Thinkstep - About the company
Thinkstep is an acqui-hired company based in Leinfelden Echterdingen (Germany), founded in 1991 by Michael Betz. It operates as a Sustainability management software and services for businesses. Thinkstep has raised $10.8M in funding from Gimv and Next47. The company has 2715 active competitors, including 243 funded and 148 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Thomson Reuters, Behavox and Intelex.
Company Details
Thinkstep (formerly PE International) offers sustainability management software and services for businesses. Sustainability software offers solutions for product development & corporate sustainability, supply chain transparency software, life cycle assessment software, and more. Gabi suite of products offers solutions for sustainability intelligence, sustainability databases providing information such as industrial processes, best practices, and benchmarks. Also offers sustainability consulting services. Claims to have a presence in 19 countries, serving 200 clients like Siemens, HP, Renault among others.
- Website
- thinkstep.com
- Social
- Registered Address
- 707 MEADOWS SAHAR PLAZA COMPLEX ANDHERI KURLA ROAD ANDHERI EAST, Mumbai City, MUMBAI, Maharashtra, India, 400059
Key Metrics
Founded Year
1991
Location
Leinfelden Echterdingen, Germany
Stage
Acqui-Hired
Total Funding
$10.8M in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
155th among 2715 active competitors
Employee Count
1,448 as on May 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Thinkstep
Thinkstep is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
THINKSTEP SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72200MH2009PTC306876 , India, Active | Feb 24, 2009 | ₹10 - ₹50 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2025) | - |
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Thinkstep's funding and investors
Thinkstep has raised a total funding of $10.8M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 16, 2010. Its latest funding round was a Grant (prize money) round on Sep 01, 2018 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Thinkstep has 3 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Thinkstep:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Sep 01, 2018 | 2063618 | Grant (prize money) | 7890196 | 5783261 | 8252400 | 6042364 |
Sep 19, 2017 | 2461661 | Grant (prize money) | 5013402 | 8649062 | 7493257 | |
Feb 10, 2017 | 2344121 | Grant (prize money) | 5026267 | 9741684 | 5582018 |
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Thinkstep's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Thinkstep is Michael Betz. Jan Poulsen is the CEO of Thinkstep.
Here are the details of Thinkstep's key team members:
- Michael Betz: CEO and Founder of Thinkstep and founder of 2 other companies, b-ventures and Helios PV.
- Jan Poulsen: CEO of Thinkstep.
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Thinkstep's employee count trend
Thinkstep has 1,448 employees as of May 26. Here is Thinkstep's employee count trend over the years:
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Thinkstep's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Thinkstep include Thomson Reuters, Behavox and Intelex. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Thinkstep, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Thomson Reuters 2008, Toronto (Canada), Public | Cloud based legal enterprise management and data services for businesses | - | 75/100 | |
2nd | Behavox 2014, London (United Kingdom), Series C | Provider of AI-driven platform for regulatory compliance and risk management | $343M | 69/100 | |
3rd | Environment health & safety software for manufacturing industry | $123M | 68/100 | ||
4th | OnFinance AI 2023, Bengaluru (India), Seed | Developer of artificial intelligence agents for automated regulatory compliance management | $5.25M | 68/100 | |
5th | Provider of supply chain sustainability risk assessment and management platform | $732M | 65/100 | ||
6th |  Droit 2012, New York City (United States), Series B | Developer of a platform for regulatory compliance and real-time controls | $39M | 65/100 | |
7th | Cloud-based sustainability management software provider | $56.5M | 65/100 | ||
8th |  Secureframe 2020, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Cloud-based compliance management solution provider | $79M | 64/100 | |
9th | Provider of web-based supply chain sustainability & compliance management solutions | $497M | 64/100 | ||
10th | Thoropass 2019, New York City (United States), Series C | Platform offering integrated compliance management solutions | $98M | 63/100 | |
155th | Sustainability management software and services for businesses | $10.8M | 41/100 |
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Thinkstep's Investments and acquisitions
Thinkstep has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Thinkstep
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News related to Thinkstep
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Supplier of sustainability management software goes to Sphera SolutionsVenture Capital magazine•Jul 30, 2019•Thinkstep, Sphera Solutions
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Sphera Signs Agreement to Acquire thinkstep, a Prominent Sustainability & Product Stewardship Software CompanyMedianet•Jul 30, 2019•Sphera Solutions, Thinkstep, Siemens
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IFC and thinkstep announce a search for green building design projects in IndiaAsian News International•Jun 05, 2018•IFC, Thinkstep
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