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YC Climate Companies

48 Y Combinator climate startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.

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Company	Batch	Description	Status	Location	Team	Founders	Reveal
OctaPulse	W26	Robotics and computer vision to automate fish farming from hatchery…	Active	—	2	Paul Grech, Rohan Singh	Reveal
AirMyne	W22	Building systems to remove carbon dioxide from air at industrial scale	Active	Berkeley, CA, USA	11	Mark Cyffka, Sudip Mukhopadhyay	Reveal
Alga Biosciences	W22	We stop cows from burping methane.	Active	Berkeley, CA, USA	6	Alexander Brown, Daria Balatsky, Caroline McKeon	Reveal
Carbon Crusher	W22	We make carbon negative roads	Active	Oslo, Norway	21	Haakon Brunell, Hans Arne Flåto, Kristoffer Roil	Reveal
Glow Energy	W22	Unlocking Virtual Power Plants for rental properties	Acquired	—	6	Greg Sirotek, Ross Gruber	Reveal
Impossible Metals	W22	Underwater robotic vehicles that collect battery metals responsibly	Active	Pasadena, CA, USA	20	Oliver Gunasekara, Jason Gillham, Renee Grogan	Reveal
Nira Energy	W22	Software to find the best sites for renewables on the electrical grid	Active	—	20	Chris Ariante, Andy Chen, Andrew Martin	Reveal
Phase Biolabs	W22	We make carbon negative chemicals from CO2 using fermentation	Active	Nottingham, UK	10	David Ortega	Reveal
Pina Earth	W22	Unlocking carbon markets for European forest owners	Acquired	Munich, Germany	30	Gesa Biermann, Florian Fincke	Reveal
Posh	W22	Rapidly deployable energy solutions for modern commercial and…	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	10	Minh Chung Hoang	Reveal
Seabound	W22	Carbon capture equipment for ships	Active	London, UK	9	Alisha Fredriksson, Roujia Wen	Reveal
Noya	W21	Radically reducing capital costs and build time for direct air capture	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	7	Josh Santos, Daniel Cavero	Reveal
Orbillion Bio	W21	Tasty and scalable cultivated meat at price parity	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	7	Patricia Bubner	Reveal
Remora	W21	Carbon capture for vehicles	Active	Detroit, MI, USA	45	Paul Gross	Reveal
Living Carbon	W20	maximizing biomass on low quality land	Active	Charleston, SC, USA	40	Maddie Hall	Reveal
StratumAI	W20	AI that tells mining companies where to mine to maximize profits	Active	Toronto, ON, Canada	5	Daniel Mogilny	Reveal
Maple Materials	W19	We turn CO2 into battery-grade graphite and oxygen.	Active	Richmond, CA, USA	6	Drew Reid	Reveal
Pachama	W19	Restoring nature to solve climate change.	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	85	Diego Saez Gil, Tomas Aftalion	Reveal
Valo	W19	Cutting edge hydrofoil systems for boatbuilders	Active	Alameda, CA, USA	3	Ed Kearney, Jeremy Osborne	Reveal
Aerones	W18	Robotics for wind turbine maintenance.	Active	Riga, Latvia	250	Dainis Kruze, Janis Putrams	Reveal
GBatteries	W14	Enabling li-ion batteries to charge ultra fast without compromising…	Active	Ottawa, ON, Canada	25	Tim Sherstyuk, Nick Sherstyuk	Reveal
NetworkOcean	S24	We build and operate underwater data centers.	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	4	Sam Mendel, Eric Kim	Reveal
Plume	S24	Renewable infrastructure deployment at scale.	Active	Paris, France	4	Edouard Labarthe, Marc W	Reveal
Silurian	S24	Foundation models to simulate Earth, starting with weather.	Active	Kirkland, WA, USA	6	Jayesh K. Gupta, Cristian Bodnar, Nikhil Shankar	Reveal
Sorcerer	S24	Building a nervous system for the atmosphere	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	4	Austin Tindle, Maxmillion McLaughlin, Alessandro Vecchi	Reveal
HyLight	S23	Small unmanned hydrogen airships for long range monitoring	Active	Paris, France	22	Thomas Laporte, Martin Bocken, Josef Rokusek	Reveal
ALT TEX	S22	Biodegradable and carbon neutral textiles, engineered from food waste.	Active	Toronto, ON, Canada	10	Myra Arshad, Avneet Ghotra	Reveal
Birch Biosciences	S22	We recycle plastic using engineered enzymes	Active	Portland, OR, USA	10	Johan Kers	Reveal
Paces	S22	Agentic AI for Power Projects and AI Infrastructure	Active	New York, NY, USA	40	James McWalter, Charles Bai	Reveal
Voltic	S22	Electric cargo ships	Active	—	5	Prosser Cathey	Reveal
Wand Solar	S22	We enable landlords to generate income from solar panels.	Active	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	2	Idan Shahar, Itai Peri	Reveal
Abatable	S21	Carbon markets platform and solutions	Active	London, UK	35	Maria Eugenia Filmanovic, Valerio Magliulo	Reveal
Carbonfact	S21	Decarbonizing the fashion industry	Active	Paris, France	22	Marc Laurent, Romain Champourlier, Martin Daniel	Reveal
Enerjazz	S21	Making electric vehicle batteries affordable	Active	Delhi, India	9	Ravi Bharihoke, Pratik Ranjan Das	Reveal
Ferveret	S21	Liquid cooling solutions inspired by nuclear reactor cooling	Active	San Jose, CA, USA	13	Reza Azizian, Matteo Bucci	Reveal
Heimdal	S21	Affordable and verified direct air carbon capture and storage	Active	Denver, CO, USA	12	Marcus Lima	Reveal
Phykos	S21	Growing seaweed to stabilize the climate.	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Nico Julian, Jeff Zerger	Reveal
CarbonChain	S20	We help companies automate the accounting of their carbon emissions	Active	London, UK	16	Adam Hearne, ROHEET SHAH	Reveal
Minimum	S20	Helping corporates achieve Net Zero through tech solutions.	Active	London, UK	—	Freddie Evans, Chris Winchurch, Freddie Green	Reveal
EARTH AI	S19	Predictive Explorer and Driller for Critical Metal Deposits	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	12	Roman Teslyuk	Reveal
Wren	S19	Wren is a monthly subscription to offset your carbon footprint.	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	10	Benjamin Stanfield, Mimi Tran Zambetti, Landon Brand	Reveal
Advano	S17	Advano is a battery technology company that improve the longevity of…	Active	New Orleans, LA, USA	25	Shiva Adireddy, Alexander Girau	Reveal
Airthium	S17	Decarbonized heat and power cheaper than fossil fuels	Active	Paris, France	18	Andrei Klochko, Franck Lahaye	Reveal
Releaf Earth	S17	Turning food waste into Biochar to remove CO2 from the atmsophere	Active	Lagos, Nigeria	100	Kenna Nzewi, Uzoma Ayogu	Reveal
WATERFX	S17	The world's first 100% sustainable water provider (aka alternative…	Inactive	Silicon Valley, CA, USA	1	Aaron Mandell	Reveal
Raptor Maps	S16	Raptor Maps builds software to manage the solar PV lifecycle.	Active	Somerville, MA, USA	75	Nikhil Vadhavkar, Eddie Obropta	Reveal
Ohm	S15	Never jump start your car again.	Inactive	San Jose, CA, USA	0	Hunter Scott, Alex Trimm	Reveal
SunFarmer	S15	Reliable and affordable solar energy in developing countries.	Active	Kathmandu 44600, Nepal	15	Andy Moon, Jason Gray	Reveal

Batch Distribution

WW261 WW2210 WW213 WW202 WW193 WW181

Status Breakdown

Active41 Acquired4 Inactive3

Top Locations

San Francisco9 London4 Paris4 Berkeley2 Toronto2 San Jose2

About YC Climate Companies

Y Combinator has funded 48 climate companies since its founding in 2005. These startups span from early-stage pre-launch to publicly traded companies, making YC one of the most prolific backers of climate innovation globally.

41 of these companies are currently active. 4 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC climate startup.

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