C.Scale

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Attribute	Details
Name	C.Scale
Tagline	AI platform modeling whole-life building carbon and matching low-carbon materials
Headquarters	San Francisco, United States
Founded	2024
Stage	Pre-Seed
Business Model	SaaS
Industry	Cleantech / Climatetech
Technology	AI / Machine Learning
Geography	North America
Growth Profile	Venture Scale
Founding Team	Corporate Spinout
Funding Label	Pre-seed
Total Disclosed	$2,000,000 [PR Newswire, Nov 2025]

Links

• Website: https://www.cscale.io
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/c-scale

The Short Version

C.Scale is an early-stage AI platform that aims to accelerate building decarbonization by modeling whole-life carbon and connecting designers to low-carbon materials, a wedge into a fragmented $1 trillion market for construction products [PR Newswire, Nov 2025]. The company was incubated within the architecture firm EHDD, where its founders spent years working on net-zero projects, before spinning out as a public benefit corporation in 2024 [PR Newswire, Nov 2025]. Its core product uses machine learning on a dataset of thousands of buildings to generate carbon predictions in minutes without full BIM models [Startup Intros].

In November 2025, the company secured a $2 million pre-seed round co-led by Active Impact Investments and Wireframe Ventures to build out its SaaS platform and matching engine [PR Newswire, Nov 2025].

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Core funding and founding facts are confirmed by press releases; product and team details rely on secondary startup profiles.

Taxonomy Snapshot

Axis	Classification
Stage	Pre-Seed
Business Model	SaaS
Industry / Vertical	Cleantech / Climatetech
Technology Type	AI / Machine Learning
Geography	North America
Growth Profile	Venture Scale
Founding Team	Corporate Spinout
Funding	~$2,000,000 (Pre-seed)

The Company in Brief

C.Scale is a public benefit corporation founded in 2024 and headquartered in San Francisco, California [PR Newswire, Nov 2025]. The company was incubated at the architecture and engineering firm EHDD, where its founding team developed the initial technology on live projects before spinning out as an independent entity [PR Newswire, Nov 2025].

Co-founders Jack Rusk, the former Climate Strategy Director at EHDD, and Brad Jacobson, FAIA, a 22-year veteran of the firm, built the platform to address the time-intensive nature of early-stage life-cycle carbon assessments [Startup Intros]. The spinout was formally announced in late 2024 [Archpaper, Nov 2024].

A key operational milestone was the November 2025 closing of a $2 million pre-seed financing round, co-led by Active Impact Investments and Wireframe Ventures [PR Newswire, Nov 2025].

Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Confirmed by multiple press releases and company profiles.

What They Have Built

C.Scale's core proposition is to accelerate early-stage building decarbonization by providing rapid, actionable carbon data. The platform uses machine learning to generate whole-life carbon predictions in under ten minutes, requiring only basic project details rather than full BIM models [Startup Intros].

The AI models are trained on data from thousands of buildings globally, with outputs reviewed by subject-matter experts [Startup Seeker]. The software quantifies embodied, operational, refrigerant, and landscape carbon. A second function of the platform is to match these quantified material needs with low-carbon suppliers [PR Newswire, Nov 2025]. The company is also publicly associated with the development of Tally 2.0 [C.Scale, cscale.io/resources].

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Core product claims are from company and investor materials; technical performance claims are not independently verified.

Market Size and Demand

Building decarbonization is a core operational requirement for the AEC sector, driven by mandates, procurement policies, and investor pressure. The addressable opportunity is anchored in the fragmented $1 trillion building materials market [PR Newswire, Nov 2025]. The global green building materials market was valued at $285 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach $525 billion by 2030 [Grand View Research, 2023].

Demand is pulled by regulatory frameworks, including building codes in California, New York, and the EU, and voluntary frameworks like the AIA 2030 Commitment and LEED v5 [Startup Intros].

Metric	Value
Building Materials Market (Total Addressable)	1000 $B
Green Building Materials Market (Analogous, 2030)	525 $B

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Market sizing claims are directly cited from company press releases. Adjacent market figures are from a third-party analyst report used for analogous context.

Who Else Is Fighting for This

C.Scale enters a market defined by established LCA software incumbents and AI-driven challengers.

Company	Positioning	Stage / Funding	Notable Differentiator
C.Scale	AI platform for whole-life carbon prediction and low-carbon materials matching.	Pre-seed ($2M)	Early-stage speed; incubated at EHDD; public benefit corp.
EC3	Free, open-access database of construction material EPDs and carbon accounting.	Non-profit	Industry-backed standard; large, collaborative dataset.
Tally	BIM-integrated LCA software for Revit.	Acquired by Autodesk	Deep integration with Revit; detailed, model-based calculations.
One Click LCA	Comprehensive LCA and EPD software for construction and manufacturing.	Venture-backed	Broad regulatory compliance; global database.

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Competitor profiles and C.Scale's positioning are drawn from public sources and company materials.

Opportunity

If C.Scale successfully connects the fragmented $1 trillion building materials market to a growing wave of decarbonization mandates, it could become the default platform for sourcing and verifying low-carbon construction products [PR Newswire, Nov 2025]. The company is attacking a gap between architects facing portfolio-level carbon targets and material manufacturers struggling to find qualified leads [Startup Intros].

Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Core market size and product positioning are confirmed by press release.

Sources

1. [PR Newswire, Nov 2025] C.Scale Raises $2 Million to Connect Supply and Demand for Low-Carbon Building Products | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cscale-raises-2-million-to-connect-supply-and-demand-for-low-carbon-building-products-in-fragmented-1-trillion-materials-market-302603539.html
2. [Startup Intros] C.Scale | https://startupintros.com/orgs/c-scale
3. [Startup Seeker] C.Scale | https://startup-seeker.com/company/cscale~io
4. [C.Scale] C.Scale | Data-Driven Whole Life Decarbonization | https://www.cscale.io
5. [Archpaper, Nov 2024] EHDD announces launch of C.Scale, a new building decarbonization software | https://www.archpaper.com/2024/11/ehdd-of-c-scale-building-decarbonization-software/
6. [Grand View Research, 2023] Green Building Materials Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report | https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/green-building-materials-market
7. [Building Transparency] EC3 | https://buildingtransparency.org/ec3
8. [Autodesk] Tally | https://www.autodesk.com/products/tally/overview
9. [One Click LCA] One Click LCA | https://www.oneclicklca.com