1) EcoVadis EcoVadis is a collaborative platform that allows businesses to evaluate their suppliers' environmental and social performance.
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Country: France State: Ile-de-France City: Paris Started in: 2007 Founders: Frederic Trinel, Pierre Francois Thaler Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $235,786,060 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 4 (CVC Capital Partners, Partech, Sebastien Breteau, Zobito) You can find their website here
2) Arabesque S-Ray Arabesque S-Ray is a market leader in sustainability data, consulting, and research.
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Country: Germany State: Hessen City: Frankfurt Started in: 2017 Founders: Andreas Feiner, Dominic Selwood, Hans-Robert Arndt, Omar Selim Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $20,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 6 (Accenture Ventures, Allianz X, DWS Group, Commerz Real AG, Helaba) You can find their website here
3) Intelex Intelex creates software for EHSQ initiatives (environment, health, safety, and quality).
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Country: Canada State: Ontario City: Toronto Started in: 1992 Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: CA$160,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 2 (HarbourVest Partners, JMI Equity) You can find their website here
4) Enfuce Banks, fintechs, financial operators, and merchants can use Enfuce's payment, open banking, and sustainability services.
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Country: Finland State: Southern Finland City: Espoo Started in: 2016 Founders: Denise Johansson, Monika Liikamaa Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: € 17,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 (Tencent, Nordea, Maki.vc, Finnvera Venture Capital, LähiTapiola) You can find their website here
5) Budbee Budbee is a logistics-tech startup that focuses on sustainability while providing last-mile delivery services.
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Country: Sweden State: Stockholms Lan City: Stockholm Started in: 2015 Founders: Axel Warg, Fredrik Hamilton Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $112,524,328 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 10 (Kinnevik AB, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, H&M CO:LAB, Stena Sessan, Victor Jacobsson) You can find their website here
6) v2food v2food is a plant-based meat firm that makes meat substitutes from legumes.
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Country: Australia State: New South Wales City: Sydney Started in: 2019 Founders: Nick Hazell Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: A$112,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 10 (Sequoia Capital China, Temasek Holdings, Horizons Ventures, Main Sequence Ventures, China Renaissance) You can find their website here
7) Grain Grain is an online restaurant that serves cuisine to consumers using data and a tech-enabled network.
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Country: Singapore State: Central Region City: Singapore Started in: 2014 Founders: Ernest Sim, Isaac Tan, Rifeng Gao, Yi Sung Yong Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $14,205,884 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 13 (500 Startups, Openspace Ventures, DBS Bank, Boon Hwee Koh, K2 Global) You can find their website here
8) Karma Karma creates and sells apps to help grocery shops and restaurants reduce food waste.
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Country: Sweden State: Stockholms Lan City: Stockholm Started in: 2015 Founders: Elsa Bernadotte, Hjalmar Ståhlberg Nordegren, Ludvig Berling, Mattis Larsson, Steven van Wel Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $20,216,654 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 19 (Bessemer Venture Partners, Kinnevik AB, Headline, Norrsken VC, rocketship.vc) You can find their website here
9) Louis Dreyfus Company The Louis Dreyfus Company is a global commodity merchandiser as well as a major agricultural asset owner and processor.
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Country: The Netherlands State: Zuid-Holland City: Rotterdam Started in: 1851 Number of employees: 10001+ Funding: $100,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 (ADQ, EBRD (Investment Firm)) You can find their website here
10) Air Up Air Up is the world's first drinking bottle that flavors pure water just by smell.
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Country: Germany State: Bayern City: Munich Started in: 2018 Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: € 18,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 7 (PepsiCo, Five Seasons Ventures, Freigeist Capital, Oyster Bay, Christoph Miller) You can find their website here
11) Carbo Culture Carbo Culture is a carbon-removal startup based in the Nordics and the United States.
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Country: Finland State: Southern Finland City: Helsinki Started in: 2016 Founders: Christopher Carstens, Pia Henrietta Kekäläinen, Sam Van Wesenbeeck Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $7,083,979 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 15 (True Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Bragiel Brothers, David Helgason) You can find their website here
12) Nutrition Technologies Black Soldier is used by Nutrition Technologies to make protein, oil, and organic fertilizer. Fly larvae for a better and greener future
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Country: Singapore State: Central Region City: Singapore Started in: 2015 Founders: Nick Piggott, Richard Hayler, Thomas Berry Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $14,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 7 (Openspace Ventures, Seeds Capital, Hera Capital, Spring SEEDS Capital, Nullabor) You can find their website here
13) Ispace Technologies Ispace Technologies is a cis-lunar space resource exploration firm that finds, collects, and delivers lunar ice to customers.
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Country: Japan State: Tokyo City: Tokyo Started in: 2010 Founders: Takeshi Hakamada Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $128,814,148 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 19 (Incubate Fund, Dentsu, KDDI, SPARX Group, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan) You can find their website here
14) GoParity Personal finance and investing tool that links individuals and businesses with nonprofits seeking financing for sustainable projects.
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Country: Portugal State: Lisboa City: Lisbon Started in: 2017 Founders: Nuno Brito Jorge Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: € 900,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 2 (Mustard Seed MAZE, Critical Software) You can find their website here
15) abillion We're a global community dedicated to making social impact and long-term sustainability a way of life for everyone.
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Country: Singapore State: Central Region City: Singapore Started in: 2017 Founders: Vikas Garg Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $6,450,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 11 (500 Startups, Blue Horizon Corporation, Vikas Garg, 1/0 Capital, The Mills Fabrica) You can find their website here
16) Worldfavor The global platform for information and management on sustainability and compliance
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Country: Sweden State: Stockholms Lan City: Stockholm Started in: 2010 Founders: Andreas Liljendahl, Frida Emilsson Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $4,559,700 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 (Norrsken VC, Brightly Ventures, Spintop Ventures) You can find their website here
17) Bhinneka.Com Bhinneka.Com was the first eCommerce website in Indonesia.
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Country: Indonesia State: Jakarta Raya City: Jakarta Started in: 1993 Founders: Hendrik Tio Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $22,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (Ideosource VC) You can find their website here
18) Quentic Quentic is a health and safety, environmental, and sustainability management software company.
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Country: Germany State: Berlin City: Berlin Started in: 2007 Founders: Markus Becker Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $42,313,274 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 (High-Tech Grunderfonds, One Peak Partners, Wecken & Cie., Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, Business Angels Club Berlin) You can find their website here
19) Sulapac With biodegradable packaging innovation, Sulapac addresses the global plastic waste problem.
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Country: Finland State: Southern Finland City: Helsinki Started in: 2016 Founders: Antti Parssinen, Laura Kyllönen, Suvi Haimi Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 18,763,125 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 11 (Lifeline Ventures, Mousse Partners, Business Finland, Bonnier Ventures, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs) You can find their website here
20) Seaborg Technologies The Compact Molten Salt Reactor is a small modular reactor based on molten fluoride salt developed by Seaborg.
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Country: Denmark State: Hovedstaden City: Copenhagen Started in: 2015 Founders: Andreas Vigand Pedersen, Ask Emil Jensen, Eirik Eide Pettersen, Esben Klinkby, Navid Samandari, Troels Schönfeldt Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $25,741,823 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 7 (European Union, PreSeed Ventures, David Helgason, The Index Project, Lars Nielsen) You can find their website here
21) TrusTrace TrusTrace is a technology company that enables "Conscious Consumption and Responsible Production" through its products.
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Country: Sweden State: Stockholms Lan City: Stockholm Started in: 2016 Founders: Hrishikesh Rajan, Saravanan Parisutham Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $1,696,649 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 3 (Zalando, BackingMinds, Vinnova) You can find their website here
22) Land Life Company E2E reforestation services are provided by Land Life Company.
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Country: The Netherlands State: Noord-Holland City: Amsterdam Started in: 2013 Founders: Eduard Zanen, Jurriaan Ruys, Rebekah Braswell, Willemijn Stoffels Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 5,900,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 5 (Vectr, DOEN Participaties, Jeremy Grantham, Green Challenge Fund, Hannelore Grantham) You can find their website here
23) Renoon Renoon is a search platform that makes it simple for buyers to locate sustainable alternatives to what they want to wear.
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Country: The Netherlands State: Noord-Holland City: Amsterdam Started in: 2020 Founders: Gabriele Trapani, Iris Skrami, Nicolò Tresoldi, Piero Puttini Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: € 385,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 2 (Startupbootcamp, Female Founders) You can find their website here
24) Bynd Bynd creates a carpooling platform for individuals and businesses.
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Country: Brazil State: Sao Paulo City: Sao Paulo Started in: 2014 Founders: Abraão Barros, Gustavo Gracitelli, Leonardo Liborio Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: R$1,185,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (EqSeed) You can find their website here
25) e.GO Mobile e.GO Mobile AG is a company that designs and manufactures electronic automobiles.
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Country: Germany State: Nordrhein-Westfalen City: Aachen Started in: 2015 Founders: Günther Schuh Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: € 30,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 4 (Moore Strategic Ventures, Edward Norton, Alejandro Agag, John Snow) You can find their website here
26) Vive Crop Protection Vive develops more effective and long-lasting pesticides for organic and non-organic farming.
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Country: Canada State: Ontario City: Mississauga Started in: 2006 Founders: Cynthia Goh, Darren Anderson, Gwynn Curran-Sills, Jane Goh, Jordan Dinglasan, Richard Loo Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $39,999,527 Funding rounds: 10 Number of investors: 12 (Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Ontario Centres of Excellence, Ontario, Middleland Capital, Export Development Canada) You can find their website here
27) Goodera Goodera is a technological platform that assists businesses in managing their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs.
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Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2014 Founders: Abhishek Humbad, Richa Bajpai Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $17,612,830 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 6 (Nexus Venture Partners, SAIF Partners, Mumbai Angels, Omidyar Network, Kishore Ganji) You can find their website here
28) Crofarm Crofarm aspires to create a supply chain that benefits farmers while also delivering the freshest food to businesses in the most efficient way possible.
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Country: India State: Haryana City: Gurgaon Started in: 2016 Founders: Prashant Jain, Varun Khurana Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $3,784,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 11 (LetsVenture, Pravega Ventures, Smile Group, India Accelerator, Jitendra Gupta) You can find their website here
29) Goodr Goodr is a long-term surplus food management platform that uses technology to alleviate hunger and prevent food waste.
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Country: United States State: Georgia City: Atlanta Started in: 2017 Founders: Jasmine Crowe Number of employees: 44470 Funding: $2,850,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 16 (Techstars, Backstage Capital, Precursor Ventures, Emerson Collective, Capital One Ventures) You can find their website here
30) Persefoni Persefoni creates an artificial intelligence platform that allows businesses to plan, monitor, evaluate, minimize, and report their carbon footprint.
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Country: United States State: Arizona City: Tempe Started in: 2020 Founders: Jason Offerman, Kentaro Kawamori, Kim Stroh Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $13,200,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 4 (NGP Energy Technology Partners, Rice Investment Group, Carnrite Ventures, Sallyport Investments) You can find their website here
31) LanzaTech Companies, communities, and countries all throughout the world are benefiting from new economic opportunities.
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Country: United States State: Illinois City: Skokie Started in: 2005 Founders: Sean Simpson Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $280,400,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 11 (Khosla Ventures, CICC, Qiming Venture Partners, Novo Holdings, Western Technology Investment) You can find their website here
32) Greenlight Biosciences GreenLight Biosciences is a biotechnology firm specializing on RNA research, design, and production for human, animal, and plant health.
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Country: United States State: Massachusetts City: Medford Started in: 2008 Founders: Andrey Zarur, James Swartz, Marta Ortega-Valle Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $215,000,000 Funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 21 (Khosla Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments, S2G Ventures, Cormorant Asset Management, Lupa Systems) You can find their website here
33) Rubicon Rubicon is a software firm that offers smart garbage and recycling solutions to businesses and governments all around the world.
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Country: United States State: Georgia City: Atlanta Started in: 2008 Founders: Lane B. Moore, Marc Spiegel, Nate Morris, Perry Moss Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $222,699,949 Funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 27 (Goldman Sachs, Emerson Collective, Valor Capital Group, Wellington Management, Marc Benioff) You can find their website here
34) Rheaply Rheaply is a procurement management platform that allows you to purchase, sell, trade, donate, and rent resources.
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Country: United States State: Illinois City: Chicago Started in: 2015 Founders: Garry Cooper, Tyler Skelton Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $12,700,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 16 (Solve Innovation Future, Techstars, Salesforce Ventures, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, High Alpha) You can find their website here
35) Nature’s Fynd Nature's Fynd is a food firm that produces a protein derived from a microorganism found in geothermal springs.
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Country: United States State: Illinois City: Chicago Started in: 2012 Founders: Mark Kozubal, Matthew Strongin, Thomas Jonas Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $158,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 10 (Generation Investment Management, Mousse Partners, Oxford Finance LLC, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Archer Daniels Midland Company) You can find their website here
36) Ecovative Design Ecovative Design is a biomaterials firm specializing in the creation of novel materials derived from natural growth processes.
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Country: United States State: New York City: Troy Started in: 2007 Founders: Eben Bayer, Gavin McIntyre Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $90,054,293 Funding rounds: 12 Number of investors: 8 (Viking Global Investors, Senator Investment Group, 3M, NYSERDA, Alpha Impact Investment Management Partners) You can find their website here
37) Clara Foods Clara creates true animal protein without using any animals at all, beginning with the world's first chicken-free egg proteins.
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Country: United States State: California City: South San Francisco Started in: 2015 Founders: Arturo Elizondo, David Anchel Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $56,750,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 15 (SOSV, IndieBio, UpHonest Capital, Blue Horizon Ventures, Scott Banister) You can find their website here
38) Plenty Plenty is a vertical farming firm that provides clients with fresh, pesticide-free produce.
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Country: United States State: California City: South San Francisco Started in: 2014 Founders: Jack Oslan, Matt Barnard, Nate Mazonson, Nate Storey Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $541,000,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 11 (SoftBank Vision Fund, DCM Ventures, DCVC, Innovation Endeavors, Group 11) You can find their website here
