Top 67 Sustainability startups

Nov 30, 2024 | By Marjana Bačić

These startups create sustainable products and find other ways to reduce carbon footprints.
1
Country: USA
Utopia Plastix is a plant based alternative polymer using what is traditionally known as agricultural cover crops. Pelletized resins are a drop in replacement used in vast applications including blown film, blow molding, thermoforming, extrusion, injection molding, and 3D without equipment modifications. 100% recyclable. Degradable. Compostable. Utopias IP also includes the ability to add their material to petroleum-based plastics to make them eco-friendly.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $606.5M
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.
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.
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.
6
Country: UK | Funding: $95.5M
Sylvera develops machine learning-based tools to track the performance of carbon offsets.
7
Country: USA | Funding: $85.2M
Recyclebank inspires and rewards smarter, everyday choices for a more sustainable future.
8
Country: France | Funding: $78M
Greenly develops a carbon accounting platform to track, assess, manage, and reduce CO2 emissions.
9
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.
10
Country: Norway | Funding: $60.4M
Kebony produces sustainable softwood that behave like hardwood, using food waste.
11
Country: USA | Funding: $55M
Brimstone Energy is producing mass-market, zero-carbon Portland cement, a key building material.
12
Country: Germany | Funding: $43M
Plan A is a GreenTech company that develops a carbon quantification platform to measure, monitor, and reduce environmental footprint.
13
Country: USA | Funding: $42M
The Rounds is a refill and delivery service for everyday products.
14
Country: USA | Funding: $36.5M
Parade is an underwear company that creates designer and eco-friendly fabrics undergarments.
15
Country: Germany | Funding: $28.5M
Klim mission is to scale up regenerative agriculture to make agriculture part of the climate solution
16
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.
17
Country: France | Funding: €15M
Calyxia designs and industrially produces a new class of microcapsules that are transforming the way the world makes formulated products.
18
Country: USA | Funding: $15.2M
Planet FWD specializes in developing a regenerative food platform.
19
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.
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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
Editor: Marjana Bačić
Marjana Bačić is a senior editor for RecyclingStartups. She has has more than 5 years experience covering the recycling industry. Marjana graduated from University of Belgrade, where she edited Recycling and Sustainable Development Journal. She has helped several non-profit organizations dedicated to promoting environmental education and sustainability. She also participates in beach clean-up initiatives and advocates for sustainable practices in local businesses. In her free time, Marjana enjoys hiking in the scenic Montenegrin countryside, practicing yoga for mindfulness, and experimenting with plant-based recipes in her kitchen. You can contact Marjana at marjanabacic(at)recyclingstartups(dot)com