Here at Startup Savant, we love startup culture. That’s why we identified the most exciting, innovative, and creative greentech startups to watch in 2025 and beyond. From reducing carbon footprints to boosting community resiliency — these are the best green tech startups to follow.
Top Greentech Startups to Follow
Every year, new startups pull to the forefront of their industry through exciting innovation and industry-disrupting business models. We’ve rounded up the most exciting greentech startups of 2025 that startup-lovers, investors, and aspiring entrepreneurs should follow.
Disclaimer: With so many exciting green tech startups launching and growing worldwide, we aren’t able to cover them all. Furthermore, the startups that are listed below are not officially ranked and are listed in no particular order.
1. GrowUp Farms
- Location: Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom
- Founder(s): Kate Hofman, Tom Webster
- Founded In: 2013
- Funding: Private Equity, $184 Million
- Investors Include: Generate Capital, Ignite Social Enterprise, Tesco Accelerator Programme
GrowUp Farms is an innovative agricultural company that specializes in vertical farming. The startup uses advanced technology to grow fresh produce in controlled indoor environments, maximizing efficiency and minimizing environmental impact. The company’s approach allows for year-round production of high-quality leafy greens and herbs — regardless of outdoor weather conditions or seasonal changes. By bringing production closer to urban centers, GrowUp Farms aims to reduce food miles and provide fresher, more sustainable produce to consumers.
2. FloorFound
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Founder(s): Chris Richter, Ryan Matthews
- Founded In: 2020
- Funding: Series A, $15.2 Million
- Investors Include: Next Coast Ventures, LiveOak Ventures, Data Point Capital
The reuse sector has an ally in FloorFound. Usually, returns and trade-ins get thrown into the landfill, but with FloorFound, smaller retailers can take the excess product from larger companies and resell it through the startup. Their app handles the entire process, making it easy for both parties to manage, and this relationship helps big retailers and small retailers make better use of returns and trade-ins.
3. Pi Green Innovations
- Location: Pune, India
- Founder(s): Irfan Pathan, Rizwan Shaikh, Shantanu Sonaikar
- Founded In: 2019
- Funding: Series A, $4.8 Million
- Investors Include: Opus Technologies, Harshal Morde, PDEU Innovation and Incubation Centre
Pi Green Innovations is an Indian greentech startup dedicated to providing innovative solutions to air pollution. One of their notable technologies is the Carbon Cutter filtering device, designed to reduce over 90% of the pollutants released from any kind of vehicle.
Learn more about Pi Green Innovations by watching our video below!
4. Sweep
- Location: Montpellier, France
- Founder(s): Rachel Delacour, Yannick Chaze, Raphael Gueller
- Founded In: 2020
- Funding: Series B, $99.9 Million
- Investors Include: New Wave, Balderton Capital, Future Shape
Sweep is a climate tech company that helps businesses manage and reduce their carbon emissions. The startup offers a software platform that allows organizations to measure, track, and report their carbon footprint across their operations and supply chains. Sweep’s tool enables companies to set emission reduction targets, simulate various scenarios, and collaborate with suppliers on sustainability initiatives. By providing detailed insights and actionable data, Sweep aims to empower businesses to make more informed decisions in their journey toward net-zero emissions.
5. Nori
- Location: Seattle, Washington
- Founder(s): Christophe Jospe, Paul Gambill, Ross Kenyon
- Founded in: 2017
- Funding: Series A, $18.7 Million
- Investors Include: Placeholder, Toyota Ventures, Tenacious Ventures
If a corporation is trying to show customers it aligns with their views on sustainable practices, Nori makes it easy to show proof. Nori aligns with farmers and incentivizes them to remove carbon from the atmosphere and capture it in their soil by finding investors who will pay for the practice. Some typical investors include big businesses that want to get involved with good causes or famous individuals who want to offset some of their own carbon footprints.
6. Watershed
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Founder(s): Avi Itskovich, Christian Anderson, Taylor Francis
- Founded In: 2019
- Funding: Series C, $239 Million
- Investors Include: Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Galvanize Climate Solutions
Watershed allows corporations to integrate their carbon footprint goals with the rest of their business through real-time data tracking. Instead of big companies needing to outsource their carbon footprint goals, they can control everything using Watershed’s software. The company’s technology measures all business areas affected by carbon, and it gives corporations a chance to change their business practices accordingly (just like they would with financial goal tracking).
7. Urbint
- Location: Miami Beach, Florida
- Founder(s): Corey Capasso, Josh Troy, Ryan Schmukler, Robert Bremmer
- Founded In: 2015
- Funding: Series C, $109 Million
- Investors Include: Salesforce Ventures, Energize Capital, Piva Capital
The more our world goes through environmental chaos, the more our cities and communities will need to protect themselves from uncertain times. Urbint helps utility and infrastructure operators determine potential risk factors. Through the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, businesses can manage any threats to their workers, their communities, and the environment as a whole.
8. Encamp
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Founder(s): Luke Jacobs, Sam Jacobs, Dan Smedema
- Founded In: 2017
- Funding: Series C, $47.2 Million
- Investors Include: Drive Capital, High Alpha Capital, IU Ventures
Encamp wants to assist big companies with their environmental challenges. It can be hard for larger companies to manage the everyday operations and still keep in line with government environmental regulations. That’s where Encamp comes in: the company helps these businesses manage everything from one place to centralize the data, streamline all workflows, and automate all paperwork.
9. WeaveGrid
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Founder(s): Apoorv Bhargava, John Taggart
- Founded In: 2018
- Funding: Series B, $50 Million
- Investors Include: Salesforce Ventures, Grok Ventures, Climate Capital
The stringent rules of regulatory, security, and reliability requirements companies need to abide by can be overwhelming for some business owners. WeaveGrid helps these companies manage the entire process using their software-driven solutions to create rapid decarbonization. WeaveGrid also has programs that benefit the drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) as well as the companies that make these vehicles.
10. Molekule
- Location: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- Founder(s): Dilip Goswami, Jaya Rao, Yogi Goswami
- Founded In: 2014
- Funding: Series C, $118.5 Million
- Investors Include: Uncork Capital, Foundry Group, Founders Circle Capital
Molekule is an innovative startup that’s reimagining air purification. The company has developed a proprietary technology called PECO, which aims to destroy air pollutants at the molecular level rather than simply trapping them like traditional filters. This startup claims its devices eliminate a wide range of indoor air contaminants, including allergens, mold, bacteria, and viruses. While Molekule has gained attention for its novel approach and modern design, there’s ongoing discussion in the industry about how its performance compares to conventional air purifiers.
