Covalo operates the infrastructure that moves the consumer goods industry forward. Our platform unites brands and suppliers through intelligent data connectivity, enabling faster innovation and sustainable growth for both sides.
Ingredient data still lives in PDFs, email threads, spreadsheets, and legacy systems. It walks out the door when people leave. The result: slower innovation, higher costs, regulatory risk, and AI tools running on data that cannot be trusted. The personal care industry alone spends north of EUR 100 billion on product development every year. The bottleneck is not creativity; it is infrastructure.
Covalo is the operating system for ingredient data, connecting the physical world of ingredients to the digital world of product creation. We are the layer brands, suppliers, and partners build on.
At Covalo's core is the Data Platform: the structured, governed foundation where ingredient, supplier, claim, and regulatory data is captured, maintained, and kept current. On top of this, three distribution layers connect that data to the people who need it: the Marketplace for public discovery, Customer Portals for suppliers, and Buyer Portals for brands. AI agents run across all of them.
AI needs trusted, structured, current data. Product complexity is rising. Legacy systems are failing modern workflows. The industry is ready for an infrastructure layer it can rely on. We are building it.
Covalo emerged from a simple observation: the consumer goods industry needed better infrastructure.
The company was founded as Chemberry in 2018 inside Swiss chemical multinational Clariant, and spun-off as Covalo in 2021 to reflect a broader mission: not just ingredient discovery, but the data infrastructure for the consumer goods industry.
Chemberry founded within Clariant — "Google for personal care ingredients"
Expanded beyond cosmetics into home care
Spun off from Clariant as Covalo; born in Switzerland
Exclusive partnership with in-cosmetics, launched at in-cosmetics Asia
Enterprise portals deployed for leading brands and suppliers
Acquisition of Cosmetitrovo — local expertise and leadership in Europe
First AI agents launched; portal offering made scalable (deployment < 1 month)
First multi-segment portals; regionalization + distributor offering; ISO 27001 certification
Our founders and executives bring decades of experience from the beauty, tech, and supply chain industries.
With a background in Strategy Consulting at Monitor Deloitte & Digital Strategy at Clariant, Yann is the driving force behind the company's commercial, marketing, and partnership efforts.
Former Head of New Technologies at Clariant, Timo is the calm force orchestrating the company's Product & Tech efforts.
Leads engineering at Covalo, building the platform and data infrastructure that powers the marketplace, portals, and AI agents.
Leads product at Covalo, shaping the roadmap across the Data Platform, Marketplace, and buyer/supplier portals.
Leads the engineering team at Covalo, driving the development and delivery of the platform's core systems and infrastructure.
Leads people and culture at Covalo, building the team that builds the platform.
Leads marketing at Covalo, shaping the brand and driving growth across global markets.
Leads customer success at Covalo, ensuring buyers and suppliers get maximum value from the platform.
Leads data product at Covalo, working on the platform's structured ingredient data and buyer-facing intelligence tools.
Leads data science at Covalo, driving the AI and search capabilities built on top of Covalo's data platform.
Leads Covalo's growth in Italy, connecting local brands and suppliers with the global platform.
Leads Covalo's expansion in China, bridging the Asian market with Covalo's global ingredient ecosystem.
From discovery to qualification, Covalo gives your teams the data and intelligence to move faster and decide with confidence.