Ecomedes
Ecomedes is a B2B SaaS platform that catalogs 1.2 million sustainable building products with verified green certifications, serving commercial manufacturers (MillerKnoll, Kimball, Tarkett) and 13,000+ architects and specifiers pursuing LEED, WELL, and LBC compliance.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2016
- HeadquartersSan Francisco, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Ecomedes does
Ecomedes, Inc. is a private B2B SaaS company headquartered in San Francisco, founded in 2016, that operates a cloud-based product data platform for the sustainable building products industry. The platform catalogs 1.2 million products with 3,000+ green attributes and third-party verified certifications, enabling architects, designers, specifiers, and contractors to discover, compare, and document products against LEED (v4, v4.1, v5), WELL, Living Building Challenge, and Common Materials Framework standards. Core product components include the Ecomedes Product Catalog, ecoChecker (verified third-party certification engine), manufacturer-branded white-label portals, automated project grid generation, a LEED Calculator, the mindfulMATERIALS Product Portal partnership, the EcoIndex analytics dashboard, and the Ecomedes Data API (in beta).
The company monetizes through quote-based, annual enterprise SaaS subscriptions sold primarily to commercial building product manufacturers (e.g., MillerKnoll, Kimball International, Tarkett, Saint-Gobain, Steelcase, Haworth, GAF, Interface, HNI Global) that use Ecomedes to power branded sustainability portals, automate ESG/LEED compliance documentation, and reduce inbound customer support volume — case studies cite $1M+/year in internal time savings per portal customer and automation of 300 daily support requests at Kimball. A self-serve catalog layer serves the specifier side, with 13,000+ active specifiers, 22,000+ weekly searches, and 48,000 monthly users. Distribution is led by direct enterprise field sales with demo and free product assessment CTAs, supplemented by content marketing, industry events, and partner webinars. The company has raised approximately $5.95M in disclosed equity funding across rounds led by M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund), PivotNorth Capital, and Saint-Gobain NOVA, with strategic investments from Third Derivative and Hamilton Ventures, and acquired Mortarr (commercial construction search platform) in April 2022.
Ecomedes firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Ecomedes
- Legal name
- ecomedes, inc.
- Website
- https://ecomedes.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2016
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Ecomedes is a B2B SaaS platform that catalogs 1.2 million sustainable building products with verified green certifications, serving commercial manufacturers (MillerKnoll, Kimball, Tarkett) and 13,000+ architects and specifiers pursuing LEED, WELL, and LBC compliance.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Ecomedes industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Sustainability Compliance Software for Building Products
- NAICS
- Software Publishers (5132), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Product Sustainability & LCA/EPD (Eco-design, PCF) (EUAHAJAF)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Enterprise Carbon Accounting & GHG Inventory Platforms (EUABAEAA), Environmental Compliance Audits & Management System Audits (EHS Audits, ISO 14001/45001 Compliance Audits) (EUAHABAF)
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Where Ecomedes is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- San Francisco
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Ecomedes business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- SaaS Platform Subscriptions: Annual or multi-year subscription model for access to the Ecomedes platform, product data, and compliance tools. Manufacturers pay for customized product portals and verification services. Pricing is quote-based for enterprise accounts.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Enterprise SaaS subscription with custom pricing |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels8 records
Ecomedes product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Ecomedes is a B2B SaaS platform that digitizes building product sustainability data to help manufacturers, architects, designers, builders, and building owners discover, compare, and evaluate sustainable commercial building products across LEED, EPD, HPD, CMF, BIFMA, and chemical-elimination criteria. The platform features a catalog of 1.2 million+ products with 3,000+ green attributes, customized manufacturer-branded portals, automated compliance documentation, an ecoChecker verification engine, and a BETA API for programmatic access.
Product overview
Ecomedes is a B2B SaaS platform that helps enterprises reduce costs and impact through optimized product purchasing. The core offering is the Ecomedes Product Catalog (app.ecomedes.com), a platform featuring 1.2 million+ products with 3,000+ green attributes, which enables product discovery, comparison, and evaluation for sustainability compliance with LEED, EPDs, HPDs, CMF, BIFMA, and chemical criteria. The ecosystem includes manufacturer-specific branded portals (ecoChecker), the mindfulMATERIALS Product Portal partnership, the Mortarr commercial construction search platform (acquired 2022), the Ecomedes Data API (beta), EcoIndex analytics (Looker Studio), and project collaboration tools. The platform serves over 100 companies including manufacturers like Kimball, MillerKnoll, Tarkett, and Saint-Gobain, supporting 22,000+ weekly searches and 13,000+ specifiers.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Mortarr: Commercial construction and design search platform acquired by Ecomedes to enhance product discovery for industry professionals.
- ecoChecker
Products and services
- Ecomedes Product Catalog Central B2B SaaS platform connecting building product buyers and sellers, enabling product discovery, comparison, and evaluation for sustainability compliance across LEED, EPDs, HPDs, CMF, BIFMA, and chemical elimination criteria. Features 1.2 million+ products with 3,000+ green attributes and is used by 13,000+ specifiers conducting 22,000+ weekly searches.
- Manufacturer Portals (White-label) Customized branded portals for major manufacturers (e.g., Kimball, MillerKnoll, Tarkett, Saint-Gobain) enabling them to showcase products, manage sustainability data, and provide customers easy access to environmental product information. MillerKnoll manages 850 products and 7 brands under management on this offering.
- Ecomedes Data API Beta API enabling programmatic access to product data, sustainability information, and building material procurement and reporting features for B2B customers. Available at api.ecomedes.com.
- Mortarr Commercial construction and design search platform acquired in April 2022, enhancing product discovery and analysis capabilities for industry professionals within the Ecomedes ecosystem via visual search for commercial construction and design projects.
- mindfulMATERIALS Product Portal (mM Product Portal) Partnered product portal built with mindfulMATERIALS serving as the first proof of concept of a digitized Common Materials Framework (CMF), providing comprehensive sustainability data for architecture customers and manufacturers under an industry-wide common language.
Quantifiable outcome
- Over $1M/year in internal team time savings for typical portal customers
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use Ecomedes
Customer profileNamed customers9 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Ecomedes technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature5 records
Ecomedes partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.
- Jon Strassner Consulting LLCcoreStrategic partnership to provide manufacturers and design professionals with unified strategic guidance, storytelling, and data transparency. Jon Strassner brings 25+ years of sustainability expertise, founding member of Next Wave Plastics, and LEED AP. Partnership helps manufacturers meet needs of next generation customers like Gensler and JP Morgan.
- WAP SustainabilitycoreStrategic partnership to equip building product manufacturers with advanced sustainability tools and insights. WAP provides strategic product transparency and certification support including LCAs, EPDs, Carbon Neutral Products, HPDs, Declare Labels, and certifications such as Cradle to Cradle. Ecomedes provides the data and workflow platform. Joint webinar scheduled with Mannington Flooring.
- MortarrcoreEcomedes acquired Mortarr, a commercial construction and design search platform, to enhance product discovery and analysis for industry professionals. Mortarr provides visual search capabilities for commercial construction and design projects.
- mindfulMATERIALSflagshipEcomedes partnered with mindfulMATERIALS in 2022 to build the mM Product Portal which serves as the first proof of concept of a digitized Common Materials Framework (CMF). The portal organizes industry-wide standards within a common language to make it easier for every stakeholder to access sustainable product data.
- Tile Council of North America (TCNA)minorTCNA partnered with Ecomedes to help manufacturers evaluate the sustainability of their products through the Green Squared certification program. Ecomedes serves as a digital platform for sustainable building materials with evaluation tools for environmental impact analysis.
- Jon StrassnercoreJon Strassner, LEED AP with 25+ years of design industry experience, founding member of Next Wave Plastics, and co-creator of the Break Some Dishes podcast. Partnered to help manufacturers with sustainability storytelling and strategic guidance.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Ecomedes competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- mindfulMATERIALS: Common Materials Framework (CMF) platform providing standardized sustainability data for building products. Directly comparable because it operates in the same product sustainability data and certification aggregation space serving architects, designers, and manufacturers. Ecomedes and mindfulMATERIALS are also partners (mM Product Portal), underscoring how closely their offerings overlap.
- Building Transparency: Non-profit operator of the Embodied Carbon Network and related EPD/embodied carbon databases for construction materials. Directly comparable as a sustainability data platform aggregating EPDs, HPDs, and embodied carbon ratings for the same architect, designer, and manufacturer audiences that Ecomedes targets.
Broad incumbents
- Watershed: Enterprise carbon accounting platform serving large corporations with GHG inventory and Scope 3 emissions reporting. Comparable as a broader sustainability data platform that increasingly overlaps with Ecomedes' territory through embodied carbon and product-level Scope 3 disclosure capabilities, but operates at the corporate rather than product level.
- Sphera (formerly thinkstep): Enterprise LCA, EPD authoring, and product sustainability software for manufacturers across multiple industries. Comparable as a long-established incumbent offering product sustainability, LCA, and compliance tools that overlap with Ecomedes' ecoChecker functionality, but at much larger enterprise scale and broader scope.
- Persefoni: Climate management and carbon accounting SaaS platform for enterprises. Comparable as a sustainability data infrastructure company that increasingly extends into product-level emissions data, but primarily positioned at the corporate GHG inventory layer above Ecomedes' product-level focus.
- Procore Technologies: Public construction management platform serving general contractors, owners, and specialty contractors across commercial construction. Comparable as a broader construction tech platform that increasingly extends into sustainability, procurement, and product data, representing a potential adjacent entrant into Ecomedes' specification and materials selection workflow.
Emerging players
- Sinia: Sustainable building products marketplace and specification platform for architects and designers. Comparable because it addresses the same sustainability product discovery and specification workflow for design professionals, though with a narrower scope than Ecomedes' enterprise manufacturer offering.
- Materials Pavilion: Online platform for browsing and comparing building materials with sustainability criteria. Comparable as a sustainability product discovery tool serving similar architect and designer audiences, though smaller in catalog breadth and lacking Ecomedes' enterprise manufacturer portal and compliance tooling.
- Sustainable Minds: LCA software and product transparency platform for manufacturers, with EPD generation and product sustainability reporting. Comparable as a product-level sustainability data and disclosure platform for manufacturers, though smaller scale and more narrowly focused on LCA authoring than Ecomedes' full catalog and specifier workflow.
Others
- USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council): Administrator of the LEED green building rating system and related product databases. Comparable because it sits at the center of the certification ecosystem Ecomedes integrates with; not a direct competitor but a critical ecosystem participant whose roadmap and data access shape Ecomedes' product direction.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Ecomedes social profiles
Digital presenceEcomedes compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance14 records
Ecomedes financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Ecomedes leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles5 records
Ecomedes subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
Ecomedes funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds6 records
Investors10 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Ecomedes M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A1 record
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Ecomedes
What does Ecomedes do?
Ecomedes is a B2B SaaS platform that digitizes building product sustainability data to help manufacturers, architects, designers, builders, and building owners discover, compare, and evaluate sustainable commercial building products across LEED, EPD, HPD, CMF, BIFMA, and chemical-elimination criteria. The platform features a catalog of 1.2 million+ products with 3,000+ green attributes, customized manufacturer-branded portals, automated compliance documentation, an ecoChecker verification engine, and a BETA API for programmatic access.
Is Ecomedes a public or private company?
Ecomedes is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Ecomedes founded?
Ecomedes was founded in 2016. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Ecomedes based?
Ecomedes is headquartered in San Francisco, United States, in the North America region.
How does Ecomedes make money?
One revenue line is on record: saaS Platform Subscriptions.
Who are Ecomedes's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are mindfulMATERIALS and Building Transparency. Broad incumbents are Watershed, Sphera (formerly thinkstep), Persefoni and Procore Technologies. Emerging players are Sinia, Materials Pavilion and Sustainable Minds. USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council) is listed as an others.
Does Ecomedes have an API?
Yes. Ecomedes Data API (BETA) enables programmatic access to product data, sustainability information, and procurement/reporting features for building materials. The API is in beta testing phase. Developer documentation is at api.ecomedes.com.
What industry is Ecomedes in?
Ecomedes's product category is Sustainability Compliance Software for Building Products. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAHAJAF, Product Sustainability & LCA/EPD (Eco-design, PCF), with a secondary code of EUABAEAA, Enterprise Carbon Accounting & GHG Inventory Platforms. Its NAICS code is 5132 and its SIC code is 7372.