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Climate companies develop products and services related to energy, emissions, materials and environmental sustainability. This category brings together businesses working on different parts of that market, helping readers distinguish a company's specific technology and customers from broad claims about the climate sector. Startuply currently tracks 478 public company profiles in this category. The most common recorded funding stages are Seed (166), Pre-Seed (135), Series A (58). The most common location tags are North America (219), Western Europe (128), Global / Remote-First (26). Location tags describe regions, not a verified country ranking. Browse the profiles below in order of recorded company-page views, with recently updated profiles breaking ties. Counts reflect current database tags, not the entire market; missing funding or location details are not inferred.
478 profiles. Page 1 of 5. Ordered by recorded company-page views.
OEM designing and manufacturing compact electric vehicles for urban transportation, including solar-assisted microcars.
Angel · South Asia
Produces water treatment chemicals on-site via electrochemical methods
Pre-Seed · Western Europe
Robotic solutions for utility-scale solar farms to build more power, faster, for less.
Pre-Seed · Eastern Europe
Mass-manufactured modular nuclear plants for data centers
Series A · North America
Enzymatic conversion of bioplastic waste to chemicals and fuels in mixed streams
Pre-Seed · Sub-Saharan Africa
Smart EV charging and energy flexibility management software for businesses, fleets, and energy providers.
Seed · Western Europe
AI-powered wildfire detection and situational awareness platform for early detection and rapid response.
Series B · North America
AI-powered grid intelligence company building physics-informed AI software for electric utilities.
Series A · North America
Converts wasted refrigerant expansion energy in commercial chillers into carbon-free electricity and additional cooling.
Pre-Seed · North America
AI execution agents for large-load energy projects, automating procurement, permitting, and engineering studies.
Pre-Seed · North America
Modular power electronics and energy storage systems for commercial & industrial customers using new and second-life EV batteries.
Seed · Western Europe
Revolutionizing textile recycling by separating and repurposing blended materials for a circular fashion economy.
Seed · North America
3D mapping platform for underground mining and tunnelling
Pre-Seed · North America
U.S. sodium-ion grid-storage startup focused on "fully passive" utility-scale storage for AI data centers, utilities, and IPPs.
Series A · North America
Compact, modular carbon capture systems for industrial point sources like wineries, breweries, and cement plants.
Pre-Seed · North America
Innovating eco-friendly foam molding systems for lighter, stronger, and more sustainable plastic products.
Seed · East Asia
Closed-loop beverage vending stations that dispense, collect, wash, and refill reusable bottles on-site for workplaces.
Seed · North America
Developing a low-cost, low-impact nickel and cobalt extraction process for EV batteries and industrial buyers.
Seed · North America
AI-powered platform to track, analyze, and reduce supply chain carbon emissions for businesses.
Unknown · Unknown
Solving the critical metals shortage with synthetic biology
Seed · Western Europe
AI software for permitting utility-scale energy and decarbonization projects, reducing rework and review delays.
Seed · North America
A space-based thermal monitoring platform for early wildfire detection, real-time forest monitoring, and damage assessment.
Series B · Global / Remote-First
Autonomous wildfire defense system using computer vision and fire-gel suppression for homes and infrastructure.
Unknown · Unknown
Self-cleaning, ultrasonic reverse osmosis membrane elements for industrial and municipal water treatment.
Seed · North America
Developer of nanoparticle inks for perovskite solar cells to improve efficiency, stability, and lower manufacturing costs.
Pre-Seed · North America
AI agent and operating layer for EV charging networks, improving reliability and driver support for operators.
Pre-Seed · North America
A platform for trading bulk recycled materials, reducing fraud and standardizing logistics and payments.
Unknown · North America
AI-powered vegetation intelligence for electric utilities to manage risk and improve grid resilience.
Series B · Global / Remote-First
Plug-and-play, solid-state heat pump for UK homes, combining heating, cooling, and ventilation.
Pre-Seed · Western Europe
Delivering clean, resilient space-based solar power from orbit, initially to remote industries and disaster zones.
Pre-Seed · Western Europe
AI-guided robotic waste-sorting systems for recycling facilities, automating picking of dry mixed recyclables.
Seed · Western Europe
Provides ingredients-level environmental impact analysis for food products and supply chains.
Seed · Oceania
Software-driven critical mineral exploration to de-risk early-stage projects and boost global metal supply.
Seed · North America
Develops and finances carbon projects in Latin America for European markets
Unknown · Western Europe
Developer and operator of full-service, ultra-fast EV charging centers with amenities in Southern California.
Unknown · North America
Infrastructure planning platform for generating and comparing route, connection, network, and phasing options.
Pre-Seed · Western Europe
Automated coating robots for large industrial surfaces, reducing overspray, labor, and waste.
Growth / Late Stage · Western Europe
Uses precision fermentation to produce sustainable alternatives to palm oil and other high-performance lipid ingredients.
Series A · North America
Installs river-cleaning systems and processes recovered plastic into recycled boards and waste-derived oils.
Seed · Global / Remote-First
SaaS automating LEED/ESG documentation for construction contractors
Seed · North America
AI robotic microfactories for net-zero homes and solar infrastructure
Pre-Seed · North America
Optimized stellarator fusion reactors for affordable power
Seed · North America
Smart sensors for real-time grid fault detection and wildfire prevention
Unknown · Unknown
SaaS platform for energy production, distribution, and billing in commercial microgrids.
Seed · Western Europe
Blockchain app rewarding recycling with TRASH tokens redeemable for cash/services in Africa
Seed · Sub-Saharan Africa
AI waste analytics platform for recycling facilities and packaging producers to recover more resources.
Series B · Western Europe
Building AI-controlled reactors to convert waste carbon into drop-in sustainable aviation fuel and other hydrocarbons.
Pre-Seed · North America
Circular economy marketplace and app connecting households, waste banks, and recycling industries in Indonesia.
Seed · Southeast Asia
AI-native platform automating power grid simulation and interconnection studies for renewable developers and large loads.
Pre-Seed · North America
Electric autonomous bulldozers operated as construction service
Series A · North America
Autonomous energy operations for commercial and industrial facilities to cut bills 20-40%+.
Pre-Seed · North America
Electrochemical redox recycling of LFP batteries using water and electricity.
Series A · Southeast Asia
AI- and stereovision-based bird and wildlife protection systems for wind farms and airports.
Unknown · Eastern Europe
A time-series data and AI platform for physical systems, focused on utilities and industrial operators.
Seed · North America
Low-cost, rapid, and effective forest fire mitigation technology for electric utilities.
Pre-Seed · North America
AI-powered vision systems, data platforms, and robotic sorting arms for recycling and materials recovery facilities.
Seed · North America
High-performance, real-time climate simulation platform for urban planning and building energy solutions.
Pre-Seed · North America
AI-integrated energy storage and software for commercial buildings to optimize electricity use.
Series A · North America
Urban intelligence platform providing data and analytics for urban, climate, and community resilience.
Exited · North America
Germany's largest digital planner, seller, financier, and installer of residential heating systems.
Exited · Western Europe
Highest performance, axial-flux powertrains and motors for drones, robots, data centers, and mobility , onshored in America.
Seed · North America
Designs, assembles, and sells electric motorcycles and operates a battery-swapping network in African cities.
Series A · Sub-Saharan Africa
Transforms industrial CO₂ emissions into valuable carbon materials for energy storage and power infrastructure.
Pre-Seed · North America
100% electric autonomous robots for utility-scale solar sites, focused on vegetation management and installation.
Series A · North America
Converts hard-to-recycle plastic waste into low-cost, low-carbon building materials for African markets.
Seed · Sub-Saharan Africa
Develops, owns, and operates enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) projects for 24/7 carbon-free electricity.
Pre-IPO · North America
A marketplace connecting organizations with clean energy needs to investors for solar energy projects.
Seed · Latin America
Cloud-based ML platform for water treatment optimization
Series A · North America
Capital markets platform for clean energy tax credits and financing
Series B · North America
Weather intelligence and climate-adaptation platform for operational decision-making.
Series D+ · Global / Remote-First
Transforms petroleum by-products into lower-cost carbon fibers and battery anode materials for sustainable industrial applications.
Seed · North America
Developing drone-deployable robots for power-line maintenance, initially targeting de-icing and utility-grid operations.
Pre-Seed · North America
AI-powered optimization of grid-connected battery storage for power market revenue and grid reliability.
Seed · North America
Electrifying heavy-duty off-road machinery with high-power hybrid and electric drivetrains and modular battery systems.
Pre-Seed · Western Europe
AI platform for commercial buildings to reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs.
Unknown · North America
Turning an ecosystem crisis into durable carbon removal by storing invasive woody biomass underground.
Pre-Seed · Western Europe
An intelligence layer for solar and storage operations, providing a centralized platform for site monitoring.
Seed · Latin America
Uses alkaline industrial waste and mine tailings to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and transform it into rock.
Seed · North America
Nanofiber platform for filtration, separations, and chemical synthesis
Angel · North America
Optimizes data center power/compute with RL agents ORCA platform
Seed · North America
Provides line-powered solutions for real-time monitoring of overhead high-voltage transmission and distribution lines.
Series A · Global / Remote-First
Develops solar thermal panels using 100% polymer plastic for affordable hot water and space heating.
Seed · Western Europe
An invention utilizing the relationship between vehicle tires and roadways to generate continuous, clean electricity.
Pre-Seed · Unknown
Developing very-high-temperature industrial heat pumps and related energy-storage/heat-engine systems to decarbonize industrial process heat.
Series A · Western Europe
Real-time AI-powered fault detection and wildfire prevention for utility distribution grids.
Seed · Global / Remote-First
Develops and operates kinetic micro-hydropower plants using floating turbines for baseload renewable electricity.
Seed · Western Europe
Swiss cleantech startup developing and selling an ice-storage heat pump system for building heating.
Seed · Western Europe
Develops plant-based, biodegradable fibers and a one-step 3D molding process for soft goods manufacturing.
Series A · North America
Modular, repairable, high-performance battery energy storage systems for on-grid and off-grid applications.
Pre-Seed · Western Europe
Retrofitting natural gas pipelines with hydrogen-barrier coatings for safe hydrogen transport.
Seed · North America
AI and hardware tools to convert crewed helicopters into autonomous, data-driven firefighting aircraft.
Pre-Seed · North America
Provides affordable, reliable home energy with battery backup and electricity plans starting in Texas.
Series B · North America
Robotic systems for safer, more scalable wildfire prevention and vegetation management in high-risk areas.
Pre-Seed · North America
Scalable, precision fuels management to prevent destructive wildfires using robotic combustion systems.
Series A · North America
A ReFi-focused Layer-1 blockchain and Web3 platform tokenizing sustainability assets into stablecoins and powering a GameFi marketplace.
Pre-Seed · Global / Remote-First
Developing patented, plasma-powered tunnel-boring robots to build underground infrastructure for utilities.
Seed · North America
Revolutionizing water and wastewater treatment with cutting-edge zwitterionic membrane technology to combat fouling.
Series B · North America
Cloud platform for heat-pump and hot-water-tank manufacturers to monetize thermal-energy flexibility.
Pre-Seed · Western Europe
AI-powered grid-capacity-management platform for electricity utilities using smart-meter and network data.
Series B · Oceania
Funds, owns, and optimizes solar and battery systems for new-build homes via a subscription model.
Pre-Seed · Western Europe