17 Best Natural Resources Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Natural Resources Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 17 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $665.9m. The average funding per company in this subset is $39.2m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

Track over 71,000 companies

Discover
Fast-growing Global startups

Seedtable uses technology and people to track over 71,000 companies to help you find the right ones to partner with.

Pricing + Sign up
Planetary Resources logo

Planetary Resources

Planetary Resources is a company that is known for developing asteroid mining technologies in order to attain outer-Earth natural resources

5

Funding Rounds

$80.0m

Money raised

Deep Space Industries (company) logo

Deep Space Industries (company)

Deep Space Industries is a company that is looking to further spacecraft technology

1

Funding Rounds

DroneSeed logo

DroneSeed

DroneSeed is a Seattle-based company that provides automated reforestation services.

8

Funding Rounds

$77.3m

Money raised

Outtalent logo

Outtalent

A company helping software engineering professionals acquire jobs abroad.

1

Funding Rounds

$150.0k

Money raised

20tree.ai (Overstory.ai) logo

20tree.ai (Overstory.ai)

Overstory.ai, formerly known as 20tree.ai, is a vertical SaaS company working to mitigate wildfires.

5

Funding Rounds

$7.2m

Money raised

PlanetWatchers logo

PlanetWatchers

Geospatial intelligence platform for monitoring natural resources across enterprises.

2

Funding Rounds

$14.5m

Money raised

Cervest logo

Cervest

Cervest is building an AI platform to augment human decisions on Climate Security for global assets.

7

Funding Rounds

$109.4m

Money raised

Valor Water Analytics logo

Valor Water Analytics

Valor Water Analytics is a company developing customized financial data and dashboard tools for water utilities and businesses. It participated in the W15 cohort of Y Combinator.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

Lilac Solutions logo

Lilac Solutions

Lilac Solutions is a company founded in 2016 by David Snydacker.

6

Funding Rounds

$282.5m

Money raised

Soter Analytics logo

Soter Analytics

Soter Analytics uses wearable sensors to measure the activities of industrial workforces, analytics to calculate the probability of injury.

2

Funding Rounds

$24.5m

Money raised

Global Surface Intelligence Ltd. logo

Global Surface Intelligence Ltd.

Global Surface Intelligence Ltd. is an earth observation and artificial intelligence provider founded by Nigel Douglas.

9

Funding Rounds

$5.6m

Money raised

Beeflow logo

Beeflow

Beeflow is a company focused on improving bees' immune system and teaching bees to pollinate targeted crops to increase bee population and crop yields.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.3m

Money raised

KOMAZA logo

KOMAZA

KOMAZA is a company founded in 2006 by Tevis Howard.

3

Funding Rounds

$37.9m

Money raised

DecisionNext logo

DecisionNext

DecisionNext is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2014.

2

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

Barn Owl (company) logo

Barn Owl (company)

Barn Owl is a Colorado Springs, Colorado-based company founded in 2016 by Josh Phifer.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.4m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$250.0k

Money raised

ArcaNatura LLC logo

ArcaNatura LLC

ArcaNatura LLC is a natural resources company founded in 2011.

1

Funding Rounds

$210.0k

Money raised