What ClimateHound does

ClimateHound (legally BottleHound, Inc., incorporated in North Carolina and headquartered in Austin, TX) is a vertical SaaS platform purpose-built for food and beverage producers to measure, reduce, offset, and communicate their carbon footprint. The company's core product is a GHG Protocol-aligned carbon accounting platform that calculates Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions — including complex supply chain emissions that typically account for over 80% of an F&B company's footprint — with automated data ingestion from 200+ business tool integrations including QuickBooks, ERP, HR, and payroll systems. Distinctive technical components include a "Carbon Time Machine" emissions forecasting tool, a library of 100+ F&B-specific sustainability initiatives, a TCFD-aligned Climate Risk Assessment module, and B Corp Environment section reporting support.

The business is monetized through tiered recurring SaaS subscriptions ($159/mo Small Biz for single-location F&B producers up to 40 employees; $329/mo Climate Action Plus for multi-location producers up to 100-150 employees with dedicated sustainability specialist support; custom-priced Specialized Solutions for enterprise-scale operations) plus add-on revenue from Carbon Neutral certification services and a carbon offset funding stream that averages approximately 0.25% of customer revenue. Customer acquisition runs through a hybrid motion: direct sales with a "Book a Demo" call-to-action for enterprise accounts and self-serve signup at app.climatehound.io for the SMB tiers.

ClimateHound's differentiation centers on regulatory alignment specific to the F&B vertical — TTB-conforming Carbon Neutral certification that allows representation on packaging without label resubmission, plus coverage of California AB-1305, SB-253, SB-261, FDA labeling rules, FTC Green Guides, and SEC climate disclosure requirements. The company has established core partnerships with the three leading carbon registries (ACR, Verra, Gold Standard) and an exclusive funder relationship with StoveTeam International for clean cookstove offset projects. The customer base is composed entirely of small F&B brands — craft distilleries, breweries, wineries, and adjacent producers — with Montanya Distillers, Lost Grove Brewing, Wilridge Winery, and Seattle Chocolate among publicly named certified partners. The operating team is small (1-10 firmographic headcount, ~14 named founders, employees, and advisors combined), privately held, and bootstrapped with no disclosed institutional funding.

Name

ClimateHound

Legal name

BottleHound, Inc.

Website

https://climatehound.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ClimateHound is an Austin-based vertical SaaS platform that helps food and beverage producers measure Scope 1-3 carbon footprints, achieve TTB-conforming Carbon Neutral certification, complete B Corp reporting, and automate sustainability marketing, primarily serving SMBs in the craft beverage industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carbon Accounting Software

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

ESG/Sustainability Reporting & Disclosure Platforms (EUABAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Target-Setting, Transition Planning & Performance Management Platforms (EUABAEAF), Audit-Ready Controls, Assurance & Compliance Workflow Tools (CSRD/SEC/ISSB) (EUABAEAG), Climate & Emissions Data Management (Data Lake, Integration, APIs) (EUABAEAC), Regulatory & Disclosure Strategy (CSRD/ESRS, ISSB/IFRS S2, SEC, TCFD) (EUABAKAH)

Keywords

• Carbon accounting software
• Sustainability platform
• Carbon footprint calculation
• Carbon neutral certification
• Emissions tracking software

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription SaaS - Small Biz Plan: Monthly or annual subscription for companies with 1 location or co-packer, up to 40 employees. Includes carbon assessment, offset portfolio/marketplace access, sustainability initiative library, emissions forecasting, marketing hub with sustainability webpage and social media tools, and online support. Additional services like Carbon Neutral certification and B Corp reporting available as add-ons.
2. Subscription SaaS - Climate Action Plus Plan: Monthly or annual subscription for companies with 1-3 locations or co-packers, up to 100-150 employees. Includes all Small Biz features plus customized action plans, dedicated onboarding, and dedicated Sustainability Specialist. Includes Carbon Neutral certification and B Corp impact reporting as add-on services.
3. Custom Enterprise - Specialized Solutions: Custom pricing for sustainability-ambitious or larger and enterprise-scale companies ready to establish digital automations in their sustainability programs. Includes supplier engagement, customized action plans, and all add-on services.
4. Carbon Neutral Certification (Add-on): Optional certification service for companies that have calculated their carbon footprint, committed to reduce environmental impact, and funded projects to offset remaining annual emissions. Average time to complete certification is 30 days.
5. Carbon Offset Funding: Companies fund high-quality carbon negative projects to offset remaining annual emissions. Average cost is 0.25% of revenue for carbon negative projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ClimateHound provides an all-in-one sustainability software platform built specifically for food and beverage producers to automate carbon footprint calculation across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, manage sustainability initiatives, achieve Carbon Neutral certification (TTB-conforming), and communicate environmental impact through automated sustainability pages and marketing tools. The platform integrates with 200+ business tools to ingest data and aligns with GHG Protocol, TCFD, and B Corp reporting standards.

Product overview

ClimateHound is an all-in-one sustainability platform for food and beverage producers, combining a core carbon footprint calculation platform with multiple certification services (Carbon Neutral, B Corp), assessment tools (Climate Risk Assessment), and marketing modules (Marketing Hub). The platform integrates with QuickBooks and 200+ business tools to automate data collection across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, enabling companies to measure, reduce, offset, and communicate their environmental impact through customizable sustainability pages and social media tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ClimateHound Platform The core all-in-one carbon footprint calculation and sustainability management platform for food and beverage producers, featuring automated emissions calculations across Scope 1, 2, and 3, supply chain tracking via 200+ business tool integrations, and progress benchmarking.
• ClimateHound Certified Carbon Neutral Carbon Neutral certification program that enables food and beverage companies to achieve TTB-conforming representation on packaging, verified through calculating carbon footprint, reducing impact, and funding carbon-negative projects. Average completion time of 30 days.
• B Corp Certification Support Assessment and reporting support to help food and beverage companies achieve or recertify as B Corp, including completing the B Corp Environment section per V2.1 expectations.
• Climate Risk Assessment TCFD-aligned qualitative climate risk and opportunity assessment to help businesses understand and manage climate-related risks and disclosure requirements across governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics.
• Marketing Hub Standalone marketing module offering customizable Social Templates with pre-generated captions, automated Sustainability Pages, and a Social Media Marketing Exporter featuring impact data and environmental successes for customer, retailer, and regulator communications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6,091 tonnes of emissions offset through community impact
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• ACR (American Carbon Registry)coreOthersClimateHound works with ACR as one of the leading carbon registries to rigorously evaluate carbon-negative projects for transparency, additionality, and meaningful impact. ACR is an enterprise of the Climate Actions Reserve.
• VerracoreOthersClimateHound partners with Verra, a global leader in climate finance and carbon markets, to ensure rigorous evaluation of carbon-negative projects. Verra manages the Verra Registry for tracking carbon offset credits.
• Gold StandardcoreOthersClimateHound works with Gold Standard as one of the leading carbon market standards to rigorously evaluate carbon-negative projects for transparency, additionality, and meaningful impact, particularly for projects benefiting local communities.
• Lost Grove BrewingflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding partner and launch customer. Lost Grove Brewing is Idaho's first carbon neutral brewery and Certified B Corp. Partnership includes co-hosting Shade City Brewfest, an annual Earth Day celebration that is ClimateHound certified carbon neutral. ClimateHound offers participating breweries credits toward first carbon footprint calculation.
• Shade City Brewfest / Treasure Valley Canopy NetworkcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual sustainability-focused brewfest in Boise, Idaho celebrating Earth Day. ClimateHound provides carbon neutral certification for the event and manages waste sorting. Lost Grove Brewing partners with Treasure Valley Canopy Network and Idaho Botanical Garden to host.
• StoveTeam InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExclusive funder for StoveTeam's work in Nicaragua. Through this partnership, ClimateHound clients offset emissions by funding Ecocina clean cookstoves that replace open fires, reducing smoke by 90% and fuel consumption by 50%. StoveTeam has placed 79,000+ clean cookstoves improving 500,000+ lives.
• Idaho Botanical GardenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner in Shade City Brewfest event hosting alongside Lost Grove Brewing and Treasure Valley Canopy Network.
• World Central KitchenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimateHound supports clean cookstove initiatives led by World Central Kitchen, helping communities feed themselves safely while creating better climate futures.
• Roots Zero Waste MarketminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner for Shade City Brewfest event, managing on-site dishwashing station for reusable plates and utensils to minimize waste at the carbon neutral certified event.
• FreeWatercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaunch partner of ClimateHound. FreeWater is the world's first free beverage company (water) using ad-space packaging model. ClimateHound provides carbon neutral certification and helps mitigate emissions from aluminum and paper packaging.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Watershed: Enterprise carbon accounting and climate platform covering Scope 1–3 emissions with audit-grade reporting and disclosure workflows. Directly comparable as a software platform pursuing GHG-Protocol-aligned measurement, reduction, and disclosure for corporate buyers, though broader than ClimateHound's F&B niche.
• Persefoni: Carbon and climate management SaaS for enterprises, with strong Scope 1, 2, 3 accounting and disclosure features aligned to TCFD, SEC, and ISSB. Comparable to ClimateHound as a horizontal carbon accounting platform; ClimateHound differentiates on F&B vertical depth.
• Sweep: Sustainability and carbon management platform for mid-market and enterprise businesses that measures emissions, manages decarbonization programs, and supports disclosure. Overlaps ClimateHound in carbon-footprint calculation methodology and SaaS delivery, but with broader industry coverage.
• Greenly: Carbon accounting platform targeting SMB and mid-market with automated Scope 1–3 measurement and sustainability reporting. Closely comparable as a SaaS carbon-footprint product aimed at smaller customers, though Greenly spans industries instead of focusing on F&B.
• Normative: Carbon accounting engine that helps businesses measure, reduce, and report emissions with science-based targets. Adjacent direct peer serving similar SMB-to-enterprise buyers with disclosure workflows; not vertically specialized to F&B like ClimateHound.

Emerging players

• CarbonChain: Scope 3-focused carbon accounting platform specializing in supply-chain emissions for commodity and consumer-goods producers. Comparable to ClimateHound's Scope 3 emphasis for F&B but focused on commodities trading and corporate procurement.
• Pachama: Marketplace/technology platform for high-quality carbon credits and nature-based offset projects with verification and MRV tooling. Relevant to ClimateHound's offset funding and partnership layer with ACR/Verra/Gold Standard rather than its core accounting product.
• Cloverly: Carbon offset API and marketplace used by brands to embed verified offsets into checkout and sustainability workflows. Comparable in the "fund high-quality carbon negative projects" leg of ClimateHound's offering, useful as an adjacent ecosystem player.

Broad incumbents

• Salesforce Net Zero Cloud: Enterprise sustainability cloud from Salesforce enabling carbon accounting, reporting, and ESG data management across industries. Comparable in carbon-footprint calculation and disclosure platform functionality, but embedded in a much broader CRM ecosystem and not F&B-specific.
• Microsoft Sustainability Manager: Cloud-based sustainability data and ESG reporting solution from Microsoft that handles Scope 1–3 measurement and disclosure. Comparable as a horizontal carbon accounting and reporting platform, especially for enterprise customers with Microsoft cloud ecosystems.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/climatehound

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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