Thousands of new startups are founded every year – emerging companies with the potential to disrupt the sustainability industry. To give you a head-start on emerging technologies and startups that will impact the cleantech sector in 2022, we analyzed a total of 1 200 global cleantech startups & scaleups. Meet 5 of the most promising startups to watch!
Global Startup Heat Map highlights 5 Cleantech Startups to Watch in 2022
Out of 1 200, the 5 cleantech 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 cleantech startups you should watch in 2022 as well as the geo-distribution of the other 1 195 startups & scaleups we analyzed for this research. We hand-picked the 5 highlighted cleantech 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.
Cleanwatts promotes Clean Energy
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Coimbra, Portugal
Funding: USD 1,4 M
Industries: Energy, Utility
Use this solution for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Energy Trading
Portuguese startup Cleanwatts provides digital solutions to facilitate clean energy. Its energy market platform, Kiplo, enables peer-to-peer energy trading within renewable energy communities. Moreover, the startup builds demand response programs to generate additional energy savings for the community members. Cleanwatts’ other product, Kisense, is a meter efficiency engine for commercial and industrial enterprises. It facilitates energy management and features real-time visualization and predictive analytics to optimize and control distributed energy resources (DER) assets.
Circulus advances Plastic Waste Upcycling
Founding Year: 2019
Location: Houston, US
Industries: FMCG, Retail, Packaging
Partner with Circulus for Sustainable Packaging
Circulus is a US-based startup that produces a proprietary low-density polyethylene (LDPE) post-consumer resin, CIRCA, by upcycling plastic waste. Packaging companies use CIRCA to make sustainable consumer packaging such as plastic bags, pouches, plastic wraps, and films. Further, the startup generates minimal waste and reuses over 85% of the water used in the recycling process, reducing its carbon footprint. Circulus, thus, promotes a circular economy by upcycling plastics and keeping them out of landfills, incinerators, and oceans.
OOYOO enables Sustainable CO2 Sourcing
Founding Year: 2020
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Industries: Agriculture, Biofermentation
Collaborate with OOYOO for Portable Oxygen Concentrator Systems
Japanese startup OOYOO offers clean air technology based on gas separation for carbon dioxide capture. The startup advances portable oxygen concentrators (POCs) through its separation membrane that functions like a window allowing oxygen and nitrogen to pass through. Moreover, this membrane-based solution enables POC miniaturization, making it scalable for both small- and large-scale manufacturers. Industries that generate CO2 from natural sources use this solution to recover CO2. They sell it to agri and beverage industries, thus reducing their carbon footprint while providing a new revenue stream.
Mission Zero facilitates Low-Energy Direct Air Capture (DAC)
Founding Year: 2020
Location: London, UK
Funding: USD 5,6 M
Industry: Agriculture
Innovate with Mission Zero for High Purity CO2 Recovery
Mission Zero is a UK-based startup that develops a low-energy DAC process. The startup combines its DAC solution with an ion-selective electrochemical separation process to continuously scrub CO2 from the air and concentrate it. Moreover, Mission Zero consumes lesser energy than existing thermal regeneration approaches. Its solution also leverages existing, scaled technologies in the industrial sites such as cooling towers and electrochemical water purification. This enables further utilization of resources and improves sustainability.
Grino Water Solutions offers Solar-based Water Desalination
Founding Year: 2019
Location: Nuremberg, Germany
Industries: WaterTech, Utility
Partner with the startup for Photovoltaic-powered Reverse Osmosis
Grino Water Solutions is a German startup that enables battery-free solar-based water desalination. By eliminating the use of batteries, the startup significantly reduces the cumulative energy demand (CED) of photovoltaic-powered reverse osmosis (PVRO) systems. Further, the system is fully automated. An irradiation sensor continuously measures the available solar energy and starts the system automatically every morning as soon as the power is enough to run the system. It continuously produces water till solar energy is not enough to run the system in the evening. This way, Grino Water Solutions tackles water scarcity and enables sustainable access to fresh drinking water. The system also finds application in agriculture, hospitality, and process industries.
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