69 Best Sustainability Startups to Watch in 2024

Form Energy develops and commercializes a low-cost battery system that can store wind and solar energy for a long duration.

Total Raised: $679.20M

Last Funding: $405.00M (Series F)

ZE Energy is a producer of renewable energy founded in 2019.

Total Raised: $109.50M

Last Funding: $58.00M (Series C)

Redaptive is a SaaS tool for energy efficiency developed for commercial and industrial customers.

Total Raised: $256.60M

Last Funding: $100.00M (Unknown)

Operator of a clothing brand intended to offer premium performance apparel inspired by the active Coastal California lifestyle.

Total Raised: $825.00M

Last Funding: $825.00M (Unknown)

VOI is a dockless electric scooter-share company based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Total Raised: $397.90M

Last Funding: $45.00M (Series C)

Hometree is a residential energy services provider founded in 2015 by Simon Phelan .

Total Raised: $74.10M

Last Funding: $65.00M (Debt Financing)

A data intelligence company aiding urban opeartors in decision making

Total Raised: $95.00M

Last Funding: $35.00M (Unknown)

We make energy fair, smart and green - one flexible monthly plan with no hidden fees, digital-first and 100% renewable energy.

Total Raised: $22.93M

Last Funding: $9.73M (Unknown)

Indigo is an agricultural technology company utilizing natural microbiology and digital technologies to improve farmers' profitability, environmental sustainability and consumer health.

Total Raised: $620.50M

Last Funding: $175.00M (Series F)

Programming biolCellibre is a best-in-class manufacturing technology company.. Employing an organism-agnostic approach, we turn cells into specialized, sustainable factories for the manufacture of globally significant products at scale.ogy to turn cells into factories company

Total Raised: $18.21M

Last Funding: $6.71M (Unknown)

Founded in London in 2008 by Portuguese entrepreneur José Neves, Farfetch is an online platform for fashion ecommerce.

Total Raised: $600.00M

Last Funding: $600.00M (Unknown)

Stark Drones Corporation is a company founded by Andrew Magdy Kamal.

Total Raised: $14.00M

Last Funding: $14.00M (Series A)

Recyda is a packing management platform founded in 2020 by Vivian Loftin, Christian Knobloch and Anna Zießow.

Total Raised: $8.80M

Last Funding: $1.90M (Seed)

Pact is a biomaterials producer from natural collagen founded in 2020 by Yudí Ding .

Total Raised: $12.10M

Last Funding: $12.10M (Seed)

Commercial electric airliner company based in Los Angeles, USA.

Total Raised: $3.34M

Last Funding: $3.34M (Grant)

Foreverland is a manufacturer of cocoa-free chocolate alternatives founded in 2023 by Riccardo Bottiroli, Giuseppe D'Alessandro and Massimo Sabatini.

Total Raised: $3.80M

Last Funding: $3.80M (Seed)

Fin is a sustainable logistics solutions provider founded in 2022 by Rich Pleeth.

Total Raised: $7.00M

Last Funding: $7.00M (Seed)

AMSilk is a Munich-based synthetic biology company that produces fibers made from the same protein as spider silk.

Total Raised: $32.00M

Last Funding: $27.00M (Series C)

Tesla is a manufacturer of electric vehicles, battery technology, and solar energy panels.

Total Raised: $92.50M

Last Funding: $10.00M (Unknown)

Software provider for aviation and shipping industry to reduce emissions.

Total Raised: $3.30M

Last Funding: $3.30M (Seed)

Briink is an AI-powered ESG data platform for sustainability teams founded in 2021 by Tomas van der Heijden.

Total Raised: $4.30M

Last Funding: $4.30M (Seed)

Sustainability software provider for commercial real estate owners.

Total Raised: $1.40M

Last Funding: $1.40M (Seed)

SeaO2 is a carbon (CO2) removal technology developer founded in 2021 by Ruben Brands.

Total Raised: $2.20M

Last Funding: $2.20M (Seed)

Infarm is a developer of vertical farms designed for indoor growing.

Total Raised: $200.00M

Last Funding: $0.00M (Unknown)

Tomorrow is a sustainable banking app founded in 2017 by Inas Nureldin , Jakob Berndt and Michael Schweikart .

Total Raised: $5.00M

Last Funding: $5.00M (Series A)

Morgan Solar is a Toronto-based provider of low-cost solar power applications.

Total Raised: $24.70M

Last Funding: $16.50M (Series B)

Climeworks is a clean technology company that has developed technology for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture from ambient air. It was founded in 2009 and is located in Zurich, Switzerland.

Total Raised: $113.16M

Last Funding: $3.20M (Series B)

AI-powered plug socket manufacturer to reduce energy and GHG emissions in buildings.

Total Raised: $5.50M

Last Funding: $5.50M (Series A)

Provider of industrial hemp products for animal feed and construction sectors.

Total Raised: $1.30M

Last Funding: $1.30M (Pre Seed)

Total Raised: $77.00M

Last Funding: $65.00M (Unknown)

Designer of battery-powered electric bikes. the company designs movable lithium battery based bikes.

Total Raised: $15.00M

Last Funding: $15.00M (Series B)

Insolight is a solar panel manufacturer founded in 2015 by Laurent Coulot.

Total Raised: $10.27M

Last Funding: $4.92M (Series A)

Notpla is a plastic-free packaging solutions provider founded in 2014 by Pierre Paslier.

Total Raised: $18.20M

Last Funding: $13.00M (Series A)

Provider of carbon-free energy matching software for energy sector.

Total Raised: $0.50M

Last Funding: $0.50M (Pre Seed)

Lumenaza is a software, which uses sophisticated algorithms to provide green energy solutions and supply sustainable electricity in regional communities. In 2016 the company developed a "utility in a box" solution that allows providing all the energy services in a modular and highly automated way.

Total Raised: $7.90M

Last Funding: $7.90M (Series B)

AgriProtein is a Cape Town-based developer of insect based nutrient recycling to create sustainable sources of protein for the mono-gastric animal feed industry.

Total Raised: $106.60M

Last Funding: $106.60M (Unknown)

Mysa is a smart thermostat for baseboard heaters for home.

Total Raised: $22.60M

Last Funding: $20.30M (Series B)

GreenGo is an eco-friendly accommodation booking platform founded in 2020 by Guillaume Jouffre , Félix Mézière , Mathieu Ravard and Antoine Valtat.

Total Raised: $1.30M

Last Funding: $1.30M (Seed)

The Company produces natural degradable biopolymers from non-food sources.

Total Raised: $2.70M

Last Funding: $2.70M (Seed)

Green City Solutions is a Berlin-based company working to address the problem of air pollution with an installed moss culture and IoT technology.

Total Raised: $1.40M

Last Funding: $1.40M (Unknown)

Provider of solutions to meet the environmental and social criteria of companies.

Total Raised: $0.31M

Last Funding: $0.31M (Pre Seed)

Spiber, Inc is a private biomaterials company using industrial biotechnology to develop silk.

Total Raised: $0.09M

A personal care company offering products designed to reduce single-use plastic waste.

Spintex artificially spins the highest performance silk fibers available, through a spider-inspired process.

MERSOR is an all-in-one marketplace solution for gifting.

Last Funding: $0.00M (Unknown)

Co-pace is a company founded in 2017.

Folsom Labs is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2011 by Paul Grana.

Moser Baer Solar is a New Delhi-based company.

MakinaRocks Co., Ltd. is a Seocho District-based company founded by Andre Yoon, Jaehyuk Lee, Sangwoo Shim and Yongsub Lim.

Axine Water Technologies is a Vancouver-based developer of wastewater treatment technologies and solutions.

Taiwanese-based venture-backed company that develops and sells electric scooters and battery swapping infrastructure

A biotechnology company developing and commercializing spider silk for textiles and performance polymers. Kraig Biocraft Laboratories uses genetic engineering to produce recombinant spider silk based fibers on an industrial scale.

Zappos is an online shoe and clothing shop founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn.

Accelergy is a developer of low carbon, synthetic distillate liquids and transportation fuels at a lower cost to the environment and the consumer.

FRX Polymers is a Chelmsford, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2007 by Marc Lebel.

Lancey Energy Storage is a company founded in 2016 by Gilles Moreau.

Thredup is a San Francisco-based company.

Marley Spoon is a cooking platform that offers recipes, helps its customers order seasonal ingredients.

Heraeus is a medical Devices founded in 1851 by Jan Rinnert.

Transfix is a New York-based company founded by Jonathan Salama.

Drift provides a clean energy trading platform for business and residential customers.

Pact is a Boulder, Colorado-based organic cotton apparel company offering environmental and responsible clothing.

Selex Motors is an Hanoi-based company founded by Hai Nguyen, Nguyen Nguyen and Nguyen Quang.

Novelis is an american aluminium manufacturer founded in 2005.

Green Monday is a social enterprise working to address climate change and global food security through its social platforms for sustainable living. Green Monday is headquartered in Hong Kong, and was founded by David Yeung and Francis Ngai in 2012.

Sunrun is a provider of residential solar electricity founded in 2007 by Lynn Jurich, Edward Fenster and Nat Kreamer.

Plenty is a San Francisco-based agriculture technology company that develops plant sciences for crops to flourish in pesticide and GMO-free environments.

SolarCity is an American provider of energy services founded by Lyndon Rive and Peter Rive.

NIO is a Shanghai-based all-electric vehicle manufacturer.