Covalo secures €3.5 million to digitise personal care supply chains
Zurich-based startup Covalo has raised €3.5 million in fresh funding as it moves to become the central data backbone for the global personal care industry. The company aims to modernise how beauty and personal care brands discover, evaluate and manage ingredients, suppliers and regulatory information.
Built as a specialised data and sourcing platform, Covalo connects brands with a wide network of ingredient manufacturers and service providers. By aggregating and structuring complex formulation, regulatory and sustainability data, the startup helps product development teams cut weeks from traditional research and compliance workflows.
Solving data chaos in a highly regulated market
The personal care sector faces mounting pressure from consumers and regulators for greater transparency around ingredients, environmental impact and product safety. Brands must navigate a fragmented landscape of technical documents, safety sheets and evolving regulations across multiple markets.
Covalo addresses this challenge by centralising supplier data and enriching it with filters for claims such as vegan, cruelty-free, natural origin and region-specific regulatory status. R&D and procurement teams can rapidly shortlist compatible ingredients, compare alternatives and document compliance decisions within a single digital environment.
Scaling a data-first infrastructure for beauty and personal care
The new €3.5 million investment will be used to expand Covalo‘s engineering and data teams, deepen integrations with suppliers and enhance the platform’s search and recommendation algorithms. The company also plans to extend its coverage of adjacent product categories and strengthen tools for sustainability reporting.
By positioning itself as infrastructure rather than a simple marketplace, Covalo is targeting long-term partnerships with both global multinationals and fast-growing indie brands. As the beauty and personal care sector accelerates its digital transformation, the startup is betting that accurate, structured and searchable data will become the critical layer enabling faster innovation and compliant, transparent product launches worldwide.