What they do:
Building a frontier world model for power
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Top Climate Startups
This list has 157 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 29 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (55), Los Angeles (10), and New York (9). Largest teams: Cruise, Aerones, and Oolu. Latest round: HyLight raised €13M (Oct 12, 2026).
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What they do:
Genetically engineering plants for disease resistance.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Platform for cities to optimize transit
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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Drones that clear clouds over solar farms and weaken hurricanes
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Prime Lightworks Inc. manufactures electric propulsion systems for…
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HQ: Culver City, CA, United States
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Eclipse Foods is building the future of dairy using micelles, the…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Cruise
Acquired
What they do:
Self-driving cars.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Oolu
Acquired
What they do:
Oolu is one of the fastest growing off-grid solar firms in West Africa
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HQ: Dakar, Senegal
Pachama
Acquired
What they do:
Restoring nature to solve climate change.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pina Earth
Acquired
What they do:
Unlocking carbon markets for European forest owners
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PowerX
Acquired
What they do:
AI powered sensors that save energy, water and emissions
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Talyn Air
Acquired
What they do:
Long range, battery electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Current Foods
Acquired
What they do:
Impossible foods of seafood.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Nebia
Acquired
What they do:
Nebia is a breakthrough shower system, based on a premium experience,…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hypermile
Acquired
What they do:
Driver co-pilot to make trucking more efficient
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
inBalance
Acquired
What they do:
Electricity price forecasts for energy storage, ev charging, etc.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Shiok Meats
Acquired
What they do:
Shiok Meats is a cell-based clean shrimp company, the first of its…
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HQ: Singapore
Gaiascope
Acquired
What they do:
SaaS that helps renewables & energy storage operate more profitably
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Orbillion Bio
Acquired
What they do:
Tasty and scalable cultivated meat at price parity
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kapacity.io
Acquired
What they do:
Reducing energy costs & emissions in buildings.
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Glow Energy
Acquired
What they do:
Unlocking Virtual Power Plants for rental properties
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Valor Water Analytics
Acquired
What they do:
Valor Water Analytics delivers a SaaS platform to utilities to detect…
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Moxion Power Co.
Shut down
What they do:
Mobile Energy Storage Technology
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Inevitable Tech
Shut down
What they do:
To make food a renewable resource, for everyone
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
SolarMente
Shut down
What they do:
Home electrification at $0 upfront cost
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HomeBreeze
Shut down
What they do:
The fastest and easiest way to make home upgrades
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Sunfolding
Shut down
What they do:
Sunfolding builds next generation infrastructure for solar farms. By…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Perfekto
Shut down
What they do:
Grocery subscription service against food waste in Latam
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HQ: Mexico City, Mexico
Ovipost
Shut down
What they do:
Automated insect farming
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HQ: LaBelle, FL, United States
Georgette Packaging
Shut down
What they do:
Carbon neutral packaging for ambitious businesses.
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Heimdal
Shut down
What they do:
Affordable and verified direct air carbon capture and storage
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HQ: Denver, CO, United States
Noya
Shut down
What they do:
Radically reducing capital costs and build time for direct air capture
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Jupe
Shut down
What they do:
Just add land
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Traverse Technologies
Shut down
What they do:
AI driven professional engineering firm
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HQ: Singapore
Pelm
Shut down
What they do:
Plaid for utilities
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Onsite Pro
Shut down
What they do:
Revolutionizing digital selling within HVAC
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States