What they do:
Robotics for wind turbine maintenance.
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HQ: Riga, Latvia
Top Climate & Energy Startups in Europe
This list has 34 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 6 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: London (10), Paris (6), and Munich (5). Largest teams: Aerones, Beyond Aero, and Enode. Latest round: HyLight raised €13M (Oct 12, 2026).
34 startups
HyLight
Hiring
What they do:
Unmanned airships for inspecting our critical assets
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Funding:
€13M · Oct 2026
What they do:
First electric business aircraft designed for hydrogen propulsion
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HQ: Toulouse, France
Enode
Hiring
What they do:
Energy Orchestration Platform
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What they do:
Inventory management SaaS for Retail & Consumer brands
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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Juicy marbles makes thick juicy and marbled plant based steaks.
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Carbon markets platform and solutions
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
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Software to prevent downtime in a solar plant
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HQ: Lausanne, Switzerland
What they do:
Decarbonizing the fashion industry
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HeyCharge
Hiring
What they do:
Low-cost, high-scale EV charging platform for apartments (and more).
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CarbonChain
Hiring
What they do:
We help companies automate the accounting of their carbon emissions
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
We make carbon negative roads
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What they do:
Decarbonized heat and power cheaper than fossil fuels
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What they do:
Carbon capture equipment for ships
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Enerjazz
Hiring
What they do:
Making electric vehicle batteries affordable
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What they do:
We make carbon negative chemicals from CO2 using fermentation
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HQ: Nottingham, United Kingdom
What they do:
Renewable infrastructure deployment at scale.
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What they do:
Energy Superintelligence, AI that operates critical infrastructure
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What they do:
Building flying wind turbines.
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What they do:
Building the next generation food ingredient champion.
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Minimum
Hiring
What they do:
Helping corporates achieve Net Zero through tech solutions.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
YC S20Early stage
What they do:
AI agents for power grid planning 🦑
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
Smart electric & water meters as a service
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HQ: Remote, OR, United States
What they do:
Robots for waste manipulation
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HQ: Zürich, Switzerland
What they do:
Software for enterprise energy procurement.
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What they do:
Distributed energy infrastructure unlocking grid power to data centers
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
We produce & sell stainless steel water bottles that enables people…
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Pina Earth
Acquired
What they do:
Unlocking carbon markets for European forest owners
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Hypermile
Acquired
What they do:
Driver co-pilot to make trucking more efficient
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Kapacity.io
Acquired
What they do:
Reducing energy costs & emissions in buildings.
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SolarMente
Shut down
What they do:
Home electrification at $0 upfront cost
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The Supplant Company
Shut down
What they do:
A brand-new blend of sugars – made from plant fiber!
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HQ: Cambridge, United Kingdom
OneKey
Shut down
What they do:
Find the most profitable sites to build EV charging station
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Aklimate
Shut down
What they do:
Software for enterprises to track and reduce supply chain emissions
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 34 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
6 of them are hiring right now, including HyLight, Enode, and HeyCharge.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Aerones (250 employees), Beyond Aero (80 employees), and Enode (70 employees).
Which of them raised money recently?
Latest rounds: HyLight — €13M (Oct 2026).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are London (10), Paris (6), and Munich (5).