Venture-Backed Startups

Pittsburgh-based company that turns food waste into liquid fertilizer and biogas using container-based anaerobic digesters.

4 investors

SaaS company helping businesses reduce time, expense, and risk in facilities management; raised $30M in growth funding.

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EcoTree lets individuals buy and own trees in European forests that the company acquires and manages sustainably, returning 100% of the timber-sale profits to tree owners when trees are harvested. It positions tree ownership as an impact investment tied to biodiversity projects and carbon capture, with certified forestry inspected by third-party forest experts.

1 investor

EcoTrust is a threat exposure management platform with agentic AI that discovers, quantifies in Brazilian currency, and remediates security vulnerabilities for organizations with critical digital operations. The platform serves Brazilian companies and enterprise security teams seeking to translate cybersecurity risk into business impact language for executive stakeholders.

1 investor

Ecovaleric develops electrochemical manufacturing technology to produce biomass-derived chemicals and materials, including solvents, polymers, and fuel additives, at competitive cost and lower emissions. The company uses renewable carbon and electricity-driven chemistry to replace traditional thermochemical manufacturing processes.

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Ecovative grows whole-cut meat alternatives and leather-like materials from mycelium using its AirMycelium indoor cultivation platform, which integrates with existing mushroom farming infrastructure. Its products include MyBacon, a sliceable vegan bacon sold in over 3,000 US retail stores, and Forager, a mycelium-based leather substitute in development for fashion and electronics brands.

2 investors

Ecovative grows whole-cut meat alternatives and other materials from mycelium using its AirMycelium indoor cultivation platform, which integrates with existing mushroom farming infrastructure. Its products include MyBacon, a sliceable vegan bacon sold in over 3,000 US stores, and Forager, a leather-like material in development with fashion and electronics brands.

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EcoVerde Organics (EVO) recycles organic waste such as food scraps, manure, and leaves into compost and potting soil products, some blended with biochar for carbon sequestration. It serves gardeners, landscapers, and farmers in Western New York, including the Buffalo, Rochester, and Finger Lakes regions, and offers organic waste collection services.

1 investor

eCovery is a prescription-based digital therapy app (DiGA) for people with recurring and chronic lower back pain, offering physiotherapist-developed exercise programs with video guidance over a 12-week plan. Developed in Germany by physiotherapists and orthopedists, it is a certified Class I medical device reimbursed by statutory and most private German health insurers.

2 investors

Ecovia makes compostable packaging bags by collecting discarded textiles, extracting cellulose from them, and upcycling the material into bags that decompose in soil within 180 days. The bags are designed to replace single-use plastic packaging for businesses.

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Ecovia produces γ-PGA-based biopolymers as a biobased alternative to polyacrylate polymers, avoiding microplastics and high greenhouse gas emissions through a proprietary lower-cost manufacturing process. It serves companies across industries such as personal care and packaging that seek to reduce the environmental impact of their products.

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ecoworks is a general contractor for serial, energy-efficient renovation of existing residential buildings, using digital planning and industrially prefabricated facade, roof, and building-services modules (insulation, windows, ventilation, heat pumps, photovoltaics). It targets owners of multi-family apartment buildings—particularly 1950s–1980s stock—in Germany, offering NetZero upgrades performed while buildings remain occupied.</parameter> <parameter name="sector_codes">["construction", "cleantech", "proptech"]

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Emergency Care Partners provides management services, clinical operations support, and administrative infrastructure to emergency medicine groups across the United States. The company partners with local emergency physicians and advanced practice providers to deliver recruitment, scheduling, billing, compliance, and workforce management services.

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