Thousands of new startups are founded every year – emerging companies with the potential to impact climate change. To give you a head-start on emerging technologies and startups that will impact the climate sector in 2022, we analyzed a total of 2 203 global climate tech startups & scaleups. Meet 5 of the most promising startups to watch!
Global Startup Heat Map highlights 5 Climate Tech Startups to Watch in 2022
Out of 2 203, the 5 climate tech startups to watch are chosen through the Big Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered StartUs Insights Discovery Platform, covering over 2 093 000+ startups & scaleups globally. As the world’s largest resource for data on emerging companies, the SaaS platform enables you to scout relevant startups, emerging technologies & future industry trends quickly & exhaustively.
The Global Startup Heat Map below highlights the 5 climate tech startups you should watch in 2022 as well as the geo-distribution of the other 2 203 startups & scaleups we analyzed for this research. We hand-picked the 5 highlighted climate tech startups based on our data-driven startup scouting approach, taking into account factors such as location, founding year, the relevance of technology, and funding, among others.
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Carbon Re promotes Industrial Decarbonization
Founding Year: 2020
Location: London, UK
Funding: EUR 1 M
Industry: Construction
Use this solution for Sustainable Cement Production
British startup Carbon Re advances industrial decarbonization in the construction industry. Its artificial intelligence (AI)-based software, Delta Zero Cement, simulates the chemical and physical processes in a cement plant and analyzes feed rates, sensor data, and control parameters. This provides insights for reducing the mass of CO2 emitted per useful heating value. The startup, thus, reduces fuel costs as well as lowers emissions, enabling sustainable cement productions.
Aqua Cultured Foods makes Seafood Alternatives
Founding Year: 2021
Location: Chicago, US
Funding: USD 2,3 M
Industry: FoodTech
Partner with Aqua Cultured Foods for Marine Biodiversity Management
US-based startup Aqua Cultured Foods manufactures seafood alternatives from fungi utilizing microbial fermentation. This results in the production of a whole protein that replicates the texture and taste of traditional seafood like tuna, whitefish, squid, and shrimp. Thus, by providing effective alternatives, the startup meets the increasing demand for seafood without depleting marine biodiversity.
FUL Foods develops Climate Positive Drinks
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Funding: USD 300 000
Industry: FoodTech
Collaborate with FUL Foods for CO2 Recycling
FUL Foods is a Dutch startup that formulates climate positive drinks. Its main ingredient is Spirulina, nutritious blue-green algae. This superfood is not only beneficial for health but is also climate-friendly as it converts atmospheric CO2 and converts it into oxygen and nitrogen. The startup converts more CO2 than it emits in the production process. Moreover, it enables CO2 recycling by using CO2 to grow spirulina that would have been otherwise emitted into the atmosphere by other industrial processes.
ecolytiq enables Green Finance
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Berlin, Germany
Industry: FinTech
Innovate with ecolytiq for Sustainable Finance
German startup ecolytiq builds a climate action infrastructure for promoting green finance. It offers a range of sustainability-as-a-service solutions. These enable financial institutions to offer environmental footprinting, personalized impact offsetting, and Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) investments. For example, ecoAware, one of ecolytiq’s solutions, leverages country-specific data to calculate personalized environmental footprint values based on users’ bank transactions.
Green AI Cloud offers CO2 Negative Cloud Service
Founding Year: 2019
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Industry: Information Technology
Collaborate with Green AI Cloud for Sustainable Computing
Green AI Cloud is a Swedish startup that provides CO2 negative cloud service for AI computing. It uses certified fossil-free energy sources such as wind, water, as well as excess heat from various servers to run its servers. Green AI claims to save approximately 8 to 10 tons of CO2 emissions for every AI model process in its cloud service. Moreover, it provides its customers with yearly ESG certificates, stating the CO2 reduction from the use of its cloud services.
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