C.Scale is a technology company.
C.Scale has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round.
C.Scale has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
C.Scale is a climate tech startup that builds a predictive software platform for whole-life carbon analysis in buildings, enabling designers, engineers, and owners to achieve decarbonization goals from concept to construction.[1][2][3] Its platform democratizes access to carbon data using machine learning models, allowing quick assessments (under 10 minutes) without BIM models, portfolio benchmarking, and streamlined reporting to tools like AIA 2030 DDx—solving high costs and data gaps in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry.[1][3] The company serves AEC firms, building owners, and developers tackling the built environment's 40% share of global emissions, with early traction from EHDD's net-zero projects and a $2 million raise in 2025 to expand low-carbon materials matching.[2][5]
As a public benefit corporation spun out from EHDD in 2024, C.Scale focuses on intuitive tools that integrate decarbonization into daily practice, fostering data-driven decisions and low-carbon supply chains.[1][2]
C.Scale emerged in 2024 as a spinoff from EHDD, a San Francisco-based sustainable architecture firm, founded by Jack Rusk (CEO, former EHDD Climate Strategy Director with Yale School of the Environment roots in streamlining life cycle assessments) and Brad Jacobson (COO, FAIA, 22-year EHDD veteran in net-zero projects).[1][2][6] The idea originated from Rusk's Yale work on data models for building practitioners, refined at EHDD where Jacobson applied them to evolve net-zero energy into whole-life carbon design—proven in EHDD's AIA Headquarters net-zero renovation.[2]
This collaboration addressed real AEC pain points: fragmented carbon data and costly assessments. As an independent entity headquartered in South San Francisco, C.Scale shifted to a software business model to scale globally, attracting investment like its $2 million seed for materials procurement features.[1][5][6]
C.Scale stands out in building decarbonization software through:
C.Scale rides the net-zero building wave, aligning with global mandates like EU's embodied carbon rules and US Inflation Reduction Act incentives, where buildings drive 40% of emissions amid urbanization.[1][2] Timing is ideal: AEC's data silos hinder progress, but AI/climate tech investments (e.g., C.Scale's $2M raise) bridge this, connecting fragmented $1T materials supply chains to demand.[5]
It influences the ecosystem by standardizing whole-life carbon data, boosting low-carbon suppliers, and feeding platforms like AIA 2030—accelerating industry-wide decarbonization beyond niche sustainable firms like EHDD.[1][3]
C.Scale is poised to dominate accessible carbon analytics as regulations tighten and AI refines material predictions, potentially expanding to urban-scale modeling and procurement APIs amid rising climate litigation.[4][5] Trends like embodied carbon taxes and green procurement will fuel growth, evolving its role from EHDD tool to AEC standard—democratizing zero-carbon design worldwide, fulfilling its mission to steward climate stability through every building project.[1][2]
C.Scale has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
C.Scale's investors include Active Impact Investments, Wireframe Ventures.
C.Scale has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Seed in November 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2025 | $2.0M Seed | Active Impact Investments, Wireframe Ventures |