01 / 04Problem

Supplier risk looks distant. Then it lands.

Audits reach a sample. Questionnaires are self-marked. The rest of the supply base is a blind spot.

The gap

98%

of the 1.1 million companies with 50+ staff have no ESG risk rating. They supply the brands that carry the risk.

World Bank, World Federation of Exchanges, MSCI, Sustainalytics (July 2026)

Pick your market
Reputational

Carrefour franchise, Saudi Arabia, 2024

Amnesty International investigation

Migrant worker exploitation at franchise sites. The brand wore it.

Regulatory

Your buyers' rules

Contract flow-down

Supply a European or US buyer and you inherit its compliance duties.

Reputational

Boohoo, 2020

GBP 1B+

Off its market value in days, after a supplier factory exposé.

Regulatory

Your buyers' rules

Contract flow-down

Supply a European buyer and you inherit its compliance duties.

Operational

H&M, 2021

-28%

China sales in the quarter after the Xinjiang cotton boycott.

Reputational

Thai seafood, 2015

2,000+

Trafficked workers freed after AP traced slave-caught seafood into global retail.

Regulatory

Volkswagen Group, 2024

1,000s

Porsche, Bentley and Audi cars held at US ports over one forced-labour-linked part.

Reputational

US retail shelves

Walmart to Red Lobster

AP traced slave-caught seafood into America's biggest retailers. None caused it. All wore it.

Audits

Real evidence. Reach 5 to 10% of suppliers, at thousands each.

Questionnaires

Reach everyone. Every supplier marks its own homework.

Metis

Every supplier, on evidence. USD 15 to 20 a supplier, 40%+ average score uplift after guidance.

03 / 04Team · 04 / 04Round

We lived the problem. Then built the fix.

Marc Iskander
Co-founder and CEO

Marc Iskander

Ran worker welfare for 100,000+ workers at Aldar. Built the function behind USD 3.5B of sustainable finance at Dubai Islamic Bank. Six years at Control Risks. ILO co-author.

Nitin Gupta
Co-founder and CPO

Nitin Gupta

20+ years in product and data. Built Marc's compliance technology at Aldar. 50/50 co-founders; Metis owns its IP.

Wai-Shin Chan
Wai-Shin ChanAdvisor. Ex-Global Head of ESG Research, HSBC
Jason Lindauer
Jason LindauerBoard advisor. Ex-Global Head of ESG Products, Dun & Bradstreet
Recognition
Deloitte Technology Fast 50Impact category winner, Middle East and Cyprus, 2026Microsoft for StartupsGrowthX Accelerator, AI for Impact cohortDubai AI CampusResident company, DIFC
Where we have worked and studied: McGill, Control Risks, Aldar, DIB, HSBC, Reuters, University of Oxford, Purdue University
The round

USD 300K

Pre-seed extension. Capital to reach USD 1M ARR.

Instrument
Post-money SAFE
Cap
USD 6M
Minimum
USD 25K
Pre-seed raised
USD 500K, 12 angels
Insider signal
One angel re-upped USD 40K
Next
Priced seed, 2027

Why now. A third of the round is already committed. The build risk is gone and clients pay. This round funds the sale, on SAFE terms, before a priced seed.