pierre-François Leroux, Paul-Antoine Marciadri).
Jean-Emmanuel Challan-Belval, Co-founder and CEO of Greenscope, comments:
“As an entrepreneur, I firmly believe that the companies that align their interests today with those of society and the planet, are the leaders of tomorrow. In the Greenscope team, we have chosen to be a key partner for these companies. We enable them to collect quality data to obtain a clear vision of their social and environmental footprint, so as to act on the most strategic levers in favor of ever more responsible development.”
Vladimir Bolze, Venture Capital Partner at Épopée Gestion, comments:
“The collection and valuation of ESG indicators are increasingly important issues for our investments and for companies in general. We are delighted to support this talented team in their conquest of this fast-growing market“
Agathe Descamps, Regional Development Manager at Newfund, confirms:
”With our Newfund NAEH 2 fund, we are making a strong commitment to ESG. We are proud to support Greenscope in its development and international expansion.
Press contact: Malo Heckmann – malo.heckmann@greenscope.io – 07.78.11.14.49