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 and co-founder of Covalo, Timo is the calm force orchestrating the company's product, technology, and data efforts.
With twenty years split between corporate engineering at Thales and Synopsys and startup speed at Rocket Internet and Jumia, Carlos is the technical backbone behind Covalo's platform and data infrastructure.
With nearly a decade in Digital Transformation at Accenture, Thibault keeps Covalo's product grounded in real customer needs and industry challenges. He's a strong believer in the MVP mindset and knows great products come from tight collaboration with our customers.
A fullstack engineer who's long helped his teams find their agile rhythm, Jannik cares about two things in equal measure: a team that works well together, and software that actually ships.
Teresa puts people — both Covalo's own team and the clients it serves — at the heart of everything. She brings NPD experience that ranges from local market leaders to global giants like Unilever.
With nearly a decade of marketing experience, Lisa shapes brand positioning and digital growth across global markets, turning complex industry topics into clear, engaging communications.
Leads customer success at Covalo, ensuring buyers and suppliers get maximum value from the platform.
With a background in Biotechnology and almost a decade of data and startup experience, Kevin leads data product at Covalo, turning structured ingredient data into intelligence buyers can act on.
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.