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Vizcab is a technology company.
Vizcab develops a specialized platform for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) within the construction industry. The company's core product enables stakeholders to meticulously track and manage the environmental impact of building projects, with a particular focus on carbon emissions. This sophisticated tool assists in making data-driven, low-carbon decisions early in the design and construction phases, aiming to ensure compliance with evolving environmental regulations like RE 2020 and foster sustainable building practices.
The company was founded in 2015 by Guillaume Lafont, Thomas Jusselme, and Michael Rowley. Their collective insight stemmed from the growing imperative to address the significant carbon footprint of the construction sector and the increasing regulatory pressure for environmental performance. They recognized the need for a dedicated, comprehensive solution that could integrate carbon emission management directly into the construction workflow, providing actionable intelligence to drive the industry's green transition.
Vizcab primarily serves various players across the construction value chain, with a strong emphasis on empowering developers. The platform allows these clients to formulate strategic, high-return-on-investment approaches for managing carbon emissions, ultimately helping them secure project thresholds and achieve environmental objectives. Vizcab's long-term vision is to accelerate the building industry's carbon transition, providing the essential tools to facilitate a future where sustainable and low-carbon construction is standard practice.
Vizcab has raised $11.7M across 3 funding rounds.
Vizcab has raised $11.7M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Vizcab has raised $11.7M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $4.9M Series A Extension in May 2024.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2024 | $4.9M Series A Plus | Andreas Winter Extra | Hideyuki Tanaka | Announced |
| Nov 1, 2023 | $5M Series A | KOMPAS VC | Btov Partners, Altur Investissement, A/O, Banque DES Territoires, Gonzalo Galindo, Jerome Constant | Announced |
| Jun 12, 2020 | $1.8M Venture Round | — | Othmane Zrikem, Géraldine Welter, Unibail Rodamco Westfield | Announced |
Vizcab is a Lyon, France-based SaaS technology company founded in 2015 that provides a digital platform for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in construction, enabling stakeholders to measure, analyze, and reduce the carbon footprint of building projects from early design through handover.[1][2][3][4] It serves real estate developers, architects, engineers, construction companies, and manufacturers by offering AI-powered tools for carbon emissions calculation, regulatory compliance (e.g., RE 2020, CSRD), collaborative workflows, and cost optimization, addressing the construction industry's slow, opaque processes amid tightening environmental regulations.[1][2][3][5] With over 50 employees, a proprietary 11-million-data-point lake, and $9.8 million in funding, Vizcab has gained traction through investments like Cemex Ventures and initiatives such as the free Vizcab Campus launched at SIBCA 2024, positioning it as a leader in decarbonizing the sector.[1][4][7]
Vizcab was co-founded in 2015 in Lyon, France, by Guillaume Lafont (CSO, with a background in environmental engineering from Lyon 1 University and EM Lyon Business School, plus prior ventures like exndo architectures and Milieu Studio) and Dr. Thomas Jusselme (LCA expert), alongside Michel Forgue.[3][4][5] The idea emerged from Lafont's experience in low-carbon building design and the need for digital tools to streamline carbon management, replacing manual, time-intensive processes in construction.[1][5] Early traction came from specializing in French regulations like RE 2020, evolving from Combo Solutions to Vizcab, with pivotal growth via investments (totaling $9.8M) and partnerships, including Cemex Ventures, while expanding its team to over 50 multidisciplinary experts in LCA, web development, and SaaS.[1][2][4][7]
Vizcab rides the global wave of construction decarbonization, fueled by EU regulations (RE 2020, CSRD) and net-zero mandates, where the sector—responsible for ~40% of emissions—faces pressure to shift from high-carbon materials early in design.[1][3][4] Timing is ideal amid rising ESG demands and AI adoption in proptech, with market forces like material shortages and carbon taxes favoring scalable LCA tools that cut costs by 20-50% via optimization.[2][3] It influences the ecosystem by digitizing supply chains (e.g., Cemex's sustainable catalog), fostering collaboration via platforms like Solar Impulse, and enabling "sustainability that sells" for developers, accelerating industry-wide transition to low-carbon building.[1][4][6]
Vizcab is poised for international expansion, building on its French stronghold to target EU and global markets with carbon budgeting from planning phases, bolstered by recent funding and AI enhancements.[4][7] Trends like AI-driven proptech, stricter global regs (e.g., post-2025 updates), and corporate net-zero pledges will propel growth, potentially scaling its datalake and partnerships with majors like Cemex. Its influence may evolve from compliance enabler to industry standard-setter, empowering low-carbon decisions that profit the entire value chain—reinforcing its mission to catalyze construction's energy-carbon transition.[1][4]
Vizcab has raised $11.7M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Vizcab's investors include Andreas Winter-Extra, Hideyuki Tanaka, Kompas VC, btov Partners, Altur Investissement, A/O, Banque des Territoires, Gonzalo Galindo, Jerome Constant, Othmane Zrikem, Géraldine WELTER, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield.