Osapiens buys Nasdaq's ESG platform Metrio to crack the US market
What's the deal? German sustainability software company osapiens has acquired Nasdaq MetrioDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, the exchange operator's sustainability reporting and carbon accounting platform, along with its customers. Terms were not disclosed.
What each side brings: NasdaqDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → MetrioDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → helps organisations collect, validate, and report ESG and greenhouse gas data across frameworks including CDP, GRI, IFRS, SASB, and the California climate disclosure laws. Founded in 2018, osapiens sells cloud software that automates compliance tasks and monitors sustainability metrics in real time.
Why now? The deal follows osapiens' $100 million Series C round earlier in 2026, led by BlackRock and Temasek's decarbonisation fund, Decarbonization PartnersDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The company earmarked that capital for product innovation and expansion into new international markets.
What's the endgame? The acquisition expands osapiens' US footprint and folds new customers into its osapiens HUB platform, which lets data be collected once and reused across compliance, supply chain, and carbon accounting tasks. More than 2,500 customers already run compliance processes on the HUB.
What changes for customers? Osapiens expects AI-driven automation to cut manual effort, with synergies including higher supplier response rates and less duplicate data collection.
"Very few acquisitions fit this precisely," said osapiens co-chief executive officer Matthias Jungblut, adding that the deal lets the company "accelerate our entry into the US market."
Nasdaq launched Metrio in 2023 after acquiring the ESG reporting software provider of the same name. Michael Bartels, senior vice president of capital access platforms at Nasdaq, said the platform "has become a leader for non-financial reporting and carbon accounting in North America" and that osapiens would ensure customers "continue to be served."
The signal: The deal reflects consolidation in ESG software as vendors race to build unified platforms that handle overlapping compliance regimes across regions. It also shows an exchange operator narrowing its focus, handing a growing sustainability tool to a specialist while a European player buys its way into North America.
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