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Cogo has raised $1.8M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at Cogo.
Cogo has raised $1.8M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Cogo is a Wellington, New Zealand-based sustainability fintech company that provides carbon insight and management tools via APIs to help financial institutions and corporations measure and reduce their customers' carbon footprints. Operating under a SaaS model, the enterprise supplies category and transactional data solutions focused on climate tech and planet-friendly banking. The certified B Corporation employs over 30 people and generates under $5 million in annual revenue. Cogo has raised $25.5 million in total funding, including a $20 million recent round, with backing from investors such as EIT Urban Mobility and PreSeed Ventures. The company integrates its sustainability data tools into the digital platforms of major global financial clients, rolling out its solutions for the Bank of China (Hong Kong). Originating as Conscious Consumers in 2011, the business was officially founded as Cogo in 2016.
Key people at Cogo.
Cogo is a climate fintech company that builds products enabling individuals, households, SMEs, and businesses to measure, understand, reduce, and offset their carbon footprints through spend-based insights.[1][5][7] It serves retail banking customers, small businesses, and large corporations by integrating seamlessly with banking apps, accounting software, and financial systems to track emissions from transactions, provide personalized advice, and drive sustainable actions like energy upgrades and green product uptake.[2][6][7] Cogo solves the problem of inaccessible carbon tracking by leveraging transaction data, behavioral science, and AI for actionable insights, making low-carbon transitions simple and scalable while boosting bank engagement and corporate Scope 3 reporting.[2][7][9] The company shows strong growth momentum, with over 500,000 users via bank partnerships like NatWest, expansions from consumer apps to B2B integrations since 2021, and a team of over 30, aspiring to "gigacorn" status by reducing 1 billion tonnes of carbon emissions annually.[5][6][7]
Cogo originated in 2011 as "Conscious Consumers," evolving into a climate-focused tech company headquartered in New Zealand with UK operations.[5][6] Key figures include Emma Kisby, Managing Director, who has championed its fintech innovations and partnerships like Santander X.[8] The idea emerged from recognizing spending's role in climate impact, shifting from a standalone app to embedding carbon management in major bank apps post-2021, coinciding with COP26, for massive scale via financial institutions.[5][6] Early traction came from NatWest integration and B Corp certification (2019-2025), building to partnerships with banks and corporates worldwide, proving measurable impact through user actions.[5][6][7]
Cogo rides the wave of sustainable finance and climate tech, capitalizing on regulatory pressures like Scope 3 disclosures and consumer demand for green banking amid net-zero goals.[6][7] Timing aligns with post-COP26 momentum and fintech openness to APIs, enabling rapid bank integrations when enterprises struggle with agility.[6][8] Market forces favoring it include rising eco-consciousness, AI-driven personalization in finance, and banks' need for loyalty via green features, positioning Cogo to influence ecosystems by amplifying individual actions through institutional scale.[1][7][9] It shapes the landscape by normalizing spend-linked sustainability, partnering with tourism tools like Vistr and inspiring "conscious consumption" globally.[5][10]
Cogo is poised to expand bank partnerships and SME tools, targeting gigacorn impact via deeper AI enhancements and global rollouts in energy and supply chain sectors.[6][9] Trends like mandatory emissions reporting, generative AI for predictions, and green lending will accelerate its growth, evolving it from tracker to full climate action platform. As financial institutions embed sustainability, Cogo's mission to empower millions positions it as a pivotal enabler in the low-carbon shift, scaling from conscious spending to planetary impact.[1][7]
Cogo has raised $1.8M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $800K Seed in September 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2022 | $800K Seed | — | James Watt, Jason Stockwood | Announced |
| Mar 1, 2021 | $1M Seed | — | James Watt, Jason Stockwood | Announced |
Cogo has raised $1.8M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Cogo's investors include James Watt, Jason Stockwood.
