Product Overview¶

The "TurboTax for Carbon Incentives"¶

Carbon Connect is an AI-powered SaaS platform that matches small and medium-sized businesses with EU carbon and sustainability funding they qualify for. We automate the entire journey from grant discovery through application submission, turning a process that traditionally takes months and thousands of euros into one that takes minutes and costs pennies.

The Problem We Solve¶

EUR 140 Billion in Funding. Almost Nobody Can Find It.¶

The European Union has committed over EUR 140 billion in carbon and sustainability grants accessible to SMEs. Yet less than 15% of eligible businesses successfully access these funds. The reasons are systemic:

European SMEs want to decarbonize. Governments want to fund them. But the bridge between the two is broken.

Carbon Connect is that bridge.

How It Works¶

Carbon Connect guides businesses through three simple steps:

Step 1: Profile Your Business¶

Create a company profile with your basic business information -- industry sector, location, company size, and current operations. This takes about 10 minutes.

Then, complete your carbon profile: enter your energy consumption, fuel usage, and other operational data. Our Climatiq-powered calculator automatically converts this into Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions using verified emission factors from the GHG Protocol.

Step 2: Discover and Match¶

Our AI-powered matching engine automatically scans thousands of grant opportunities and ranks them by relevance to your specific profile. The algorithm considers five factors:

• Eligibility criteria -- Do you meet the size, location, and industry requirements?
• Semantic relevance -- Does your business description align with the grant's objectives?
• Carbon alignment -- Do your emissions profile and reduction goals match what the grant funds?
• Peer signals -- What have similar companies in your sector applied to successfully?
• Timing -- Which deadlines are most urgent?

You receive a ranked list of grants with clear explanations of why each one was recommended and how well you match.

Step 3: Apply with AI Assistance¶

Select a grant and our Claude-powered AI assistant generates a professional application draft tailored to the specific requirements of that grant. The system uses your company profile, carbon data, and the grant's criteria to produce section-by-section content that you can review, refine, and submit.

The cost? Under $0.001 per application generated -- compared to EUR 5,000+ from a consultant.

Key Differentiators¶

Carbon-First Design¶

Carbon Connect is not a generic grant database with carbon features added as an afterthought. Every aspect of the platform -- from data collection to matching to application generation -- is built around carbon and sustainability funding. Our matching algorithm gives 25% weight to carbon profile alignment, and carbon-focused grants receive a 1.2x scoring bonus.

AI-Powered Intelligence¶

We use state-of-the-art AI across the entire platform:

• Anthropic Claude for application generation and content analysis
• Sentence transformers (all-mpnet-base-v2) for semantic understanding of grant descriptions
• Climatiq API for GHG Protocol-compliant emission calculations
• Hybrid matching algorithm combining five scoring dimensions

Multi-Source Grant Aggregation¶

No other platform aggregates as many carbon-relevant grant sources into a single searchable database:

Enterprise-Ready Architecture¶

Multi-tenant isolation, partner program support, and a full REST API make Carbon Connect ready for enterprise deployment, white-label partnerships, and system integrations from day one.

Who It Is For¶

The Outcome¶

Companies using Carbon Connect can expect:

• 90% reduction in grant research time
• 85% cost savings compared to traditional consultant fees
• 3x improvement in application success rates through better matching
• 40+ hours saved monthly on sustainability administration
• 10x ROI on platform subscription through secured funding