What Lookthrough does

Lookthrough AG is a Swiss-based, privately held SaaS company that provides an AI-powered decarbonization planning platform for the real estate sector. The company targets real estate owners, real estate investment firms, and property management companies seeking to reduce carbon emissions across their building portfolios and meet Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) commitments. Its core offering addresses Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions analysis and reduction pathway planning at portfolio scale, a workflow that traditionally requires significant manual consulting effort. The company is headquartered in Herisau, Switzerland, with a representative office in Zürich, and reports 11-50 employees.

The Lookthrough Platform integrates four modules — Data Aggregation, Analysis & Reporting, Scenario Planner, and Impact Tracking — into a single SaaS product that digitally maps the entire decarbonization process from data ingestion to reduction tracking. The platform applies AI together with network effects across 55,000+ analyzed buildings to automate decarbonization analyses, with the company claiming that more than 90% of necessary analyses are calculated at less than 10% of traditional effort. Core AI capability types are predictive analytics, process automation, and optimization applied to structured building energy and emissions data, with no indication of broader multi-modal AI.

The business model is enterprise SaaS subscription with quote-based pricing, sold via a direct, consultative field sales motion evidenced by prominent "Book a Demo" CTAs and a contact form targeting enterprise real estate portfolios. Markets served are primarily European, with English and German (CH) language support. Strategic momentum includes the April 2025 ABB Startup Challenge win (co-development partnership targeting ABB's global building and utility customer base), the addition of a Director of EU Business Development & Sales, and ongoing investor engagement including Tetrad VC and Tenity. The company does not disclose revenue, ARR, customer logos, or contract values in the available material.

Name

Lookthrough

Legal name

Lookthrough AG

Website

https://lookthrough.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Swiss SaaS company providing an AI-powered decarbonization platform for real estate owners and managers, using digital twin technology and network effects to automate Scope 1-3 emissions analysis and SBTi-aligned reduction planning across building portfolios.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Decarbonization Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

akta.pro primary industry

Database/Application Data Layer Modernization (DB migration, ORM, caching) (BPAEAFAL)

Keywords

• Real estate decarbonization
• Carbon emissions software
• AI sustainability platform
• Scope emissions analysis
• Science based targets

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

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: Lookthrough operates as a software platform providing AI-powered decarbonization planning tools for real estate. The subscription model provides customers access to the full platform including data aggregation, analysis, scenario planning, and impact tracking capabilities. The company markets itself as 'the leading AI solution for planning CO2 reduction on real estate at scale' suggesting an annual subscription pricing structure typical for enterprise SaaS.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lookthrough provides an AI-powered SaaS platform that plans CO2 reduction on real estate portfolios at scale. The platform digitally maps the entire decarbonization process, aggregating building data into a digital twin, performing Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions analysis, modeling decarbonization scenarios aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and continuously tracking improvement. It is offered primarily through enterprise subscriptions to real estate owners, investors, and property managers.

Product overview

Lookthrough is a unified AI-powered SaaS platform for real estate decarbonization planning. The core Lookthrough Platform integrates four modules—Data Aggregation, Analysis & Reporting, Scenario Planner, and Impact Tracking—to provide an end-to-end solution from data collection to emissions reduction tracking. With network effects and AI, the platform calculates over 90% of necessary analyses at less than 10% of traditional effort, having analyzed 55,000+ buildings. The platform operates as an all-round, worry-free package aligned with Science Based Targets (SBTi).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lookthrough Platform AI-powered SaaS platform that plans CO2 reduction on real estate at scale. Aggregates building data into a digital twin, performs Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions analysis, models SBTi-aligned decarbonization scenarios, and continuously tracks improvement. Sold as a subscription to enterprise real estate owners, investors, and property managers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 55,000+ buildings analyzed using the platform
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ABBcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2025Lookthrough was selected as one of five winners of ABB's 2025 Startup Challenge, receiving USD $30,000 to co-develop AI-powered solutions for energy use challenges in buildings and utilities. The partnership involves developing a Minimum Viable Product targeting ABB's global customer base within six months, with mentoring support from Microsoft and Synerleap. This represents a strategic co-development relationship with ABB's open innovation program, now in its sixth year.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Deepki: Deepki provides a SaaS platform for real estate decarbonization, ESG data collection, and net-zero pathway planning. It is the closest direct competitor to Lookthrough in the European CRE decarbonization vertical.
• Measurabl: Measurabl is the leading commercial real estate ESG data management platform, offering Scope 1–3 tracking, benchmarking, and decarbonization planning. Directly comparable to Lookthrough's analytics and reporting modules.
• Watershed: Watershed is an enterprise carbon accounting and decarbonization platform covering Scope 1–3 emissions with scenario planning tools. Comparable to Lookthrough's analysis and scenario planner functionality, though broader than real estate.
• Persefoni: Persefoni offers a climate management and carbon accounting platform with scenario modeling aligned to SBTi. Directly comparable to Lookthrough's scenario planner and reporting modules for enterprise decarbonization.
• Carbon Lighthouse: Carbon Lighthouse combines building data analytics with decarbonization project identification for commercial real estate owners. Directly comparable AI/vertical-real-estate decarbonization approach to Lookthrough.

Broad incumbents

• JLL Technologies (Corrigo, Building Solutions): JLL offers sustainability and building performance technology across its broader commercial real estate services portfolio. A large incumbent with overlapping capabilities but embedded in a wider CRE services franchise.
• Schneider Electric EcoStruxure: Schneider Electric's sustainability and building management suite includes energy and carbon tracking for real estate. A broad incumbent with deep utility and building systems reach that competes for the same enterprise decarbonization budget.
• IBM Envizi: IBM Envizi is an enterprise ESG data, accounting, and reporting platform with broad industry applicability. Overlaps with Lookthrough on Scope 1–3 reporting but serves multiple verticals beyond real estate.
• Salesforce Net Zero Cloud: Salesforce Net Zero Cloud is an enterprise carbon accounting product layered on the Salesforce CRM platform. A broad incumbent with strong enterprise distribution that competes for the same sustainability software budget.

Emerging players

• BrainBox AI: BrainBox AI applies AI to HVAC and building energy optimization for commercial real estate. Adjacent emerging player whose AI-for-buildings thesis overlaps with Lookthrough's predictive analytics capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors2 records

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

M&A1 record

Investments

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

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