At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 CleanTech companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top CleanTech Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Pivot Bio
Pivot Bio is an agricultural tech company improving the microbiome by taking nitrogen from the air and making it available for plants.
Founder(s): Alvin Tamsir, Karsten Temme
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology, CleanTech
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ZeroAvia
ZeroAvia produces practical zero emission aviation powertrain targeting 9-19-passenger airplanes to start replacing dirty jet fuel.
Founder(s): Val Miftakhov
Location: Hollister, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, CleanTech, Industrial
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Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy offers on-site power generation systems that can use a wide variety of inputs to generate electricity.
Founder(s): Charles J. Smiley, KR Sridhar
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Energy, Fuel Cell, Oil and Gas, Wind Energy
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Amyris
Amyris Biotechnologies specializes in creating renewable products focusing on fuels and chemicals.
Founder(s): Jack Newman, Kinkead Reiling, Neil Renninger, Vince Martin
Location: Emeryville, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Chemical, CleanTech, Renewable Energy
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Zenith Robotics
Zenith Robotics is building the platform to route all multi-robot systems.
Founder(s): Cherie Ho, Vaibhav Viswanathan
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Fleet Management, Robotics
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Fulcrum BioEnergy
Fulcrum BioEnergy converts household garbage into low-carbon transportation fuels, including jet fuel and diesel.
Founder(s): E. James Macias, Jim McDermott
Location: Pleasanton, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, CleanTech, Fuel, Transportation
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Moxion Power
Moxion Power develops zero-emission generators and off-road equipment to support industries.
Founder(s): Alex Meek, Alex Smith, Jed Mickle, Paul Huelskamp
Location: Mill Valley, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy
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Wildcat Discovery Technologies
Wildcat Discovery Technologies is a developer of materials for the use in batteries.
Founder(s): John D. Diekman, Peter Schultz, Robert Downs, Troy Wilson
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, Product Design
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ChargeNet Stations
ChargeNet Stations specializes in the fields of SaaS, cleantech, electric vehicle supply equipment, and distributed energy resources.
Founder(s): Amardeep Jenkins, Ashutosh Dutt, Rebecca Wolkoff
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Digital Marketing, Electric Vehicle, Energy, Energy Storage, SaaS, Software
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Clean.Tech
Revolutionizing Residential Solar via A.I.
Founder(s): Robbie Lemos
Location: San Ramon, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Information Technology, Renewable Energy, Software, Solar
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Neotribe Ventures
Neotribe Ventures is an early stage-venture capital firm which invests in breakthrough technologies that stretch the imagination.
Founder(s): Aditya Singh, Kittu Kolluri, Steven Bragonier
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Robotics, Venture Capital
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ChargerHelp!
Dispatch and deployment system providing on-demand repairs and maintenance support from trained and supported local workforces.
Founder(s): Evette Ellis, Kameale C. Terry
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Software, Transportation
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Pachama
Pachama is an AI-powered marketplace for nature carbon removal credits.
Founder(s): Diego Saez-Gil, Tomás Aftalion
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech, Information Technology, Machine Learning, Marketplace
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Novoloop
Advanced upcycling company creating quality chemicals and materials made from plastic waste
Founder(s): Jeanny Yao, Miranda Wang
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing, Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management
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Gridtential Energy
Gridtential Energy develops an Absorbent Glass Mat battery that offers a lower-cost, safer, greener alternative to traditional lithium-ion.
Founder(s): Michele Klein, Peter Borden
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Battery, CleanTech, Energy, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy
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Full Cycle Bioplastics
Full Cycle Bioplastics transforms organic waste into the lowest-cost, lowest-carbon materials on the planet
Founder(s): Dane Anderson, Jeffrey Anderson
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, CleanTech, Organic, Waste Management
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UniCoin Blockchain Inc.
Distributed Blockchain Processing
Founder(s): Chris Anthony, Steve Fambro
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Bitcoin, CleanTech, Cryptocurrency, IT Infrastructure, Mining Technology
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Epic Cleantec
Epic Cleantec is a full-service water reuse firm that provides turnkey wastewater treatment and reuse systems for customers.
Founder(s): Aaron Tartakovsky, Igor Tartakovsky, Ilan Levy, Oded Halperin
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Waste Management, Water
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Sway
Sway offers regenerative design solutions for plastic pollution using seaweed to create compostable replacements for single-use plastics.
Founder(s): Julia Marsh, Leland Maschmeyer, Matt Mayes
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, CleanTech, Packaging Services
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Praan
Praan is a deep tech company focused on particulate matter and CO2 capture using patent-pending technology.
Founder(s): Angad Daryani, Angad Daryani
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Hardware, Internet of Things, Renewable Energy
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Station A
Station A is a clean-tech company that offers an AI-powered clean energy marketplace.
Founder(s): Jeremy Lucas, Kevin Berkemeyer, Manos Saratsis, Sam Steyer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Energy, Machine Learning, Software
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TDK Ventures
TDK Ventures is the Corporate VC arm of TDK Corporations that invests globally in hard-tech entrepreneurs.
Founder(s): Nicolas Sauvage
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, CleanTech, Electric Vehicle, Energy, Industrial, Medical, Venture Capital
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HydroPoint Data Systems
HydroPoint Data Systems develops various irrigation system controllers for residential and commercial landscape applications.
Founder(s): Chris Manchuck, Chris Spain, Peter Carlson
Location: Petaluma, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, CleanTech, Internet of Things, Smart Building, Water
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Sierra Energy
Sierra Energy is a technology that turns trash into energy without burning.
Founder(s): Mike G. Hart
Location: Davis, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Energy
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Prometheus
Prometheus is an oil and gas company.
Founder(s): Rob McGinnis
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Oil and Gas
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Rayton Solar
Rayton Solar utilizes a proprietary technology to manufacture solar panels 60% cheaper and 25% more efficient than the market standard.
Founder(s): Andrew Yakub
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Solar
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Rubi Laboratories
Rubi Laboratories develops technology that manufactures carbon-negative textile.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, CleanTech, Manufacturing, Sustainability, Textiles
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FreeWire Technologies
FreeWire Technologies is a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and power solutions.
Founder(s): Arcady Sosinov, Jawann Swislow, Luv Kothari, Rich Steele, Sanat Kamal Bahl
Location: San Leandro, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Electric Vehicle, Energy Management, Renewable Energy
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H2U Technologies
H2U Technologies is a clean-energy company developing a proprietary electrocatalyst discovery process for electrolyser.
Founder(s): Nathan Lewis
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, GreenTech, Renewable Energy
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INTERSTELLAR LAB
Interstellar Lab is developing and building closed-loop sustainable living systems on Earth and in space.
Founder(s): Barbara Belvisi
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, AgTech, CleanTech
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Peaxy
Peaxy helps companies unlock the value of their industrial data.
Founder(s): Federico Faggin, Francesco Lacapra, Joe Lin, Luciano Dalle Ore, Manuel Terranova
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, CleanTech, Data Integration, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Software
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CoInspect
CoInspect is building SaaS tools to ensure food safety & sustainability from farm to fork.
Founder(s): Aaron Cohen, Manik Suri, Ranjeet Sidhu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, GovTech, GreenTech, Mobile, Quality Assurance, Risk Management, SaaS, Software, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability
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Varentec
Varentec develops advanced power electronic-based systems for electric grid and industrial applications.
Founder(s): Andrew Dillon, Deepak Divan, Mehrdad Hamadani
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Electronics, Manufacturing
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Water Health International
WaterHealth International provides de-centralized, scalable, safe, and affordable water solutions.
Founder(s): Ashok Gadgil
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Water, Water Purification
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ReJoule
ReJoule proprietary hardware and algorithms enables unprecedented insights into large-format batteries at every stage in their life cycle
Founder(s): Steven Chung, Zora Chung
Location: Signal Hill, California, United States
Industries: Battery, CleanTech, Hardware
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Tryft
Tryft is a marketing company that finds deals and saves money.
Founder(s): Kartik Gurmule, Terry McGinnis
Location: Malibu, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, E-Commerce, Marketing, Sustainability
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DrizzleX
DrizzleX is a pioneering water management company that provides data driven solutions for residential buildings that lack individual meters
Founder(s): Ariel Altura, Esther Altura
Location: Montebello, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Big Data, CleanTech, Internet, Property Management, Real Estate, Smart Building, Smart Cities, Social Impact, Software
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TAE Technologies
TAE Technologies is leveraging proprietary science and engineering to tackle the world’s biggest challenges.
Founder(s): Glenn Seaborg, Hendrik Monkhorst, Norman Rostoker
Location: Foothill Ranch, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, Energy Management, Renewable Energy
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ACTON
ACTON creates micro mobility package that amplify the power of the human body, reduce traffic, and manages urban fleets efficiently.
Founder(s): Janelle Wang, Peter Treadway
Location: Livermore, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, CleanTech, Last Mile Transportation, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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First Derm (iDoc24 Inc)
iDoc24 Inc digital health company with a portfolio of dermatology applications (First Derm) that provides professional advice on skin care.
Founder(s): Alexander Borve, Jimmy Stridh, Nick Hu
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Health Care, Medical, mHealth, Telecommunications
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DBL Partners
DBL Partners is an investment venture focused on companies that deliver high venture capital returns and economic benefits.
Founder(s): Ira Ehrenpreis, Nancy Pfund
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Financial Services, Health Care, Impact Investing, Information Technology, Sustainability, Venture Capital
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GCube Insurance Services
GCube offers a comprehensive, one stop solution for all your renewable insurance needs.
Founder(s): Megan Scott
Location: Newport Beach, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Insurance
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The Westly Group
The Westly Group is one of the largest venture funds in North America focused on smart energy, transportation, and buildings.
Founder(s): Steve Westly
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Venture Capital
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Benchmark Labs
Benchmark Labs provides asset-specific weather forecasting for the agricultural sector, and beyond.
Founder(s): Carlos Felipe Gaitan Ospina, Christopher Lund
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, CleanTech, Risk Management, Software
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Ccilu
“Ccilu” (CHEE-loo) means “liberate” in Japanese, and “liberate yourself” is our call to action.
Founder(s): Wilson Hsu
Location: California City, California, United States
Industries: Brand Marketing, CleanTech, E-Commerce, Fashion, Golf, Manufacturing, Marketing, Recycling, Shoes, Sustainability
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Universal Hydrogen
Universal Hydrogen is the company fueling carbon-free flight by making hydrogen-powered commercial flight a near-term reality.
Founder(s): Jason Chua, John-Paul Clarke, Jon Gordon, Paul Eremenko
Location: Venice, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, CleanTech, Energy
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Genomatica
Genomatica manufactures sustainable chemicals from renewable feedstocks.
Founder(s): Christophe Schilling
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Chemical Engineering, CleanTech, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
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TerViva
TerViva is a food and agriculture company.
Founder(s): Anne Slaughter, Joe Andrew, Maggie Kavalaris, Naveen Sikka
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Biotechnology, CleanTech, Farming, Manufacturing
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Kleverness
IoT, SaaS, Smart Buildings, Smart Hotels, Smart Home, Automation, Energy Efficiency, Clean Tech, Green Tech
Founder(s): Alex Fraind, Dan Nurko
Location: Walnut Creek, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management, Hospitality, Internet of Things, Lighting, SaaS, Software, Wireless
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Aurora Biofuels
Aurora Biofuels, now Aurora Algae, produces premium, algae-based products for the pharmaceutical, nutrition, aquaculture and fuels markets.
Founder(s): Bertrand Vick, Matt Caspari, Tasios Melis
Location: Hayward, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, CleanTech, Pharmaceutical
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Miravel
Miravel designs automated indoor wall gardens that beautifully grow fresh greens and herbs in any home environment.
Founder(s): Randall Shapiro, Riley M. Kuffner
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Home Decor, Organic Food
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Ads4Earth
Social media app that enables responsible consumerism while we help create a more livable planet.
Founder(s): Gold Darr Hood
Location: Visalia, California, United States
Industries: Ad Network, CleanTech, GreenTech, Social Media, Social Media Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Sustainability
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Clean Power Research
Clean Power Research supports solar and other renewable energy systems and energy efficiency technologies.
Founder(s): Thomas Hoff
Location: Napa, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, Software, Solar
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Aquam
Aquam Corp is a world-leading cleantech firm
Founder(s): Cameron Manners
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Health Diagnostics, Infrastructure
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normal
Normal is empowering small businesses to address climate change and lower their carbon footprint with an innovative robo-consultant
Founder(s): Adrian Finzelberg, Beate Czarnecki, David Aguirre Cañar, Marcelo Leopoldino
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Clean Energy, CleanTech, Green Building, Green Consumer Goods, GreenTech, Recycling, Renewable Energy
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Cobalt Technologies
Cobalt Technologies develops technologies that focuses and designed for biofuels.
Founder(s): Pamela Contag
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Biotechnology, CleanTech
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Shoppable Inc.
Shoppable Inc. is an e-commerce provider.
Founder(s): Joe Todd, Kartik Gurmule, Terry McGinnis
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, E-Commerce, Internet, Venture Capital
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SunToWater Technologies
SunToWater Technologies develops the SunToWater Atmospheric Water Generator that can create pure drinking water in various climates.
Founder(s): Amy Brandt, Benjamin Blumenthal, Jeanine Johnson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, GreenTech, Sustainability, Water, Water Purification
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Brillouin Energy
Brillouin Energy develops renewable energy technologies capable of producing commercially useful amounts of thermal energy.
Founder(s): Robert Godes
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy
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EXPLOY
A pioneer Members Travel Community connecting members with a chic atlas of global hideaway destinations.
Founder(s): Manuela Fette, Oliver Vliet
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Adventure Travel, Business Travel, CleanTech, GreenTech, Hospitality, Hotel, Social Network, Sustainability, Travel Agency
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oollee
oollee — Water Provider. It’s like internet provider, but instead of modem we install water purifier. Unlimited fresh water everyday!
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Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Internet of Things, Smart Home, Water Purification
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Camus Energy
Camus Energy is an open source grid management software as a service for distributed energy and the renewable transition.
Founder(s): Astrid Atkinson
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Cloud Computing, Data Integration, Electrical Distribution, Energy, Power Grid, Renewable Energy, SaaS, Software
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Primus Power
Primus Power manufactures big batteries for the Smart Grid and scalable energy storage in a Zinc Bromine flow battery.
Founder(s): Rick Winter, Tom Stepien
Location: Hayward, California, United States
Industries: Battery, CleanTech, Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
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Iteros
Iteros is an energy management software company handling the integration and control of energy assets in a power system.
Founder(s): Art Villanueva, Jennifer Worrall
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Energy, Software
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QBotix
A solar panel that tracks the sun throughout the day produces up to 30% more electricity than one that does not.
Founder(s): Wasiq Bokhari
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Hardware, Software, Solar
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SmartBins
Simplified supply chains for retailers
Founder(s): David Conway, Russell Conway
Location: Capitola, California, United States
Industries: A/B Testing, CleanTech, E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Internet of Things, Market Research, Packaging Services, Retail, Sustainability
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Global Water Farms
Global Water Farms designs sustainable and scalable “Water Farms” to alleviate the unmet demand for clean water.
Founder(s): Colton Becker, Jonathan Becker
Location: La Quinta, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Environmental Engineering, Sustainability, Water
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8minute Solar Energy
8minute Solar Energy is the nation’s largest independent developer of solar PV and energy storage projects.
Founder(s): Tom Buttgenbach
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
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Natron Energy
Natron Energy is an energy storage company that develops a high power, long cycle life, and low-cost battery technology.
Founder(s): Colin Wessells
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Battery, CleanTech, Energy, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy
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Jackrabbit
Jackrabbit is a cleantech company based in Ripon, California, providing nut harvesting systems.
Founder(s): Earl Anderson
Location: Ripon, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Industrial, Manufacturing
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Blue Bear Capital
Blue Bear Capital is a venture capital investor supporting companies that apply AI and data-driven technologies to energy infrastructures.
Founder(s): Ernst Theodor Sack, Tim Kopra
Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States
Industries: Business Development, CleanTech, Financial Services, Infrastructure
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LightSail Energy
LightSail Energy develops breakthrough, high efficiency energy storage systems using compressed air.
Founder(s): Danielle Fong, Ed Berlin, Steve Crane
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Energy, Energy Storage
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Powerhouse Ventures
Powerhouse Ventures backs seed-stage startups building innovative software to rapidly decarbonize our global energy and mobility systems.
Founder(s): Emily Kirsch
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Business Development, CleanTech, Electric Vehicle, Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy, Transportation, Venture Capital
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OriginClear
OriginClear is a provider of water treatment solutions and aggregator of water treatment companies.
Founder(s): Nicholas Eckelberry, Riggs Eckelberry
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Natural Resources, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Water
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Flow Laboratories
Bringing real-time water insights to commercial buildings
Founder(s): Jatish Patel, Jimit Shah, Nishant Garg
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Facility Management, Green Building, Property Management, Smart Building, Water
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Mi Terro
Mi Terro create ocean degradable and home compostable biomaterials made from agricultural waste.
Founder(s): Robert Luo
Location: City Of Industry, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, CleanTech, Consumer Goods, Fashion, Lifestyle, Packaging Services, Waste Management
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Blue Power Systems
Adaptive Energy Generation and Storage System
Founder(s): Ray Caamano
Location: Gilroy, California, United States
Industries: Battery, Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind Energy
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Clean Air Power
Clean Air Power has pioneered the move towards using natural gas to power vehicles by developing Dual-Fuel™ technologies that guarantee
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Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Natural Resources
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NuLeaf Tech
Compact ecosystems for off-grid water.
Founder(s): Ari Ochoa, Rachel Major
Location: Cupertino, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, CleanTech, Health Care, Sustainability, Waste Management, Water
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Lam Research
Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Founder(s): David Lam
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
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Shift Energy Holdings, Inc.
Shift Energy is an engineering company that designs, develops and operates renewable fuels plants using waste feedstock.
Founder(s): Adrian Tylim, Paul Marcondes, Rodney Alves
Location: Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy
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Beam Global
Beam Global is a clean tech leader that produces sustainable electric vehicle (EV) charging, outdoor media, and energy security solutions.
Founder(s): Desmond Wheatley, Jay S Potter
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Electric Vehicle, Energy, Solar, Sustainability
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Motiv Power Systems
Motiv delivers medium-duty class 4-6 commercial electric trucks & buses; with charging infrastructure & guidance deploying CEV fleets.
Founder(s): Jim Castelaz
Location: Foster City, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Embedded Software, Energy, Industrial, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Software Engineering, Sustainability, Transportation
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Acre Designs
Acre creates beautiful, simple and smart net zero homes.
Founder(s): Andrew Dickson, Jennifer Dickson
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Computer, Construction, Hardware, Product Design, Real Estate, Sustainability
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Transonic Combustion
Transonic Combustion is a cleantech company developing fuel injection systems.
Founder(s): Mike Cheiky, Samir Kaul
Location: Camarillo, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Clean Energy, CleanTech
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Serene Sensors
Serene Sensors Inc. is a developer of innovative water quality analyzers for the consumer market.
Founder(s): Hamed Jafari
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Water, Wellness
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Charm Industrial
Charm Industrial is putting oil back underground via bio-oil sequestration and industrial syngas production.
Founder(s): James Tamplin, Kelly Hering, Kevin Meissner, Peter Reinhardt, Shaun Meehan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, CleanTech, Energy, Manufacturing
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LytEn
LytEn focuses on providing disruptive clean energy solutions.
Founder(s): Daniel Cook, Lars Herlitz, Scott Mobley, William Wraith III
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy
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Rebel
Rebel develops a technology that seeks to disrupt the textile industry.
Founder(s): Sergey Chernykh
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Chemical, CleanTech, Sustainability
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Redwood Systems
Redwood Systems provides LED lighting system architecture that enables customers to reduce energy costs.
Founder(s): Dave Leonard
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Architecture, CleanTech, Energy Management
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Scifiniti
Developing innovative solutions that enhance performance and significantly lower the cost of silicon-based products for energy.
Founder(s): Raanan Zehavi
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Energy, Semiconductor
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Lunera
Lunera is an IoT infrastructure company that provides an ambient compute platform to connect billions of devices to the cloud.
Founder(s): Don Peifer
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Cloud Computing, Commercial Real Estate, Energy Management, Green Building, Internet of Things, Lighting, Location Based Services, Sensor
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CoEfficient
CoEfficient is a provider of specialized financial services intended for clean technology firms.
Founder(s): Murat Armbruster
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management, Financial Services
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Pasadena Angels
The Pasadena Angels, ranked a Top Ten angel group by Forbes, has invested $65+ million in over 175 companies.
Founder(s): John Glanville
Location: Altadena, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, CleanTech, FinTech, Food and Beverage, Mobile, Personal Health, SaaS, Small and Medium Businesses, Social Media
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Resource Chemical
Resource Chemical develops CO2 into high-performance plastics that do not pollute the environment.
Founder(s): Aanindeeta Banerjee, Matt Kanan
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Chemical, CleanTech, Sustainability
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Gartenzwerg Technologies
Smart Gardens with proprietary IoT technology and a gamified app enabling anyone to grow food from home effortlessly at the push of a button
Founder(s): Andre Quintanilha, Sabrina Palme
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: AgTech, CleanTech, Gaming, Internet of Things, Sharing Economy, Smart Home
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CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica is a cleantech & clean energy website.
Founder(s): Zachary Shahan
Location: Long Beach, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech
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Endera
Endera is a leading technology company that designs, sells and services premium all-electric commercial vehicle solutions.
Founder(s): John Walsh
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, CleanTech, Electric Vehicle, Sustainability, Transportation
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Vycon
Vycon is a manufacturer of technologically advanced flywheel energy storage systems.
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Location: Cerritos, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Energy, Energy Storage, Manufacturing
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Vega Energy Systems
Vega Energy Systems is a clean energy startup focused on carbon nanotube electrodes for PEM fuel cell technology and more.
Founder(s): Terence W Unger
Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
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Smart Planet Technologies
Smart Planet Technologies is providing environmental alternatives to rigid, flexible, liner and corrugated packaging applications.
Founder(s): Christopher Tilton, Todd Gasparik, Will Lorenzi
Location: Newport Beach, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Environmental Engineering, Green Consumer Goods
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