October Week 4, 2024: In this weekly series, we highlight 5 climate tech startups to watch by featuring the incredible startups, companies, or projects that are leading the fight against the climate crisis.
Each month, we add these startups to our running list, which we have categorized based on fuel emission sector data from the most detailed, recent data SBC could identify from the World Resource Institute in 2016.
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Guillaume and the SBC TEAM
Energy use in Industry and Buildings
1. Ensol
Founded: 2023 – Paris, FR
Founders: Paul de Preville & Martin d’Hoffschimdt
Elevator Pitch: Ensol is an energy platform empowering individuals to achieve energy independence and cost savings through renewable solutions like solar panels, batteries, and heat pumps. Ensol simplifies the energy transition, making it accessible and affordable.
Problem they solve: With the energy transition and rising energy costs, households face barriers in adopting renewable technologies. Ensol addresses these challenges by providing easy, cost-effective solutions that help individuals decarbonize their electricity and reduce utility costs.
Impact: Ensol’s platform enables households to lower their carbon footprint, promoting widespread adoption of sustainable energy practices.
Stage: Seed.
Interested in Ensol?
To learn more about their technology or get in touch, see here.
Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use
2. Dreamfarm
Founded: 2023 – Parma, IT
Founders: Giovanni Menozzi & Maddalena Zanoni
Elevator Pitch: Dreamfarm is on a mission to create a sustainable and flavorful future with plant-based delights crafted from locally-sourced Mediterranean almonds. With a passion for food and the planet, Dreamfarm is redefining Italian plant-based cuisine.
Problem they solve: Dreamfarm addresses the environmental impact of animal agriculture by offering a plant-based alternative that reduces greenhouse gas emissions while providing a delicious and nutritious option for consumers.
Impact: By choosing locally-sourced almonds and fermentation techniques, Dreamfarm reduces CO₂ emissions, promoting a sustainable, eco-friendly food production process.
Stage: Seed.
Interested in Dreamfarm?
If you are interested in learning more, see here.
GHG Capture, Use, and Storage
3. Zevero
Founded: 2021 – London, UK
Founder: Shigeo Taniuchi, Yuya Kuratomi, Benjamin Richardson & George Wade
Elevator Pitch: Zevero empowers businesses to lead the way toward a decarbonized future by providing a platform that simplifies carbon management at scale. With tools to measure, reduce, and report emissions, Zevero is accelerating the shift to a zero-emission economy.
Problem they solve: Businesses often struggle to track and reduce carbon emissions effectively. Zevero addresses this with a streamlined platform that enables companies to monitor and manage their carbon footprint with precision.
Impact: By facilitating emission reductions across industries, Zevero plays a pivotal role in global efforts to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Stage: Seed.
Want to learn more about Zevero?
To learn more about their technology or get in touch see here.
Waste (water & landfills)
4. Molg
Founded: 2021 – Sterling, VA, USA
Founder: Rob Lawson-Shanks
Elevator Pitch: Molg is revolutionizing e-waste management through circular manufacturing, using robotic microfactories to autonomously disassemble complex electronics and retrieve valuable components for reuse. Partnering with manufacturers, Molg redesigns electronics for ease of reuse, ensuring one product’s end fuels the next.
Problem they solve: Molg addresses the massive e-waste challenge by retrieving critical minerals and components typically discarded in landfills, reducing environmental impact and enhancing resource resilience.
Impact: By extending product lifecycles and reducing e-waste, Molg’s technology supports a more sustainable electronics industry and helps conserve valuable materials.
Stage: Seed.
Interested in Molg?
To learn more about this company, see here.
Cross-cutting enablers
5. Rhizome
Founded: 2023 – Washington, DC, USA
Founders: Mishal Thadani & Rahul Dubey
Elevator Pitch: Rhizome leverages AI to enhance resilience in the face of climate challenges. Their platform, Aspen, anticipates future extreme weather conditions, providing electric utilities with high-resolution insights to optimize asset planning and grid resilience.
Problem they solve: Rhizome addresses the increasing vulnerability of power grids to extreme weather, helping utilities plan for climate impacts, avoid costly outages, and make smarter investments in grid hardening.
Impact: By optimizing grid resilience, Rhizome supports sustainable infrastructure development and reduces the economic and environmental fallout of grid failures.
Stage: Seed.
Interested in Rhizome?
If you are interested in learning more, see here.
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How do these startups fit in with all the others we have looked at?
Check out our running list of the 400+ climate tech startups to watch we have featured.
