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Sustainability Startups

Updated October 2026

Companies in the sustainability sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,371 recently funded sustainability companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,371
Total Funding
$232.7M
Avg Funding
$9.3M
Global Reach
12
countries

Top Cities for Sustainability

Bristol
Minneapolis
Barcelona
Zürich
Delft
Charlotte

Recently Funded Companies

Export
Bristol, United Kingdom

We’re turning food production on its head to make way better food, that doesn’t cost the earth.

$49.4M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Minneapolis, United States

Inspectorio is the leading AI-powered supply chain platform, optimizing performance, resilience, and intelligence.

$50.0M raised
Jul 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Barcelona, Spain

Plastiks uses blockchain to verify and track plastic recovery data, ensuring transparency and combating greenwashing in recycling.

$500K raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Zürich, Switzerland

BottlePlus is a reusable water bottle brand that focuses on sustainable eco-friendly materials for manufacturing water bottles.

$2.2M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Delft, The Netherlands

Kitepower elevates wind energy to a new level by swapping out heavy structure for intelligent controls and lightweight wings.

$981K raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Charlotte, United States

Ecoclosure specializes in regenerable building enclosures for commercial, industrial, and residential use.

$996K raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Basel, Switzerland

Fahamu is an IT firm that provides a scalable ecosystem that helps companies to become sustainability leaders.

$250K raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

Project Eaden engages in the development and licensing of technologies for the production of sustainable food and meat alternatives.

$15.6M raised
Jul 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Notpla is a sustainable packaging start-up that develops a material derived from seaweed and plants.

$26.9M raised
Jul 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Göteborg, Sweden

Melt&Marble is a biotechnology company that creates designer fats and lipids through precision fermentation and microbial engineering.

$3.2M raised
Jul 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Chicago Park, United States

548 Enterprise develops sustainable affordable housing and community solar projects and manages related capital and energy platforms.

$1.1M raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Kaunas, Lithuania

Elinta Charge creates and puts together EV charging stations for both industrial and domestic use.

$7.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Göteborg, Sweden

Organic electrolytes for flow batteries making grid-scale energy storage cost-effective and eco-friendly

$2.3M raised
Jul 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Brisbane, Australia

ESGagent.ai is an AI platform that provides automated ESG, gap analysis, real-time risk monitoring, and sustainability reports.

$311K raised
Jul 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bilbao, Spain

Ciclogreen is an online platform rewarding commuters for cycling instead of driving.

Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Millis, United States

Crop One is a market technology platform for indoor growing.

$2.3M raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Montréal, Canada

Agriculture, Biotech, Sustainability

$120K raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Córdoba, Argentina

Bastó is a dynamic virtual fence that manages a precision grazing system.

$70K raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Raleigh, United States

Unlocking the value of the secondary goods market. Reduce waste by increasing reuse.

Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Recycling Made Simple, Rewarding, and Mobile-First.

$1.0M raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Denver, United States

Aqueous Resources is a subsidary of alchemist minning.

$1.3M raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bedminster, United States

Do Good Foods is a meat producer that upcycles surplus food from grocery stores and supermarkets

$30.0M raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Vancouver, Canada

Nexii provides a building solution that enables the rapid construction of sustainable and resilient buildings.

$34.5M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Too Good To Go develops an app for fighting food waste and saving delicious food.

Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Take control of your carbon footprint .

$2.6M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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About the Sustainability Startup Ecosystem

The sustainability sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Sustainability

Sustainability companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The sustainability sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Sustainability Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 1,371 sustainability companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$9.3M
Total Funding Tracked
$232.7M
Countries Represented
12

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Sustainability

1.London
2 companies$26.9M
2.Göteborg
2 companies$5.5M
3.Bristol
1 companies$49.4M
4.Minneapolis
1 companies$50.0M
5.Barcelona
1 companies$500K

Related Industries

Companies in the sustainability sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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