Climate Startups

Starcloud is a deep-tech company building large-scale data center infrastructure designed to operate in space. Its team comes from aerospace and cloud-hardware backgrounds including SpaceX, Amazon's Leo satellite constellation, Microsoft Azure, and fusion energy programs.

34 investors

Solugen develops a biomanufacturing platform using fermentation and bioprocessing technology to produce specialty chemicals at scale. The company serves customers in energy, chemicals, and related industries with cost-effective alternatives to traditional petrochemical-based manufacturing.

26 investors

EARTH AI uses artificial intelligence and its Low Disturbance Drilling technology to locate and drill for deposits of critical metals, aiming to make mineral exploration cheaper and faster. The company operates in the mining and minerals exploration industry.

24 investors

Cruise develops all-electric self-driving car technology intended for passenger transportation in dense urban environments. The company was acquired by General Motors in 2016.

23 investors

Albedo develops a flight-proven platform for Very Low Earth Orbit operations, providing satellite-based insights and connectivity services for national security and critical infrastructure systems. The company focuses on making space infrastructure operationally viable and resilient.

21 investors

REGENT designs and manufactures Seaglider wing-in-ground-effect aircraft for regional coastal transportation and defense logistics, offering high-speed zero-emission travel between coastal cities and military applications.

21 investors

Living Carbon develops precision-bred tree varieties and reforestation techniques to convert marginal land into carbon-sequestering ecosystems. The company targets climate mitigation through enhanced photosynthesis and biodiversity restoration.

16 investors

Gridware provides real-time monitoring and visibility of electrical grid conditions through sensors deployed on power lines, enabling utilities and line workers to detect and respond to problems faster. The platform serves electric utilities and their field teams to improve grid reliability, reduce outage response time, and prevent wildfire ignition.

15 investors

Pachama uses computer vision and satellite data to verify reforestation and conservation projects and operates a marketplace that channels funding to forest carbon projects. It serves corporate carbon buyers such as Amazon, Airbnb, Netflix, and Nespresso, directing capital to forests in Brazil, Mexico, India, the USA, and elsewhere.

15 investors

Pyka designs and manufactures autonomous electric aircraft along with the underlying flight control software, avionics, motors, batteries, and carbon-fiber airframes. Its planes serve cargo transport and agricultural crop protection customers across four continents and have received FAA regulatory approvals.

15 investors

Rebellyous Foods develops food manufacturing equipment and processes to produce low-cost plant-based meat at high volumes, aiming to bring meat alternatives to price parity with animal-based meat. It combines product design, high-throughput manufacturing automation, and smart production centers to make plant-based meat affordable and widely available.

15 investors

Wyvern develops high-resolution hyperspectral imaging satellites and delivers satellite-based earth observation data for model-based predictions. The company operates a satellite constellation in the space technology and remote sensing sector.

15 investors

Aerones builds a robotic system for maintaining wind turbine blades, performing tasks including lightning conductivity testing, high-resolution inspection, drainage hole cleaning, cleaning, painting, and leading-edge repair. It serves the wind energy sector with automated turbine maintenance technology.

14 investors

Future Fields uses fruit flies as bioreactors to produce difficult-to-express proteins at scale for pharmaceutical, agricultural, and food applications. The company aims to enable the development of novel biological products across healthcare, agriculture, and nutrition sectors.

14 investors

Bluedot provides a payment platform that consolidates charging transactions and expense tracking for electric vehicle owners and fleet operators.

13 investors

Raptor Maps develops software for managing the solar PV lifecycle, used by the solar industry to operate and scale deployments. Its platform is deployed across 45 countries and more than 200 million solar panels.

13 investors

SINAI provides software to help companies measure, reduce, and report their carbon emissions and develop decarbonization strategies. The platform serves carbon-intensive organizations globally with tools for emissions analysis, reporting, and actionable decarbonization planning.

13 investors

A materials company focused on nanotechnology for renewable energy and clean technology applications, manufacturing various classes of materials to address problems in those fields.

12 investors

Alga Biosciences develops feed additives that reduce methane emissions from cattle — cutting cow burps to combat climate change.

12 investors

C16 Biosciences uses a biomanufacturing platform to produce sustainable alternatives to oils and fats for consumer product supply chains, with its first product being an alternative to palm oil. It serves companies that use oils and fats as ingredients, operating in the biotech and materials industry.

12 investors

Orbillion Bio develops cultivated beef using computational optimization and proprietary bioprocess controls to achieve cost-competitive production at scale without genetic modification or expensive growth factors. The company targets the ground beef market through partnerships with major food corporations.

12 investors

Planet A Foods develops alternative food ingredients using food technology to reduce climate impact in the food industry. The company produces ChoViva, a no-cocoa chocolate ingredient for B2B food manufacturers seeking sustainable supply chain solutions.

12 investors

Validere offers measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) SaaS that turns incomplete energy data into actionable insights for carbon tracking and commodity management. It serves energy and hard-to-abate sector companies across North America, including over 50 leading energy firms.

12 investors

1849 bio engineers microorganisms to make metal extraction from low-grade copper and gold ores economically viable for mining operations. The company applies advanced bioengineering techniques to develop microbes capable of processing ore types that existing biomining processes cannot handle, targeting the hundreds of billions of dollars in copper currently considered uneconomical to extract.

11 investors