German Startup Makersite Secures €60M In Series B Round

The round was co-led by Lightrock and Partech, with SE Ventures also joining. All Series A investors—Hitachi Ventures, KOMPAS VC, Translink Capital, and Planet A—also took part.

“This investment marks a critical milestone in our mission to make sustainable product design the default” said Neil D’Souza CEO and Founder of Makersite. “Securing this level of commitment – especially in today’s uncertain economic and geopolitical environment – demonstrates the strength of our business case and the urgency of our mission. The funding will allow us to accelerate platform development, deepen integration with our technology partners, and scale our impact globally.”

Using AI and graph technology, Makersite creates digital twins of products, allowing teams to track impact, explore better sourcing options, and find smarter solutions in real time—leading to faster and more sustainable product development.

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The platform also helps with performance reporting, making it easier for companies to share key metrics like cost, carbon emissions, compliance, and risk with stakeholders and regulators.

Schneider Electric’s Chief Digital Officer, Peter Weckesser adds: “partnering with Makersite gives our teams and customers unparalleled insight into the environmental impact of products, accelerating our journey toward net-zero and setting new benchmarks for resilience and innovation.”

Makersite, with a team of over 150 "Makernauts," helps manufacturers like Microsoft, Daikin, Cummins, Barco, and Schneider Electric design safer, more sustainable, and compliant products.

The platform connects with popular product lifecycle management (PLM) systems like Siemens Teamcenter and PTC Windchill, as well as CAD tools such as Ansys and Autodesk—tools already used by manufacturers worldwide.

“Our commitment to Makersite reflects our strong confidence in their vision and their unique approach – treating sustainability as a balanced trade-off between cost, safety and environmental performance, rather than simply a ‘green’ checkbox,” commented Chris Steinau, Partner at Lightrock. “Makersite’s outstanding technology and clear market traction position them as a future leader in helping manufacturers navigate today’s complex challenges and deliver real, measurable impact.”

“We are very honoured and proud to invest in this global impact champion. We have very strong convictions on Makersite’s product superiority, the depth of its market where R&D and complex purchasing can be transformed through accelerated insight generation and the exceptional talent of Neil and his team,” commented Arnaud Minvielle and Remi Said, General Partners at Partech. “We believe that we can support Makersite in its next S-curve, alongside Lightrock and other shareholders.”

Demand for platforms like Makersite is rising as manufacturers face growing competition and increasing pressure to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. With manufacturing accounting for around 19% of global emissions, the industry faces a major challenge.

As regulations tighten and stakeholder expectations grow, manufacturers are looking for ways to meet these new standards while also strengthening their supply chains to improve resilience and lower risks.

“We were impressed by the Makersite team’s expertise in lifecycle and supply chain intelligence,” said Julien Cristiani, General Partner at SE Ventures. “Their domain knowledge, combined with a clear execution track record, stood out immediately. What sealed our conviction was the company’s growth and the level of automation they’ve achieved – being able to process thousands of SKUs with such speed and precision is a game-changer for supply chain visibility and sustainable product development at scale.”

About Makersite

Founded in 2018, Makersite offers an AI-powered platform that helps manufacturers understand their supply chains by first fixing and organizing their product data. The system cleans and connects messy customer data, then enriches it with Makersite’s own database, which includes details on material costs, environmental impact, regulations, and more.