SESAMm
NLP over 20 billion documents for controversy, ESG and sentiment
SESAMm runs NLP and machine learning across more than 20 billion web and news documents to generate controversy alerts, ESG scores, sentiment signals, private-equity screening and supplier monitoring on public and private companies. Clients include private equity firms, hedge funds, asset managers and corporates, with Carlyle both a customer and an investor.
GAII take
Private-company controversy coverage is the differentiator; test entity matching on small or non-English-named portfolio companies.
Private-company controversy coverage is the differentiator; test entity matching on small or non-English-named portfolio companies.
- Website
- sesamm.com
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Founded
- 2014
- Company type
- Startup
- Funding
- Series B
- Latest round
- Series B2, EUR 35m, March 2023 (Elaia and Opera Tech Ventures, with Unigestion, Elevator Ventures, AFG Partners, CEGEE Capital, Carlyle and NewAlpha)
- Status
- Active — Weighted toward ESG, controversy screening and private-markets diligence rather than analyst-facing document Q&A, so it overlaps this segment at the data layer.
- Also in
- Private Markets & Dealmaking
- Buyer
- Private equityHedge fundsAsset managersCorporates & IR
- Asset class
- Public equitiesPrivate equity
- Workflow
- Research & diligenceRisk & monitoringCompliance
- Ai capability
- NLP & sentimentKnowledge graph
- Delivery
- SaaS applicationAPI / data feed
GAII ID GAII-T0386 · Updated 2026-10-22 · Compiled from public sources for educational and informational purposes. Not investment advice.