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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
$1.1B
Avg Funding
$45.9M
Global Reach
10
countries

Top Cities for Sustainability

Torrance
Scotland
Aarup
Morristown
Long Beach
Irvine

Recently Funded Companies

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Torrance, United States

Aqua Theon is a biotech startup creating seaweed-based products for food, wellness, and sustainable packaging.​

$13.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Scotland, United States

Nc’nean is a young independent distillery on a quest to drive sustainability and innovation in Scotch whisky.

$3.4M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Aarup, Denmark

Insutex is a construction company that focus on sustainability by offering environmental friendly construction materials from textile waste.

$395K raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Morristown, United States

Current goal is to encourage the mass adoption of electric vehicles as a means of paving the road for a sustainable future.

$250.0M raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Long Beach, United States

Products and services that reduce environmental toxins, promote sustainability, and reduce global warming.

$60.0M raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Irvine, United States

TransGrid Energy specializes on developing, owning, and running utility-scale energy storage and photovoltaic projects.

$705.0M raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Ouros is manufacturing company that provides development of lithium-ion batteries for sustainable electric devices.

$15.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Gent, Belgium

Karomia makes Double Materiality Assessments more efficient, engaging and simple.

$2.1M raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

São Paulo, Brazil

GreenPlat is an ESG Operation as a Software for supply chains to accelerate cleaner production that tracks and monitors processes

Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Gothenburg, Sweden

Greentech licensing – Dry Molded Fiber – a new technology for low cost and high performance fiber-based packaging and single-use products.

Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Middletown, United States

Zowasel is leveraging data science and technology to improve productivity, sustainability, and profitability for farmers across value chains

$250K raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

South San Francisco, United States

Plenty is a vertical farming company that brings fresh, pesticide-free produce to customers.

$20.0M raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Lleida, Spain

UniSCool is an IT consulting firm that offers energy efficiency, sustainability, heat transfer, and thermal management services.

$3.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

We are the Bloomberg terminal of the oceans.

$540K raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Copenhagen, Denmark

MASH Makes' scalable pyrolysis & gasification platform has the potential to remove a gigatonne of carbon from the atmosphere by 2040

$2.2M raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Delete Cups is a software company that provides recycling solutions to reduce plastic consumption in the food and beverages industry.

$442K raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

The Broadway Exchange is a community to create, promotes,s and sells compelling digital collectibles

$2.0M raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Copenhagen, Denmark

Reduced develops natural flavor enhancers from upcycled produce.

$4.7M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Mexico City, Mexico

Bono, the SaaS platform that analyzes, connects and finances industrial decarbonization.

$300K raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Rosario, Argentina

Mycorium Biotech is a biotech waste management company that upcycles waste into sustainable leather.

$26K raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Raleigh, United States

DG Matrix develops solid-state power conversion systems for electric vehicle charging and distributed energy applications.

$60.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Lausanne, Switzerland

CompPair is solving damage issues for the composite materials industry by developping smart sustainable textile systems.

Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Brooklyn, United States

Returnity develops, implements and manages reusable shipping and delivery packaging systems.

$3.1M raised
Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Gaerwen, United Kingdom

PlantSea manufactures and develops sustainable products using seaweed and aquaculture materials.

Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Descycle is a startup that recycles e-waste and recovers metals.

$2.6M raised
Feb 2026

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
$45.9M
Total Funding Tracked
$1.1B
Countries Represented
10

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Sustainability

1.London
3 companies$3.6M
2.Copenhagen
2 companies$6.9M
3.Torrance
1 companies$13.0M
4.Scotland
1 companies$3.4M
5.Aarup
1 companies$395K

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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