Diginex Signs MOU to Acquire Plan A (plana.earth) AI Platform Trusted by Chloe, BMW, Deutsche Bank, Visa and Trivago
Rhea-AI Summary
Diginex (NASDAQ: DGNX) signed a non-binding MOU to acquire Plan A (plana.earth) in an all-share transaction to combine AI-powered carbon accounting with Diginex’s diginexESG and supply-chain tools. The deal aims to create an end-to-end ESG and carbon management platform offering automated data collection, granular dashboards and audit-ready reporting.
Plan A, founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, serves 1,500 clients including Chloé, BMW, Deutsche Bank, Visa and Trivago, and offers Gaia AI and GHG Protocol/SBTi-compliant SaaS. The announcement cites a market valued at ~USD 16 billion in 2025 (projected to USD 32 billion by 2030 at 15% CAGR) and targets pro forma revenue expansion from 2026 onward via cross-selling and geographic scale.
Positive
- Plan A trusted by 1,500 clients
- Addressable market ~USD 16B (2025), projected to USD 32B by 2030
- Targets pro forma revenue expansion from 2026 via cross-selling
Negative
- Transaction is a non-binding MOU, creating execution uncertainty
- All-share consideration may cause shareholder dilution upon closing
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, DGNX declined 1.78%, reflecting a mild negative market reaction. Argus tracked a trough of -16.6% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner triggered 24 alerts that day, indicating elevated trading interest and price volatility. This price movement removed approximately $39M from the company's valuation, bringing the market cap to $2.16B at that time.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
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DGNX was down 11.48% while key consulting peers like ICFI, CRAI, HURN, SBC, and FCN showed positive moves between 0.49% and 2.5%, indicating a stock-specific reaction rather than a sector-wide move.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 09 | Earnings update | Positive | +20.8% | Reported 293% revenue growth, higher net assets, and remained debt-free. |
| Dec 02 | Strategic overview | Positive | -1.8% | Framed Plan A MOU as step toward must-have compliance platform. |
| Dec 02 | AI MOU acquisition | Positive | -1.8% | Announced all-share MOU to acquire Plan A’s AI carbon platform. |
| Dec 01 | Platform strategy | Positive | -7.5% | Outlined compliance stack using AI, MOUs for Kindred OS and Remedy Project. |
| Nov 28 | Product stack update | Positive | +0.6% | Detailed "compliance super‑stack" and AI-powered diginexGHG emissions engine. |
Recent Diginex news has often been positive strategically, but price reactions skew mixed, with several instances of negative moves on upbeat platform and M&A announcements.
Over late 2025, Diginex reported strong top-line momentum and executed multiple AI- and ESG-focused deals. A revenue update showed 293% growth to $2.0M and a stronger, debt-free balance sheet, which coincided with a 20.81% gain. However, strategically positive items such as compliance-stack build-outs and MOUs for AI acquisitions (including Plan A and Kindred OS) saw modest gains or declines, showing a mixed alignment between upbeat narratives and short-term price reactions.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement outlines Diginex’s plan to acquire Plan A in an all‑share MOU, adding an AI‑powered carbon platform with 1,500 clients into a carbon management software market valued at USD 16 billion in 2025 and expected to double by 2030. It extends a strategy of ESG and AI acquisitions targeting end‑to‑end compliance and decarbonization workflows. Investors may track progress toward a definitive agreement, integration with existing tools, and whether targeted revenue expansion from 2026 materializes.
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Transaction aims to Create the World’s Most Comprehensive AI-Powered ESG and Carbon Management Platform
LONDON, Dec. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Diginex Limited (NASDAQ: DGNX), a leading provider of Sustainability RegTech and Data Management solutions, today announced the signing of a non-binding MOU for the acquisition of PlanA.earth GmbH (“Plan A”), one of Europe’s leading AI-powered carbon accounting and decarbonization platforms. This strategic all-share transaction will create a powerful, integrated end-to-end ESG and carbon management solution, enabling enterprises worldwide to measure, manage, and meaningfully reduce their environmental impact while meeting rising stakeholder expectations.
The proposed acquisition comes at a pivotal moment, as the global carbon management software market surges under regulatory momentum from the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Valued at approximately USD 16 billion in 2025 and projected to double to USD 32 billion by 2030 (
“This acquisition represents a major leap forward in our mission to make sustainability simple, actionable, and valuable for businesses,” said Miles Pelham, Chairman of Diginex. “By combining Plan A’s best-in-class carbon accounting and decarbonization engine with our diginexESG platform and supply-chain transparency tools like diginexLUMEN, we are delivering the one of most comprehensive ESG and carbon management suite available today. Clients will benefit from a single, seamless solution that turns complex sustainability data into clear strategic advantage.”
Plan A, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berlin, brings a certified SaaS platform compliant with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Trusted by 1,500 clients worldwide, with customers including Chloé, BMW, Deutsche Bank, Visa, and Trivago, Plan A delivers cutting-edge AI solutions, such as Gaia AI, to streamline Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions calculations, enable science-based target setting, and advance decarbonization strategies.
The combined offering will provide automated data collection through flexible APIs, granular emissions dashboards and audit-ready reporting. This deep integration enhances Diginex’s existing capabilities in supply-chain risk assessment, worker voice collection via diginexAPPRISE, and AI-driven advisory services—creating a holistic platform that drives decarbonization across operations and value chains.
About Diginex
Diginex Limited (Nasdaq: DGNX; ISIN KYG286871044), headquartered in London, is a sustainable RegTech business that empowers businesses and governments to streamline ESG, climate, and supply chain data collection and reporting. The Company utilizes blockchain, AI, machine learning and data analysis technology to lead change and increase transparency in corporate regulatory reporting and sustainable finance. Diginex’s products and services solutions enable companies to collect, evaluate and share sustainability data through easy-to-use software.
The award-winning diginexESG platform supports 19 global frameworks, including GRI (the “Global Reporting Initiative”), SASB (the “Sustainability Accounting Standards Board”), and TCFD (the “Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures”). Clients benefit from end-to-end support, ranging from materiality assessments and data management to stakeholder engagement, report generation and an ESG Ratings Support Service.
For more information, please visit the Company’s website: https://www.diginex.com/.
About Plan A (plana.earth)
Plan A is Europe’s leading corporate carbon accounting, decarbonization, and ESG reporting software provider. Certified by TÜV Rheinland and B Corp, its AI-powered platform helps thousands of businesses automate emissions management and achieve science-based net-zero goals.
For more information, please visit the Company’s website: www.plana.earth.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the Company’s current expectations and projections about future events that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as “approximates,” “believes,” “hopes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may” or other similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other factors that may affect its future results disclosed in the Company's filings with the SEC.
Diginex
Investor Relations
Email: ir@diginex.com
IR Contact - Europe
Anna Höffken
Phone: +49.40.609186.0
Email: diginex@kirchhoff.de
IR Contact - US
Jackson Lin
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Phone: +1 (646) 717-4593
Email: jian.lin@llyc.global
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