Carbon Maps is a technology company.
Carbon Maps has raised $4.0M across 1 funding round.
Carbon Maps has raised $4.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Carbon Maps has raised $4.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Carbon Maps's investors include Breega, Samaipata, #SecretFund, Venga!Labs, Frederic Montagnon, Nicolas Steegmann, Thibaud Elziere.
# Carbon Maps: Environmental Accounting for Food at Scale
Carbon Maps is a software-as-a-service platform that enables food industry companies to measure, manage, and reduce their product-level environmental impact at scale.[1] Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Lille, France, the company provides environmental accounting tools specifically designed for the complexity of agri-food supply chains.[2] Rather than offering generic carbon accounting, Carbon Maps focuses exclusively on the food industry—serving ingredients producers, brands, retailers, and food service companies that need to meet Scope 3 reduction targets and improve sustainability across their operations.[1]
The platform goes beyond carbon measurement to assess land use, water use, biodiversity pressure, and other environmental indicators aligned with EU Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) guidance.[1] Carbon Maps has already secured a dozen clients including major players like Sodexo, E.Leclerc, and the Bel milk producer's association, demonstrating early market traction in a sector increasingly pressured by regulatory requirements and consumer demand for transparency.[4]
Carbon Maps emerged in 2023 as a climate tech startup addressing a critical gap in the food industry's sustainability infrastructure.[2] Co-founder and CEO Patrick Asdaghi positioned the company as a "pure player" focused on one industry rather than a generalist carbon accounting tool.[4] The founding team recognized that food companies needed granular, product-level environmental assessments—not broad carbon ratings—to drive meaningful supply chain optimization and emissions reduction.[4]
The company attracted early backing from prominent European climate investors, including Daphni, Breega Capital, and Samaipata Ventures, raising $8.55M across funding rounds.[2] This investor confidence reflects recognition that food industry decarbonization requires specialized expertise: the platform's database contains over 34,000 emissions factors tailored to agri-food value chains, enabling companies to assess everything from ingredient sourcing to packaging and transportation.[1]
Carbon Maps operates at the intersection of three powerful trends reshaping the food industry. First, regulatory pressure is intensifying: the EU's Product Environmental Footprint framework and corporate Scope 3 reporting mandates are forcing food companies to quantify their environmental impact with auditable precision.[1] Second, supply chain transparency has become a competitive advantage, with retailers using environmental data to differentiate private label products and communicate sustainability to consumers—as E.Leclerc demonstrates with its Carbon'Info labeling across 6,000+ products.[5] Third, investor and stakeholder pressure is mounting, with food companies needing credible data to meet net-zero commitments and satisfy ESG-focused capital.
Carbon Maps fills a critical infrastructure gap: while generalist carbon accounting platforms exist, none combine the food-industry expertise, regulatory compliance rigor, and product-level granularity required at scale. By positioning itself as "the SAP of carbon accounting for food," the company enables the industry's digital transformation around sustainability—much as enterprise software once transformed financial accounting.[4]
Carbon Maps is well-positioned to become the standard environmental accounting platform for the global food industry as regulatory requirements tighten and supply chain transparency becomes table stakes. The company's early client roster—spanning producers, retailers, and food service operators—suggests it is solving a genuine, urgent problem across the value chain.
The path forward likely involves geographic expansion beyond France, deeper integration with supply chain and ERP systems, and potentially expansion into adjacent sustainability metrics (water, biodiversity) that regulators are increasingly mandating. As food companies race to meet 2030 emissions targets and comply with emerging regulations, Carbon Maps' specialized expertise and auditable data will become increasingly valuable—positioning the company as infrastructure for the food industry's decarbonization journey.
Carbon Maps has raised $4.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $4.0M Seed in February 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2023 | $4.0M Seed | Breega, Samaipata, #SecretFund, Venga!Labs, Frederic Montagnon, Nicolas Steegmann, Thibaud Elziere |