Top 72 Sustainability startups
Oct 08, 2025 | By Marjana Bačić | 26 |
These startups create sustainable products and find other ways to reduce carbon footprints.
1
Country: Finland | Funding: €2M
Adapteo is a leading Northern European company for adaptable buildings.
Adapteo is a leading Northern European company for adaptable buildings.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $621.5M
Grove creates and curates high-performing, planet-first home, and personal care products.
Grove creates and curates high-performing, planet-first home, and personal care products.
3
Country: Germany | Funding: $579.9M
Everphone’s business takes care of the supply, support, repair/replacement and recycling of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) for enterprises customers — billed under a per-user monthly subscription.
Everphone’s business takes care of the supply, support, repair/replacement and recycling of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) for enterprises customers — billed under a per-user monthly subscription.
4
Country: USA | Funding: $267.6M
Liquid Death is the first bold, hilarious beverage focused on health and sustainability, and it is one of the fastest-growing non-alcoholic beverage brands of all time. They take the healthiest beverage available (water) and package it in infinitely recyclable tallboy cans that can compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands.
Liquid Death is the first bold, hilarious beverage focused on health and sustainability, and it is one of the fastest-growing non-alcoholic beverage brands of all time. They take the healthiest beverage available (water) and package it in infinitely recyclable tallboy cans that can compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands.
5
Country: USA | Funding: $250M
Aspiration offers retail banking and investing services that enable customers to spend and save their money in ways that protect the planet.
Aspiration offers retail banking and investing services that enable customers to spend and save their money in ways that protect the planet.
6
Country: USA | Funding: $244M
Brimstone Energy is producing mass-market, zero-carbon Portland cement, a key building material.
Brimstone Energy is producing mass-market, zero-carbon Portland cement, a key building material.
7
Country: UK | Funding: $95.5M
Sylvera develops machine learning-based tools to track the performance of carbon offsets.
Sylvera develops machine learning-based tools to track the performance of carbon offsets.
8
Country: USA | Funding: $85.2M
Recyclebank inspires and rewards smarter, everyday choices for a more sustainable future.
Recyclebank inspires and rewards smarter, everyday choices for a more sustainable future.
9
Country: France | Funding: $78M
Greenly develops a carbon accounting platform to track, assess, manage, and reduce CO2 emissions.
Greenly develops a carbon accounting platform to track, assess, manage, and reduce CO2 emissions.
10
Country: Netherlands | Funding: $77.6M
Agreena is a Dutch startup which mints, verifies, and sells carbon credits generated by farmers who transition to more regenerative forms of farming.
Agreena is a Dutch startup which mints, verifies, and sells carbon credits generated by farmers who transition to more regenerative forms of farming.
11
Country: USA | Funding: $66M
The Rounds is a refill and delivery service for everyday products.
The Rounds is a refill and delivery service for everyday products.
12
Country: Norway | Funding: $60.4M
Kebony produces sustainable softwood that behave like hardwood, using food waste.
Kebony produces sustainable softwood that behave like hardwood, using food waste.
13
Country: France | Funding: €46.5M
Calyxia designs and industrially produces a new class of microcapsules that are transforming the way the world makes formulated products.
Calyxia designs and industrially produces a new class of microcapsules that are transforming the way the world makes formulated products.
14
Country: Germany | Funding: $43M
Plan A is a GreenTech company that develops a carbon quantification platform to measure, monitor, and reduce environmental footprint.
Plan A is a GreenTech company that develops a carbon quantification platform to measure, monitor, and reduce environmental footprint.
15
Country: USA | Funding: $38.7M
Planet FWD specializes in developing a regenerative food platform.
Planet FWD specializes in developing a regenerative food platform.
16
Country: USA | Funding: $36.5M
Parade is an underwear company that creates designer and eco-friendly fabrics undergarments.
Parade is an underwear company that creates designer and eco-friendly fabrics undergarments.
17
Country: Germany | Funding: $28.5M
Klim mission is to scale up regenerative agriculture to make agriculture part of the climate solution
Klim mission is to scale up regenerative agriculture to make agriculture part of the climate solution
18
Country: Netherlands | Funding: €20.1M
Byborre is committed to shifting towards a circular textile economy. It specializes in design, material development, engineered knits, and supply chain services.
Byborre is committed to shifting towards a circular textile economy. It specializes in design, material development, engineered knits, and supply chain services.
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Country: UK | Funding: $14.5M
Pledge builds a carbon-measurement and removal API that enables businesses of any size to provide efficient and measurable climate solutions to its customers.
Pledge builds a carbon-measurement and removal API that enables businesses of any size to provide efficient and measurable climate solutions to its customers.
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Country: UK | Funding: $14.2M
Treefera is transforming the way the world approaches forest data and conservation, to create a clear future for the carbon market and the planet. It intends to solve the carbon credits credibility problem with AI
Treefera is transforming the way the world approaches forest data and conservation, to create a clear future for the carbon market and the planet. It intends to solve the carbon credits credibility problem with AI