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Sunhat is a technology company.
Sunhat provides a collaborative proof platform, enabling enterprises to manage and generate evidence for sustainability data. Leveraging AI, it empowers experts to produce context-based proof for ratings, questionnaires, certification, and non-financial reporting. The platform assists enterprise ESG teams in streamlining complex data workflows and centralizing disparate information.
The company was founded on September 23, 2025, by Lukas Vogt (CEO), Alexander Behr (CPO), and Ali Kamalizade (CTO). Their insight stemmed from difficulties businesses face in managing and transparently sharing sustainability performance. Ali Kamalizade, an experienced technical co-founder, applied his automation-focused background to redefine compliance.
Sunhat primarily caters to enterprise ESG teams and organizations within supply chains. The platform simplifies compliance, allowing these entities to achieve sustainability objectives and navigate intricate ESG reporting. Sunhat aims to establish a new industry benchmark for unified, efficient sustainability data management, fostering transparency and accountability.
Sunhat has raised $16.0M across 3 funding rounds.
Sunhat has raised $16.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Sunhat has raised $16.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $11.0M Series A in September 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2025 | $11M Series A | Paul Morgenthaler | Capnamic Ventures, LEA Sophie Cramer, Verena Pausder, Enbw NEW Ventures, Wepa Ventures, Xdeck | Announced |
| Feb 1, 2024 | $3M Seed | — | Capnamic Ventures, LEA Sophie Cramer, Verena Pausder, Pascal Beckers Jaleta, Wepa Ventures, Xdeck | Announced |
| May 1, 2023 | $2M Seed | Capnamic Ventures, Xdeck | LEA Sophie Cramer, Verena Pausder, Wepa Ventures | Announced |
Sunhat has raised $16.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Sunhat's investors include Paul Morgenthaler, Capnamic Ventures, Lea- Sophie Cramer, Verena Pausder, EnBW New Ventures, WEPA Ventures, xDeck, Pascal Beckers-Jaleta.
Sunhat is an AI-powered SaaS platform that automates sustainability data management for enterprises, enabling ESG teams to generate audit-ready proof for questionnaires, ratings, certifications, and non-financial reporting.[1][2][3] It unifies decentralized data from systems like ERPs, carbon tools, SharePoint, and Google Drive, using Proof AI—a validation engine trained on thousands of audits—to streamline collection, review, and delivery of evidence for standards like CDP, CSRD, and EcoVadis.[2][3][5] Serving corporates in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Sunhat solves the manual burden of ESG reporting amid rising regulatory demands, turning compliance into a competitive advantage for sales, legal, finance, and C-suite teams.[1][2][3] With over 40 employees, >50% women, and 7+ nationalities, the company has raised €9.2 million in Series A funding, signaling strong growth in sustainability tech.[4][5][6]
Sunhat was founded in 2022 by Lukas Vogt (CEO), Alexander Behr, and Ali Kamalizade after Lukas, an ESG reporting specialist at a European venture capital firm, grew frustrated with the manual process of answering sustainability questionnaires.[1][4][6] While at the VC firm, Lukas discussed the issue with his tech-savvy friends: Ali, working in B2B SaaS at an enterprise architecture firm, and Alex, implementing automation software on the corporate side.[4] After interviewing dozens of companies, they identified widespread pain points—sustainability teams overwhelmed by emails, cloud docs, and decentralized data for stakeholder demands—and decided to build an automated solution.[1][4] Early backing from EnBW New Ventures and advisors like a Global Head of Sustainability at Heraeus, a University of Cologne professor, and ex-SAP LeanIX SVP fueled initial traction.[1][4]
Sunhat rides the ESG reporting surge, driven by expanding regulations like CSRD and TCFD, which demand deeper, standardized sustainability disclosures from more companies and investors.[1][2] Timing is ideal: manual processes are unscalable amid decentralized data and questionnaire overload, creating a € multi-billion market for automation as ESG evolves from compliance cost to revenue driver (e.g., higher ratings win deals).[1][3] Market forces like stakeholder scrutiny, audit requirements, and green financing favor Sunhat, positioning it as a key enabler in the DACH region's corporate-heavy ecosystem.[2] By partnering with CDP and integrating with enterprise tools, Sunhat influences the space, boosting innovation—framing laws as "boosts for innovation" while empowering teams to deliver trusted proof that shapes decisions.[1][2][3]
Sunhat is primed for hypergrowth post-€9.2M Series A, expanding Proof AI beyond ESG to any enterprise "proof" need (sales, legal, compliance), with Paxa Partners aiding scaling.[5][6] Trends like AI-driven sustainability, CSRD enforcement, and proof-as-competitive-edge will propel it, potentially capturing share in a fragmented market as enterprises prioritize audit-ready data.[1][3] Its influence may evolve from DACH specialist to global player, humanizing ESG through tech and diverse teams—transforming regulatory burdens into measurable impact, much like how it turned Lukas's VC frustration into a collaborative platform that proves enterprises win when proof is always ready.[3][4]