The A C T U A L platform empowers leaders across industries to act on their ESG goals and set a path towards real change through a first-of-its-kind digital toolkit.
Location: United States, California, Oakland
Total raised: $5M
Founders name: Karthik Balakrishnan; Derek Lyons
Investors 2
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| - | Western Te... | westerntec... |
| 05.05.2025 | Climactic | climactic.... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 17.02.2022 | Seed | $5M | - |
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Mentions in press and media 7
| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.12.2022 | Silicon Valley startup Actual made climate action into a SimCity-like game. Sheep farmers are the first players. | The cofounders of Actual said its SimCity-like software helps make decisions on climate solutions. The startup modeled hundreds of sheep farms in New Zealand to show ways to reduce emissions. Advertisement Merino wool is well known for its ... |
| 09.12.2022 | Silicon Valley startup Actual made climate action into a SimCity-like game. Sheep farmers are the first players. | Karthik Balakrishnan, the president and cofounder of Actual. Alanna Hale/Insider The cofounders of Actual said its SimCity-like software helps make decisions on climate solutions. The startup modeled hundreds of sheep farms in New Zealand t... |
| 15.11.2022 | We’ve just passed the largest investment in climate and clean energy. Here’s how to make the most of it in ag. | Editor’s Note: Karthik Balakrishnan is co-founder and president of Actual, the ESG Transformation Platform. Before co-founding Actual, Karthik founded Airbus UTM to build next-gen digital air traffic management systems in collaboration with... |
| 21.02.2022 | Actual Raises $5M in Seed Funding | Actual, a San Francisco, CA – based ESG Transformation Platform designed to help companies embed sustainability into their business models, and meet net-zero and corporate pledges, raised $5M in Seed funding. Backers included Buckley Ventur... |
| 17.02.2022 | Actual, which renders company ESG data in a SimCity-like platform, raises $5M seed | Trying to deal with the huge amount of data associated with how companies are going to transition to a “net zero” economy is an uphill task. The interface of numbers would tax even the geekiest of CEOs. What if it could all be rendered visu... |
| 25.01.2022 | ZQRX Announces Exponential Growth As They Drive Forward the Sustainable Fashion Landscape | CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Zealand Merino Company's regenerative wool platform, ZQRX, is proud to celebrate significant growth milestones, alongside a new mission-driven partnership with Actual. Courtes... |
| 12.11.2021 | Global Accelerated Ventures, ACTUAL, and Bioassets Partner to Work With Enterprises to Make Total Decarbonization Possible | HIGH QUALITY, CERTIFIED CREDITS COMPLEMENT MEANINGFUL EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS FOR ENTERPRISES TO MEET THEIR NET-ZERO MANDATES GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Accelerated Ventures (GAV) and ACTUAL are partnering with Bio... |