Germany’s Tanso raises €12 million to expand their environmental compliance platform

Munich-based environmental management and compliance platform Tanso has closed a Series A round of €12 million to expand its team into additional countries, and to develop further product modules for supply chain, compliance, and risk management.

The round was led by international VC firms henQ and Fortino Capital, with participation from existing investors Capnamic and UVC Partners.

“With the new funding, we’ll now double down on: Expanding Tanso with new modules for supply chain, compliance, and risk; Implementing new use cases for Tanso AI Copilot and deeper integration; Growing our ecosystem partner network in DACH and beyond; Establishing Tanso as the European category leader for industrial companies,” said Co-founder and CEO Till Wiechmann in a public announcement.

Founded in 2021 by Till Wiechmann, Gyri Reiersen and Lorenz Hetzel, Tanso offers a cloud-based solution for environmental management and compliance automation. The Tanso software helps manufacturing industrial companies meet environmental requirements along their supply chain and reduce compliance costs.

Tanso is an integrated sustainability software for carbon accounting and ESG data management. The platform enables the structured collection, precise calculation, and targeted optimisation of sustainability metrics – supported by AI-powered data management and intelligent recommendations.

For manufacturing industrial companies, the pressure to engage in active environmental and compliance management is increasing significantly: with mandatory sustainability reporting at the EU level (e.g., the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, “CSRD”), the communication of sustainability KPIs in the areas of environment, social, and governance is becoming part of financial reporting – subject to auditor review and board liability.

At the same time, major customers in industries such as automotive, food, or chemicals are increasing pressure on their suppliers to actively engage in sustainability management in the area of decarbonisation and to report regularly on progress.

As a data management and analytics software, Tanso reportedly builds on existing company systems and creates a centralised control view for sustainability and compliance. This enables companies to centrally plan transformation projects such as investments in decarbonisation measures, manage them based on data, and effectively track progress.

The software is currently used by over 300 companies from various industries in more than 40 countries, including Kärcher, Duravit, the Paulaner Group, and Goldbeck.

Case studies include:

• Wheat starch producer Crespel & Deiters saves 75% in sustainability processes.
• Böllhoff establishes data management for sustainability processes in more than 40 countries.
• Motorsport supplier Pankl AG ensures full compliance with the EU CSRD.
• Automotive supplier FEP optimizes environmental KPIs at product level with Tanso and secures a competitive edge in tenders from major OEMs.

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