Name

Rho Impact

Legal name

Rho Impact, Inc.

Website

https://rhoimpact.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Impact Analytics Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Climate Stress Testing & Portfolio Analytics (Banks, Asset Managers, Insurers) (EUABALAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Risk Reporting & Disclosure Analytics (TCFD/ISSB, EU Taxonomy, CSRD, NAIC) (EUABALAG), Climate Risk Data & Benchmarking Services (Hazard Layers, Loss Databases, Indices/Scorecards) (EUABALAL), Transition Risk Modeling & Policy/Market Pathways (Carbon Price, Regulation, Technology Adoption) (EUABALAD)

Keywords

• Climate impact forecasting
• ESG analytics software
• Portfolio climate risk
• Sustainability data platform
• Institutional investor tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlottesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Koi Platform Subscriptions: SaaS subscription revenue from the Koi platform providing investor-grade climate impact forecasting. Subscription tiers likely include free (CRANE tier), professional, and enterprise levels. Annual billing with enterprise contracts available.
2. Professional Services & Advisory: ESG advisory services including Scope 3 GHG accounting, decarbonization framework development, GRESB scoring support, and custom impact assessment engagements. Noah Miller serves as Head of ESG Advisory Services.
3. CRANE Free Tier / Freemium: Free tier of CRANE tool within Koi serves as top-of-funnel acquisition. Generates user base and brand adoption, converting some users to paid Koi subscriptions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Rho Impact provides AI-driven climate impact forecasting software for institutional investors, enabling them to quantify emissions, financial impact, and regulatory exposure at the company, asset, and portfolio levels. Its primary product, Koi, is a paid platform that translates climate-related risks and opportunities into quantified forecasts, while CRANE serves as a free companion tool to broaden adoption across the investor ecosystem.

Product overview

Rho Impact builds climate data infrastructure for investors, offering two interconnected products: Koi (the flagship AI-driven platform) and CRANE (a free open-access tool now integrated as a tier within Koi). Koi provides investor-grade climate impact forecasting capabilities built on a decade of research, enabling forward-looking avoided emissions analysis across 10,000+ climate solutions. CRANE, which launched in 2020 as the world's first forward-looking emissions impact software, was developed with Prime Coalition and provides free accessibility for innovators and investors to quantify reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by emerging technologies. CRANE's capabilities were integrated into Koi in 2026, unifying climate impact tools under one platform. Rho Impact also provides ESG Advisory Services through its team to help companies and investors meet sustainability and ESG goals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Koi: AI-driven climate impact forecasting platform that enables investors to forecast decarbonization potential at any scale, from individual assets to global multi-asset class portfolios.
• CRANE

Products and services

• Koi Koi is an AI-driven climate impact forecasting platform that analyzes company-level climate data, emissions, financial impact, and regulatory exposure for institutional investors. It enables venture capital, private equity, and family office clients to quantify climate-related risks and opportunities at the asset and portfolio level, translating climate considerations into actionable investment forecasts.
• CRANE CRANE is a free climate impact analytics tool that serves as a companion to Koi, providing broader ecosystem access to Rho Impact's climate data capabilities. It allows users to explore climate impact metrics and serves as an entry point for institutional investors and advisors evaluating the platform before adopting the paid Koi offering.

Quantifiable outcome

• 172 MMtCO2e annual reduction potential by 2050 for 13 portfolio companies (Eclipse ECO Report)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Climate Innovation CapitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 April 2026Strategic partnership combining ClimateIC's Carbon Qualification Model (CQM) with Rho's Koi platform to bring rigor, speed, and scale to climate investing. Rho serves as ClimateIC's technology partner to scale CQM across investment activities and fund lifecycle. ClimateIC is a Toronto-based venture fund investing in mid-stage commercial climate tech innovations.
• ESG.aicoreTechnology or Integration · 17 March 2026Strategic partnership to advance climate investment analytics in Europe by integrating Rho Impact's climate data into ESG.ai's platform. Collaboration addresses regulatory requirements for transparency, verification, and auditable climate data for European financial institutions. Supports enhanced climate impact quantification, portfolio comparison, and disclosures aligned with evolving sustainability standards.
• Prime CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 February 2026Expanded partnership to make Prime's CRANE climate impact assessment tool available for free on Rho Impact's Koi platform. CRANE launched in 2020 as the world's first forward-looking emissions impact software. The collaboration lowers barriers for informed climate investing. Rho Impact is a domain expert and methodology collaborator for Prime's Project FRAME.
• IFA Capital ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 January 2026Rho serves as IFA Capital's sustainability technology partner, delivering Koi for assessing the impact potential of emerging sustainability solutions in life sciences. IFA Capital is a hedge fund launched by life sciences veterans Kellie Seringer and Matt Johnson, investing in low-carbon, industry-specific solutions.
• FFI SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 December 2025Strategic partnership to help institutional investors systematically assess avoided emissions across their portfolios. FFI Solutions distributes Koi platform capabilities to institutional investor clients.
• Sif.vccoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 June 2025Strategic partnership to champion adoption of advanced climate impact forecasting tools in Southeast Asia, deploying Rho's Koi platform. Sif.vc is a mission-driven VC fund manager dedicated to climate solutions in Southeast Asia. Both organizations co-host live demonstrations, workshops, and educational initiatives.
• Vibrant Data LabscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 May 2025Partnership to integrate Koi climate impact forecasting with VDL's Climate Finance Tracker, connecting 'where is the money going' with 'what is the avoided emissions potential.' Public datasets from the partnership will be released to drive transparency in climate finance. VDL is a social impact data science company focused on tracking climate capital flows in the US.
• ZORA VenturescoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 May 2025Strategic partnership to advance climate innovation and investment in Israel, deploying Koi platform. ZORA is an early-stage deep tech investor focused on Israeli climate innovation. Jointly hosting live demonstrations and workshops with entrepreneurs and investors, including an event with Deloitte Israel for the Israeli energy tech community.
• Callahan Capital PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2024Expanded partnership (relationship formed in 2022) focused on asset decarbonization and long-term net-zero planning for Callahan's real estate portfolio, as well as advancing GRESB scores. Rho provides public-company ESG capabilities through a private platform. Achieved 100% year-over-year GRESB score improvements.
• TidelinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 October 2024Strategic partnership to bring maturity and rigor to climate forecasting for institutional investors. Tideline's clients gain access to Koi platform for avoided emissions forecasting and on-demand insights into future investment impact. Tideline has supported investors deploying over $200 billion in impact assets. Partnership elevates credibility of climate impact forecasting for institutional investors.
• UVA Decarbonization Corps / University of VirginiaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 February 2024Partnership for UVA's Decarbonizing Healthcare Initiative. Rho Impact and UVA are developing a framework for accounting of a hospital system's Scope 3 GHG emissions by conducting Scope 3 accounting for UVA's Ivy Orthopedic Center.
• LaunchVTminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 21 April 2023Partnership with Vermont's flagship accelerator to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses and win in 'the age of ESG.' Rho Impact provides impact measurement support and CRANE tool training to LaunchVT cohort companies.
• BrincminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 20 March 2023Partnership with Hong-Kong based accelerator (programs across 7 countries) to lead impact measurement workshops for climate tech and food tech accelerator programs, including teaching expert usage of the CRANE Tool. Brinc partners with global corporations including Manulife, Huawei, Schneider Electric, PUMA Group, Merck.
• Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Multi-year collaboration on ESG certification program. Noah Miller (Rho Impact CAO) serves as CFI's ESG subject matter expert. Program has been recognized by Trellis/GreenBiz, Bankers By Day, KnowESG B2B Marketplace (EU), and others. CFI has 2M+ global learners including JP Morgan, Bloomberg, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, PIMCO. CFI became official ESG education partner to PwC Academy using Rho Impact's content.
• Project FRAME (Prime Coalition)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRho Impact is a domain expert and methodology development collaborator for Project FRAME, an investor-led initiative building frameworks and a platform to help climate investors assess the impact of innovations on future GHG emissions. Seth Sheldon (CSO) was one of eight authors of Frame's Pre-Investment Considerations methodology guidance.
• AEFDi / Avoided Emissions Platform (I Care by BearingPoint and Quantis, BCG company)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRho Impact supported The Avoided Emissions Platform (originally AEFDi), joining experts from WBCSD, ADEME, Climate Dividends, University of Edinburgh, and Prime Coalition to advise on main methodological principles for avoided emissions assessment.
• CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRho Impact supported CDP's Emerging Climate Technology Initiative, contributing to development of a new framework to quantify the climate value of climate-tech investments.
• Columbia UniversityminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRho Impact staff designed and taught a course at Columbia University, 'Practical Applications of Data Science Methods in Industry' (2019-2020), based on experiences in the field leveraging data science to address real world problems.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• MSCI: Global provider of ESG ratings, climate data, and analytics for institutional investors. Comparable to Rho Impact in serving institutional investors with climate data, though MSCI offers broad market-wide ratings and indices rather than forward-looking avoided emissions forecasts for individual solutions.
• Workiva: Public cloud platform for connected reporting across ESG, financial, and regulatory disclosures. Comparable to Rho Impact as a platform that supports institutional climate and ESG disclosure workflows, though Workiva is a broad incumbent offering generic reporting infrastructure rather than specialized avoided emissions forecasting.
• S&P Global (Trucost): Provider of carbon and environmental data through its Trucost business, serving investors and corporations with climate risk analytics. Comparable to Rho Impact as an investor-grade climate data provider, though S&P Global/Trucost focuses on portfolio-level carbon footprinting rather than avoided emissions forecasts for emerging technologies.

Direct peers

• Persefoni: Climate management and accounting platform enabling enterprises and financial institutions to calculate and manage their carbon footprints. Directly comparable to Rho Impact in serving institutional investors and corporations with carbon data infrastructure, though Persefoni focuses on footprint accounting rather than forward-looking avoided emissions forecasting.
• Novata: ESG data management platform purpose-built for private markets (PE, VC). Directly comparable to Rho Impact's VC/PE customer segment, helping private capital allocators track and report ESG metrics. Note: Rho's fractional CRO Jared Aaker was a former strategic advisor to Novata, indicating direct competitive overlap.
• Sweep: ESG and carbon management platform for businesses to track, reduce, and report emissions across their value chain. Comparable to Rho Impact in serving enterprise and financial services customers with sustainability data tools, though Sweep emphasizes Scope 1-3 tracking and CSRD reporting versus Rho's investor-grade avoided emissions forecasts.
• Watershed: Enterprise climate accounting and sustainability platform that helps companies measure, report, and reduce emissions. Comparable to Rho Impact as both serve climate data infrastructure for enterprises and investors, though Watershed is more focused on Scope 1-3 accounting while Rho specializes in forward-looking avoided emissions (Scope 4).

Emerging players

• Cervest: Climate risk analytics platform offering AI-powered climate risk forecasts for assets, supply chains, and portfolios. Comparable to Rho Impact as a forward-looking climate analytics provider for investors, though Cervest focuses on physical climate risk scenarios rather than avoided emissions from emerging climate technologies.
• Climate X: Climate risk analytics platform providing physical and transition risk data for financial institutions and corporations. Comparable to Rho Impact as a specialist climate analytics provider serving institutional investors, though Climate X emphasizes physical climate risk and asset-level exposure rather than avoided emissions forecasting.
• South Pole: Climate solutions provider and carbon credit developer offering carbon advisory, climate strategy, and digital platforms. Comparable to Rho Impact at the intersection of climate data and advisory services for corporates and investors, though South Pole emphasizes carbon offset project development rather than forward-looking avoided emissions forecasting.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rhoimpact
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rho-impact

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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