# Sphera

> Sphera is a Chicago-based enterprise software, proprietary data and consulting company that helps large organizations manage environmental, health, safety, process, product, supply-chain and sustainability risks. Its SpheraCloud platform joins specialist workflows - from permits and incident reporting to life-cycle assessment and supplier monitoring - into a shared operational view for more than 8,500 customers and over one million users in 100 countries.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Chicago, United States
- **Founders:** Paul Marushka (Founding CEO and President)
- **Team size:** Approximately 1,500 employees according to the supplied company record; a 2023 analyst profile estimated about 1,300.
- **Products:** SpheraCloud, Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability, Operational Risk Management, Product Stewardship, Supply Chain Risk Management
- **Notable:** Grew from more than 3,000 customers in 2021 to more than 8,500 customers and over one million users in 100 countries by 2025., Acquired thinkstep in 2019, adding GaBi life-cycle assessment, sustainability reporting and product-compliance capabilities., Acquired riskmethods in 2022 and SupplyShift in 2024 to deepen supply-chain risk and supplier-engagement capabilities.

## Products & services

- **SpheraCloud** — The SaaS foundation that unifies operational risk, EHS, sustainability, product and supply-chain workflows and analytics.
- **Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability** — Software for health and safety, environmental accounting, operational compliance, incident reporting and corporate sustainability.
- **Operational Risk Management** — Tools for advanced risk assessment, process safety, control of work and safer execution in asset-intensive operations.
- **Product Stewardship** — Chemical management, product compliance, regulatory content and life-cycle assessment for products and materials.
- **Supply Chain Risk Management** — Multi-tier supplier mapping, risk monitoring, alerts, supplier engagement and due-diligence evidence, expanded through the riskmethods and SupplyShift acquisitions.
- **Life Cycle Assessment** — LCA For Experts software, automation tools and Managed LCA Content for measuring product environmental impacts.
- **Sustainability Consulting** — Advisory and implementation services covering carbon accounting, reporting, product footprints and environmental declarations.
- **Sphera AI** — An intelligence layer intended to turn Sphera's proprietary data into verifiable alerts, summaries and predictive operational insights.

## Achievements

- Grew from more than 3,000 customers in 2021 to more than 8,500 customers and over one million users in 100 countries by 2025.
- Acquired thinkstep in 2019, adding GaBi life-cycle assessment, sustainability reporting and product-compliance capabilities.
- Acquired riskmethods in 2022 and SupplyShift in 2024 to deepen supply-chain risk and supplier-engagement capabilities.
- Was acquired by Blackstone in a 2021 transaction valuing the company at $1.4 billion.
- Named a Leader in Verdantix's 2025 Green Quadrant for EHS Software and 2026 assessments for process safety and enterprise carbon management.
- Danone reported a 796% increase in safety observations and a 21% reduction in frequency rate between 2021 and 2024 after implementing Sphera solutions.
- Won a five-year sole-source hazardous-materials contract from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Verdantix named Sphera a Leader in its 2026 Green Quadrant for Process Safety Management Software.
- **2026-05** — Sphera promoted Megan Geldman to chief marketing officer and published research on the revenue impact of supply-chain disruption.
- **2026-03** — The company announced a five-year sole-source hazardous-materials contract from the Defense Logistics Agency and recognition in enterprise carbon management software.
- **2026-02** — Chris Gutheil became CTO with a mandate to scale AI-driven product innovation across the portfolio.
- **2026-01** — Sphera announced NASA hazardous-materials work, a Rolls-Royce Power Systems EPD partnership and its 2026 Supply Chain Risk Report.
- **2025-09** — Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions made an undisclosed growth investment alongside majority owner Blackstone.

## Links

- Website: https://sphera.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sphera/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SpheraSolutions
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0HswXHHFzmiLtaDQafSZfg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpheraSolutions

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Last updated: 2026-08-12