CommerzVentures has led a €9.2 million Series A funding round for Sunhat, a German AI-native compliance platform designed to help enterprises automatically validate and share ESG and crucial non-financial data.
Sunhat’s AI platform enables companies to transform ESG and compliance data into instant, verified proof for customers, investors, lenders, and regulators. Recent research indicates that employees spend an average of 360 hours annually searching for documentation, while half of digital workers struggle to easily find the information they need.
The company highlights that enterprises face continuous demands from stakeholders for data and documentation to support their claims. This includes policies, certificates, audit records, ESG data, and compliance documentation, all of which require verification, approval, and presentation in specific formats for each stakeholder.
Although the need for proof is not new, the scale of these demands has overwhelmed legacy systems. Customers want supply chain verification, investors seek ESG data, and rating agencies necessitate compliance documentation, leading large enterprises to handle thousands of requests monthly, each with its own framework, format, and deadline. This volume results in inefficient manual work for teams.
Sunhat addresses these challenges with its “Proof AI” platform, an engine trained on insights from thousands of successful questionnaires, audits, and assessments. Proof AI Agents integrate with existing enterprise systems to capture new information as it becomes available, ensuring it meets recency and completeness standards while alerting owners before anything expires or becomes invalid.
“Many companies lose deals simply because they can’t move quickly enough,” says Paul Morgenthaler, managing partner at CommerzVentures. “We supported Sunhat because it turns that pain into a competitive advantage. Proof AI understands what proof is needed and has it ready, enabling teams to respond instantly and confidently. That speed is key to winning business.”