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Sustainability Startups

Updated July 2026

Companies in the sustainability sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,322 recently funded sustainability companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,322
Total Funding
$170.8M
Avg Funding
$6.8M
Global Reach
12
countries

Top Cities for Sustainability

Barcelona
Colombier
Stockholm
Denver
Frankfurt
Melton Mowbray

Recently Funded Companies

Export
Barcelona, Spain

Ealyx is a B2B SaaS for e-commerce that enables consumers to pay for new purchases with used items.

$1.2M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Colombier, Switzerland

Freesuns is a manufacturing company that designs and develops solar roof tiles for homes, businesses, and historic structures.

$1.1M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Stockholm, Sweden

eComID empowers global online retailers to reduce product returns, and shoppers to enjoy elevated shopping experiences.

$3.0M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Denver, United States

CapExpert is a digital end-to-end supply chain platform that enables better, faster and smarter procurement and medical equipment management

$5.0M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Frankfurt, Germany

AI-powered SaaS solution to streamline impact data collection, verification & reporting for impact investors and their portfolio companies.

$1.0M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom

Ultrasonic technology driving the future of sustainable chemicals by separating non-food woody biomass into sugars, cellulose and lignin

$1.5M raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Sustainability reporting, investing, research powered by open source intelligence

$567K raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Vilnius, Lithuania

Sustainable Activity Platform for companies to calculate their annual ESG social impact data. 1000 B2B clients and 525k app users. B2B SaaS.

$1.1M raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Albany, United States

MyForest Foods grows meatless mycelium on vertical farms and supplies sustainable natural flagship products to consumers.

$3.5M raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Half Moon Bay, United States

Hippo Harvest develops an agriculture technology to help scale sustainable agriculture.

$21.0M raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Thryve develops nature-based carbon projects in a scalable manner.

$2.6M raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Tallinn, Estonia

Cognitiwe is a software company that offers fresh food retailers products to help analyze the stock levels and sales performance.

$1.1M raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

The Collaborative is the fastest growing premium plant-based yogurt and dessert brand.

$1.9M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Seongsu, South Korea

Food biotech company producing sustainable animal cell-based food ingredients using cellular agriculture.

$6.0M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Green Financial Technology Solutions for impact and monetisation of data and AI

$500K raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Stockholm, Sweden

TrusTrace is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company providing a platform dedicated to product traceability and compliance.

$23.9M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

Energy autopilot for commercial buildings

$3.2M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Rantoul, United States

Earnest Agriculture's microbe-matching platform creates probiotic seed coatings that improve farm productivity.

$1.5M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Torrance, United States

Ccilu (CHEE-loo) means liberate in Japanese, and liberate yourself is our call to action.

$1.0M raised
Dec 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Milan, Italy

Quick Algorithm is a SaaS platform that offers data analytics and artificial intelligence services for the industrial sector.

$370K raised
Dec 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

DeliverZero is a sustainability company that offers returnable and reusable food containers to restaurants to reduce wastage and emissions.

$1.0M raised
Dec 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Raleigh, United States

Karma Wallet is a fintech startup that uses advanced technology and impact data to promote sustainability.

$5.5M raised
Dec 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

St Louis, United States

NewLeaf Symbiotics is an agtech company focused on developing sustainable agricultural products using bacteria and related microbes.

$45.0M raised
Dec 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Clariter is a global clean-tech company that has created a revolutionary process which addresses the world's plastic waste problem.

$36.5M raised
Dec 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Manchester, United Kingdom

The AI-powered platform to empower fashion, footwear & textiles brands to unlock growth via circular product design

$1.8M raised
Dec 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ 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 1,322 sustainability companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$6.8M
Total Funding Tracked
$170.8M
Countries Represented
12

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Sustainability

1.London
3 companies$3.0M
2.Stockholm
2 companies$26.9M
3.Barcelona
1 companies$1.2M
4.Colombier
1 companies$1.1M
5.Denver
1 companies$5.0M

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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