ESG Reporting Is Broken. We Fixed It.

280 customers. $2.1M ARR. Growing 14% MoM.

$340K

Average annual cost a mid-market CFO wastes reconciling ESG data manually.

Source: Verdant customer audit, Q3 2024

Regulation Is the Tailwind

SEC Climate Disclosure Timeline

2023
Proposed rule
2024
Finalization expected
2025
Compliance begins
2026
Full enforcement

Market Opportunity

TAM $4.2B
SAM $890M

Mid-market manufacturers, logistics, and retail (100–2,500 employees) facing mandatory climate disclosure

Before Verdant

40 spreadsheets
6 consultants
11-week close

After Verdant

One dashboard
Auto-classified
4-day close

Traction Dashboard

$2.1M
ARR (+14% MoM)
280
Customers
118%
Net Revenue Retention
7.2
CAC Payback (Months)
$200K $100K $0 Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Dec '24 Monthly Recurring Revenue

Every Cohort Expands

Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6 Q1 2023 124% 119% 116% 112% 109% 106% Q2 2023 121% 117% 114% 110% 107% 104% Q3 2023 122% 118% 115% 111% 108% 98% Q4 2023 126% 120% 116% 113% 109% 105% Q1 2024 119% 115% 112% 108% 105% 94% Q2 2024 120% 117% 114% 110% 106% 96%

Net revenue retention by cohort across first six months

Competitive Moat

Regulatory Depth Deep Shallow Implementation Speed Slow Fast Watershed (enterprise, slow) Persefoni (deep but expensive) Greenly (fast but shallow) Verdant Commerce ✓ Fast + Deep

Proprietary Taxonomy Engine

9 years of regulatory filings • 2.3M embedding vectors • Auto-classification accuracy 94.7%

The Math Compounds

Metric Value
Average Contract Value $7,500
Gross Margin 74%
Customer Acquisition Cost $4,500
CAC Payback Period 7.2 months
Customer Lifetime Value $48,000
LTV / CAC Ratio 6.4x

Based on trailing 12-month cohort performance and 118% NRR

Use of Funds

$5.4M
GTM & Sales
  • • 12 AEs, 4 SDRs
  • • Marketing automation
  • • Partner ecosystem
$4.1M
Product & R&D
  • • Taxonomy ML ops
  • • Enterprise features
  • • API integrations
$2.5M
Compliance & Security
  • • SOC 2 Type II
  • • EU data residency
  • • Audit infrastructure
18-Month Milestones
Funded runway to breakeven trajectory
$12M
1,000
Customers
$8M
ARR
120%+
NRR sustained

Lead Our $12M Series A

Board seat. 18 months. 1,000 customers.

Contact
Maya Osei
CEO, Verdant Commerce
maya@verdantcommerce.io