Sust Global, Inc acquired by US-based global fund data provider ISO Stoxx
August 2025: Portfolio company, Sust Global, led by founders Josh Gilbert and Gopal Erinjippurath, has been acquired by ISS Sustainability Solutions, a division of global fund data provider ISO Stoxx in a deal with $4m. This exit delivers a cash return to investors, 4 years after the initial investment from Vala’s Sustainable Growth EIS, and represents an uplift on the held value of the shares.
According to Till Jung, Head of Sustainability Business at ISS STOXX, the transaction comes as “institutional investors’ need for geospatial data and enhanced physical risk analytics is growing rapidly,” with the acquisition aimed at addressing investors’ demand.
Jung added:
“Sust Global is a highly complementary fit whose platform and AI-powered physical risk models pair well with our proprietary asset level data. Our ability to map them to corporates and investment portfolios will result in highly effective solutions for our institutional clients.”
In a statement released following the announcement, Sust Global founders Gilbert and Erinjippurath said that the acquisition will enable the company to accelerate its product roadmap, and expand globally, “bringing our leading geospatial risk products to institutional investors worldwide.”
The co-founders added:
“Through this acquisition, we will rapidly scale our solutions, enabling more global investors to understand and respond to tangible asset risks, by harnessing the latest in earth system understanding, data science and AI.”
The investors through the Sustainable Growth EIS have been notified and the proceeds have been available for withdrawal.
