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YC Climate Companies

77 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
Rimba	X25	Streamlining Data Capture to Report Creation for Heavy Industries	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	4	Timothy Daniel, Shiv Dixit	Reveal
OctaPulse	W26	Robotics and computer vision to automate fish farming from hatchery…	Active	—	2	Paul Grech, Rohan Singh	Reveal
OctaPulse	W26	CV and robotics to automate quality inspection in fish farms	Active	—	2	Paul Grech, Rohan Singh	Reveal
AirMyne	W22	Building systems to remove carbon dioxide from air at industrial scale	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA; Berkeley, CA, USA	11	Mark Cyffka, Sudip Mukhopadhyay	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
Alga Biosciences	W22	We stop cows from burping methane.	Active	San Francisco, 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
Glow Energy	W22	Unlocking Virtual Power Plants for rental properties	Acquired	Los Angeles, CA, USA; Remote	6	Greg Sirotek, Ross Gruber	Reveal
Impossible Metals	W22	Underwater robotic vehicles that collect battery metals responsibly	Active	Los Angeles, 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
Nira Energy	W22	Software to find the best sites for renewables on the electrical grid	Active	Remote	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
Pina Earth	W22	Unlocking carbon markets for European forest owners	Acquired	Munich, BY, 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, Chung Hoang	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, England, United Kingdom	18	Alisha Fredriksson	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
Orbillion Bio	W21	Tasty and scalable cultivated meat at price parity	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	7	Patricia Bubner, Gabriel L evesque-Tremblay	Reveal
Remora	W21	Carbon capture for vehicles	Active	Detroit, MI, USA	45	Paul Gross	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	San Francisco, CA, USA	40	Maddie Hall	Reveal
Living Carbon	W20	maximizing biomass on low quality land	Active	Charleston, SC, USA	40	Maddie Hall	Reveal
Rise Reforming	S26	We turn waste gases into valuable supply-secure chemicals	Active	Chicago, IL, USA	4	George Rose, Lucas Zubillaga, Jona van Oord	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, Île-de-France, France	4	Edouard Labarthe, Marc W	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	Seattle, 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	Unmanned airships for inspecting our critical assets	Active	Paris, Île-de-France, France	37	Thomas Laporte, Martin Bocken, Josef Rokusek, Josef RokOsek	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
Birch Biosciences	S22	We recycle plastic using engineered enzymes	Active	Portland, OR, USA	10	Johan Kers, Emily Duncan	Reveal
Paces	S22	Agentic AI for Power Projects and AI Infrastructure	Active	New York City, NY, USA	48	James McWalter, Charles Bai	Reveal
Voltic	S22	Electric cargo ships	Active	New York City, NY, USA; Remote	5	Prosser Cathey, Hudson Hooper	Reveal
Wand Solar	S22	We enable landlords to generate income from solar panels.	Active	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	2	Idan Shahar, Itai Peri	Reveal
Wand Solar	S22	We enable landlords to generate income from solar panels.	Active	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel	2	Idan Shahar, Itai Peri	Reveal
Abatable	S21	Carbon markets platform and solutions	Active	London, England, United Kingdom	35	Maria Eugenia Filmanovic, Valerio Magliulo, Maria Eugenia Filmanovic	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
Carbonfact	S21	Decarbonizing the fashion industry	Active	Paris, Île-de-France, 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	Inactive	Denver, CO, USA	12	Marcus Lima, Erik Millar	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

Batch Distribution

XX251 WW262 WW2216 WW215 WW204 WW194

Status Breakdown

Active64 Acquired8 Inactive5

Top Locations

San Francisco19 Paris8 London5 New York City3 Berkeley2 Los Angeles2

About YC Climate Companies

Y Combinator has funded 77 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.

64 of these companies are currently active. 8 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC climate startup.

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