Root Global

What Root Global does

Root Global is a Berlin-based climate technology company that builds carbon accounting and emissions management software for the food and beverage industry. Founded in 2021 and operating as a private venture-backed startup, the company employs between 11 and 50 people and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Its core product, the RootOS platform launched in October 2023, integrates supply chain data to calculate and verify greenhouse gas (GHG) carbon footprints for food and beverage processors, with a particular focus on enabling farm-level emissions measurement and Net Zero target tracking. The platform includes a dedicated Farm Emissions Module that allows processors to unlock farm-level agricultural emissions data at scale, addressing Scope 3 visibility challenges that traditional carbon accounting tools struggle to solve. The company serves large enterprise customers in the food and beverage sector, with publicly referenced anchor clients including Europe's largest dairy plant and a major fast-food chain.

Root Global operates a B2B enterprise SaaS model with subscription-based recurring revenue, though specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is enterprise sales-led, evidenced by 'Book a demo' CTAs on the website and separate login portals for farmers and corporate clients. Distribution is direct enterprise sales targeting food and beverage processors primarily in Europe, with the website available in English, German, and French to support multi-market expansion. As of August 2024, the company had raised €10.5 million in total disclosed funding across two seed rounds (€2.5M in 2022 led by Project A Ventures with Nucleus Capital, and €8M in 2024 led by Point Nine with participation from Project A, HelloWorld, Arc Investors, and angel investors). The founding team includes co-founders Maurice Hensl and Eric Oancea, and Founding CTO Rodrigo Neves.

Name

Root Global

Legal name

Root Global

Website

https://rootglobal.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Root Global is a Berlin-based climate tech startup that builds RootOS, a carbon accounting and supply chain emissions platform enabling food and beverage processors to measure and verify farm-level GHG emissions to support their Net Zero targets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Accounting Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Carbon, Sustainability & MRV Platforms (GHG Accounting, Regenerative Ag) (AFAAAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farm Management & Decision Support Software (FMIS, ERP, Recordkeeping) (AFAGALAA), Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) & Farm ERPs (AFAAAFAA), Farm Finance, Input Procurement & Risk Tools (Budgeting, Inventory, Insurance Links) (AFAAAFAO)

Keywords

• Carbon accounting software
• Supply chain emissions
• Farm-level emissions tracking
• GHG emissions management
• Climate footprint platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Subscription-based software-as-a-service platform for climate footprint management. RootOS platform helps food companies measure, manage, and reduce their GHG emissions across the supply chain.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Root Global develops and sells RootOS, a SaaS platform that helps food and beverage processors measure, calculate, and manage GHG emissions across their supply chains. The platform captures farm-level agricultural emissions data and combines it with downstream supply chain analysis to produce verified carbon footprints for Net Zero reporting. It serves enterprise clients including Europe's largest dairy plant and a major fast-food chain.

Product overview

Root Global offers RootOS, a unified climate footprint management platform for the food and beverage industry. The core RootOS platform integrates supply chain data to calculate and verify carbon footprints, helping companies meet Net Zero targets. The platform includes a dedicated Farm Emissions Module that enables processors to measure and reduce farm-level emissions data at scale. The offering targets food and beverage processors working with farmers and industry players across the supply chain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RootOS: Climate footprint management platform that helps food and beverage companies measure, manage, and reduce their GHG emissions across the supply chain

Products and services

• RootOS RootOS is a SaaS climate footprint management platform for food and beverage processors that measures, calculates, and verifies GHG emissions across the supply chain. It captures farm-level primary emissions data and integrates downstream supply chain analysis to produce verified carbon footprints for Net Zero reporting. It is used by enterprise clients including Europe's largest dairy plant and a major fast-food chain.
• Farm Emissions Module The Farm Emissions Module is a component of RootOS that captures farm-level primary emissions data across the agricultural supply chain. It enables corporates to substantiate Scope 3 emissions reporting with primary data from source farms rather than industry-average factors. It is targeted at food and beverage processors that need verified upstream emissions data for Net Zero reporting.

Quantifiable outcome

• Platform launched October 2023 and already onboarding major enterprise clients including Europe's largest dairy plant

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Persefoni: Persefoni is an AI-powered climate management and carbon accounting platform used by Fortune 500 enterprises. It competes with Root Global for enterprise sustainability budgets but lacks Root's specialized farm-level data ingestion for agricultural supply chains.
• Watershed: Watershed is a leading enterprise carbon accounting platform serving large corporations across industries, including food and beverage. It is comparable to Root Global as a generalist competitor with deeper enterprise sales motion but less vertical depth in farm-level agricultural emissions.
• SAP Sustainability: SAP's sustainability and ESG portfolio includes carbon accounting integrated with its ERP suite used by large food and beverage enterprises. It represents the platform-bundling threat that could commoditize standalone climate SaaS players like Root Global if SAP achieves parity on Scope 3 agricultural data.

Direct peers

• CarbonCloud: CarbonCloud is a Sweden-based climate platform specifically for the food industry, calculating carbon footprints of food products. It is highly comparable to Root Global because it targets the same food and beverage processor customer base with product-level carbon data, though with a different methodological approach.
• Klimato: Klimato is a Stockholm-based carbon footprint platform for the food industry, used by food producers and restaurants to calculate and reduce emissions of their menus and products. It overlaps with Root Global on food-industry climate accounting, though at a more upstream recipe/menu level than farm-level data.
• Sweep: Sweep is a European (French) carbon accounting and ESG data platform for mid-market and enterprise customers. It is comparable to Root Global as a B2B SaaS climate platform targeting European enterprises, though Sweep is more horizontal while Root is food-and-agriculture specialized.
• Normative: Normative is a Swedish carbon accounting software company focused on helping enterprises calculate and reduce their emissions, with particular strength in Scope 3 supply chain measurement. It is comparable to Root Global as a European climate SaaS competitor with similar enterprise customer profile.
• Plan A: Plan A is a Berlin-based green software company offering carbon accounting, decarbonization, and ESG reporting. It is a directly comparable European climate SaaS peer to Root Global with overlapping enterprise customers and a similar GTM motion.

Emerging players

• AgriWebb: AgriWebb is a farm management software platform for livestock producers capturing on-farm data including sustainability metrics. It represents an emerging competitor in the farm-level emissions data layer that Root Global depends on, though primarily focused on farm operations rather than processor-facing reporting.
• Cool Farm Alliance: Cool Farm Tool is an industry-standard greenhouse gas calculator for farmers adopted by major food and beverage companies. It is comparable to Root Global as a farm-level emissions measurement standard that food processors already use, representing both a potential partner and competitive methodology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors5 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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