Briink

AI for ESG Data | Extract, Pre-fill & Verify

Briink was founded in 2021, is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, lists 11–50 employees, and has $4.1M in recorded funding across 1 round.

Headquarters
Berlin
Employees
11–50
Founded
2021
Business Model
B2B
Website
briink.com
Total Funding
$4.1M
Last Round
$4.1M SeedJan 2024
Rounds
1

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About

Briink is a Berlin-based AI company founded in 2021 that builds purpose-built AI systems for ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) data management. The company was co-founded by Tomas van der Heijden (CEO, former renewable energy M&A lawyer and VP of Product at Y Combinator-backed ROSS Intelligence) and Samuel King (CTO, MSc Big Data from Cambridge, former data science lead and advisor to Climate Change AI). Briink develops AI tools that help sustainability teams and ESG platforms extract, structure, verify, and reuse ESG data from complex documents including reports, policies, questionnaires, supplier disclosures, and internal documents — enabling interoperable ESG reporting across frameworks. The platform achieves 90%+ accuracy on ESG data extraction and evidence detection tasks and is available both as an API and as a platform. Briink raised €3.85M in seed funding in September 2024, co-led by investors in the sustainable finance space, and has approximately 22 employees. Briink is B Corp certified and serves organizations navigating sustainable finance and the transition to net zero.

Summary

Briink is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2021. It lists 11–50 employees. It has raised $4.1M in total across 1 round, most recently a $4.1M Seed round in Jan 2024. Investors include EquityPitcher Ventures, 13books Capital and TI Platform Management.

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Funding History

SeedSeed Round2024 (est.)
$4.1M

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