The Tanso founding team: Lorenz Hetzel, Gyri Reiersen, Till Wiechmann and Fabian Sinn (from left)
Photo: Julian Willers

Tanso receives 1.6 million euros in pre-seed financing

Tanso secures €1.6 million in fresh capital in its pre-seed round. UVC Partners is leading the round. Picus Capital, Possible Ventures, and several business angels are also participating.

Tanso is developing software that enables manufacturing companies to collect and report their environmental data to customers and regulators. The manufacturing industry is expected to benefit from the solution Startups be supported in achieving climate neutrality.

Tanso: “Managing the transition to a low-carbon economy”

The Tanso founding team met during their studies at the University of Mannheim, the CDTM and at ETH Zurich. There, the founders had already worked on calculating and assessing the climate impacts of organizations.

“With Tanso, we want to use the combination of data paired with machine learning and AI to help industrial companies manage the transition to a low-carbon economy and the increasing obligations for transparency and auditability,”

says co-founder and CTO Gyri ReiersenBefore founding Tanso, Reiersen used deep learning to research the overvaluation of CO2 certificates and carbon credits. Fabian Sinn, Co-founder and CEO, says:

"Our company's core mission is to remove the structural barriers that prevent companies from achieving climate neutrality. We are supported by leading experts and advisors in the fields of ESG, (carbon) accounting, and regulatory affairs, which enables us to properly address climate change with the appropriate expertise. This funding will enable us to significantly expand our product and software development teams in the coming year. To achieve this, we are looking for the best talent who want to use technology to make a key contribution to climate protection and a low-carbon economy."

Alexander Kiltz from lead investor UVC Partners says they want to support the team in becoming the global market leader in sustainability accounting for industrial companies.

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