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Tackling global billion-dollar markets and hard-to-abate sectors, our climate tech startups are addressing the emissions challenges that will make or break this decisive decade.

Climate Technology Startups

Third Derivative is proud to present the world's most impactful climate tech startups. 

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ACE Green Recycling

Enabling zero carbon emissions and toxic discharge technology across the battery (lead and lithium-ion) recycling ecosystem.

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Active Surfaces

Creating flexible, lightweight solar modules for the built environment.

 

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Adena Power

Developing an energy storage system that enables 1.4 GWh of fossil energy to be replaced by firm carbon-free electricity, corresponding to 1295 tons of CO2e/year.

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Adept Materials

Regulating moisture in buildings to increase durability and reduce the total carbon footprint, while ensuring a healthy and comfortable environment for occupants.

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Airhive

Building a direct air capture (DAC) technology that combines the proven industrial process of fluidization with a novel geochemical sorbent, delivering accelerated CO2 removal and providing a rapid path to scaling.

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Allume Energy

Unlocking rooftop solar benefits for apartment renters with the SolShare, a breakthrough technology alleviating renter energy burdens.

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Ammobia

Enabling cost-effective clean ammonia to fuel and feed the world.

 

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Ampd Energy

Developing and deploying energy storage systems that are purpose-built to serve industrial applications to make them quieter, cleaner, more operationally efficient, and less carbon-intensive.

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Andros

Developing an innovative reactor to produce ammonia more cost-effectively and with significantly lower energy consumption, thereby accelerating the decarbonization of ammonia production.

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Ayrton Energy

Developing a novel hydrogen storage technology for large, scalable, and efficient storage and transport of H2.

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Bedrock Energy

Decarbonizing buildings everywhere with geothermal heating & cooling.

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BioEsol

Creating AI-powered batteries and EMS that reduce carbon footprints and costs, offering fixed rates and financial solutions.

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Blitz Electric Mobility

Optimising last-mile logistics with EV fleets, reducing carbon emissions and setting a new standard for sustainable delivery practices.

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BLIXT

Enhancing resource integration, reliability, and environmental sustainability in Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). 

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Brineworks

Advancing the state-of-the-art in saltwater electrolysis technology, which unlocks several ocean-based carbon dioxide removal pathways that can scale to Gt/year levels.

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C.Scale

Democratizing access to data and tools so every new building and building retrofit can achieve ambitious decarbonization goals.

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CalWave

Providing reliable, cost-effective ocean wave technologies for sustainable energy access, bridging the gap to 100% clean power generation.

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CNS INT

Harnessing the power of cultivated algae for biological carbon fixation and utilization.

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Co-Z

Facilitating clean electrification for utilities and customers through intelligent energy storage.

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Continuum Ag

Providing farmers a digital roadmap for soil health success and scaling profitable regenerative ag implementation.

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Determinant Materials

Providing low-carbon, zero-waste critical metals needed for the climate transition.

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DG Matrix

Enabling fast DC EV charger installation in congested and smaller areas to allow for the addition of distributed generation sources to alleviate grid constraints.

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DNA Energy

Changing the way companies, energy utilities, policy makers and peers in the sector think about how buildings and energy interact, and in turn how the energy transition can be accelerated.

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Earthbond

Leveraging carbon accounting to tackle access to reliable energy that will promote economic development in places most vulnerable to climate change.

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EBOOST

Enabling smart electric vehicle charging across Vietnam.

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EDAC Labs

Developing a new class of electrochemistry systems that provide low-energy synthesis of acid and base for decarbonization applications.

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Enline Transmission

Bringing solutions to optimize, monitor and protect energy assets and their surroundings.

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ENSO

Making better tires for electric vehicles (EVs) to extend EV range and reduce tire pollution, a major source of air and microplastic pollution.

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Eolic Wall

Creating the Eolic Cell, a hyper-efficient wind energy system specifically designed for distributed generation.

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Excess Materials Exchange

Acting as a dating-site for secondary materials and waste by identifying high value next uses that save materials from landfill and incineration.

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Ferrum Technologies

Decarbonizing global steel production cost competitively with the vision to eliminate the 3 Gt CO2 emitted by the industry every year.

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Firefly Fusion

Deploying existing technologies to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion energy and then develop new technologies for future power plants to provide clean, safe baseload fusion power.

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Generate

Optimizing mass timber design by integrating engineering and supply-chain data - catalyzing a renewable, closed-loop material economy, and reducing carbon emissions.

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Great Carbon Valley

Working to harness Kenya’s abundant resources towards global decarbonization efforts by seeding, planning, and executing large-scale CO2 removal and green industry projects.

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GreenPod Labs

Extending the shelf life of fresh produce at ambient temperature, thus reducing food losses and greenhouse gas emissions.

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H2 Portable Power Corp

Making a reliable, scalable hydrogen genset that is commercially viable for end users, and the fleet owners who serve them.

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Heliotrope Photonics

Converting sunlight to improve the efficiency of solar panels.

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Helix Carbon

Transforming CO2 into valuable feedstocks using energy-efficient technology, making sustainable production economically viable and scalable.

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Hone (formerly H2OnSet)

Powering climate-conscious film and TV productions with green hydrogen.

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Impulse

Accelerating whole-home electrification with next generation home appliances.

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Instagrid

Building a new category of high-power portable batteries for sustainable mobile energy provision.

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Joule Case

Revolutionizing the accessibility and deployment of mobile clean energy solutions.

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Lex Products

Developing large, mobile energy storage, to enable short recharging times from EV fast chargers or renewable grids, thereby reducing or eliminating the need for generators.

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Mantel Capture

Tackling high CO2 emissions and energy inefficiency in industrial processes with innovative, cost-effective carbon capture solutions.

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Noohra

Developing a patented hyperspectral technology that enables the first cost-effective, accurate and simultaneous measurement of CH4, CO2, N2O and other greenhouse gas emissions from satellite, drone and ground platforms.

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okom wrks labs

Creating the world's strongest carbon-storing mycelium based composite capable of serving in load-bearing and non load-bearing applications in the built environment.

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Otoro Energy

Enhancing renewable energy integration and grid stability with Otoro Energy's safe and scalable flow battery technology.

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Phlair

capturing CO2 through direct air capture (DAC) technology in highly cost-effective and scalable way.

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PuriFire Energy

Producing green methanol resulting in a a 95% reduction from fossil-based grey methanol, emitting 7x less CO2 than diesel and 84x times less CO2 than natural gas.

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Renewable Metals

Developing a new way to cost-effectively recycle all types of lithium batteries with high metal recovery and no chemical by-products.

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Rewind

Enabling a nature-based, permanent carbon removal solution that is affordable and scalable within this decade.

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RIC Electronics Ltd.

Developing zero-emission mobile power solutions for the standby and prime power generator market.

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Scanalytics

Using active energy-reducing surface sensors to lower building emissions.

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Scape

Offering a marine CO2 storage alternative; a costal seawater reactor that can permanently sequester low-purity CO2, saving up to 50% of carbon capture costs while recovering critical metals.

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Sesame Solar Inc.

Decarbonizing off-grid power with its 100% renewably-powered Mobile Nanogrids that can be setup by 1 person in 15 minutes to generate Clean Mobile Power for a variety of applications.

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Sunspan

Developing a solar panel solution, allowing for the accelerated deployment of carbon-free energy at businesses, farms and water infrastructure.

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SwitchDin

Providing scalable, proven, and profitable smart-grid solutions.

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Symbium

Accelerating residential decarbonization project installations (I.e., solar, EV charging, heat pumps etc.) by reducing permitting issuance times from weeks to instant.

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Terran Robotics

Developing automated, eco-friendly construction methods to create affordable, luxury housing.

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tozero

Building the ultimate lithium-ion battery recycling machine, recovering essential materials like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and graphite.

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Travertine

Recycling waste from mining and fertilizer production for permanent carbon dioxide removal and chemical production.

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TrueAlgae

Using algae metabolites to improve the soil microbiome, allowing for better nutrient uptake and healthier crops which are less dependent on synthetic fertilizers and reduce environmental impact.

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Ucaneo

Removing CO2 from ambient air at low CO2 concentrations in a scalable manner.

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V-Glass

Developing next generation vacuum insulated glass (“VIG”) technology for the production of affordable, ultra-high energy-efficient windows.

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WasteX

Implementing a high-tech solution for widespread carbon removal in developing countries at an affordable price, with additional benefits for vulnerable populations.

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XFuel

Disrupting sustainable fuel markets with a breakthrough, scalabe, low-cost conversion technology to produce high-grade transportation fuel from waste material with certified GHG savings

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