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 40 CleanTech companies in San Francisco, California. 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 (San Francisco, California)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Bluedot
Share, monetize and commercialize a charger in 30 second and, start engaging with EV-owners via Bluedot.
Founder(s): Ferhat Babacan, Selinay Filiz PARLAK
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, CleanTech, Energy Management, Sharing Economy, Transportation
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Schedule Savvy
Schedule Savvy is a scheduling service for house cleaners that helps them manage and grow their business.
Founder(s): Carlos Wang, Michael Hollman
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Customer Service, Service Industry
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Baruch Future Ventures
BFV is a venture capital and family office fund that focuses on climate sensitive, clean energy, healthcare, food, and air innovations.
Founder(s): Tom Baruch
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Venture Capital
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Physic Ventures
Physic Ventures, based in San Francisco, provides capital and support to entrepreneurs focused on building exceptional science-based,
Founder(s): William Rosenzweig
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, CleanTech, Venture Capital
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Scepter Inc
Transforming Atmospheric Data into Actionable Services
Founder(s): Philip Father
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, CleanTech, Information Technology, Satellite Communication
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NDB
NDB is a Silicon Valley-based nanotechnology company established to develop and manufacture semiconductors, energy, and battery solutions.
Founder(s): Dr. Nima Golsharifi
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Battery, Nuclear, Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, Information Technology, Nanotechnology
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CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund
CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund invests in clean energy companies and is a San Francisco-based seed- and early-stage venture capital fund.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Energy, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Just Business
It is a business of social change, invest in and incubate profitable and forward-thinking ventures dedicated to positive impact in world.
Founder(s): David Batstone, Mark Wexler
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Enterprise Software, GreenTech, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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PeopleConnect
PeopleConnect is an executive staffing agency that serves companies of all sizes.
Founder(s): Max Shapiro
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Consulting, Staffing Agency
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ECOtality
ECOtality is an electric transportation and storage technologies company offering clean electric transportation and technology solutions.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Electric Vehicle, Solar, Transportation
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Rubbish
Rubbish is a mobile platform that brings people together to create litter-free, happy and healthy communities.
Founder(s): Elena Guberman, Emin Israfil
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, CleanTech, GreenTech, Hardware, iOS, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainability
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Reddy & Co
Global Emerging Tech Scale-Up Growth, Expansion, and Capital Advisory
Founder(s): Kevin Reddy
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Data Visualization, EdTech, eSports, InsurTech, Intelligent Systems, Internet of Things, Semantic Web
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Formative Labs
Formative Labs created social sustainability programs that brought together social web and energy conservation.
Founder(s): Jessica Alter
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy
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n8raidar
Self Driving car tech stackup for low and night driving modes
Founder(s): Anupama Bhat
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Electric Vehicle, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy
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Pathtronic
Pathtronic engages in revolutionizing next-generation AI computing.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech, Information Technology, Machine Learning
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New Leaf Paper
Marketer and Distributor of high-quality environmentally superior paper products.
Founder(s): Jeff Mendelsohn
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Green Consumer Goods, Recycling
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Carbonetworks
Carbonetworks helps organizations manage their carbon inventories and create effective greenhouse gas emissions strategies.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, GreenTech, Impact Investing
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Ronotic
Solar Powered Streetlights, CleanTech Infrastructure
Founder(s): Cem Koc
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Infrastructure, Internet of Things, Lighting, Solar
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Solmentum
Solmentum is a cleantech company that installs solar panels on roofs.
Founder(s): Jasper Platz
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Energy, Oil and Gas, Solar
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Artemis Water Strategy
Artemis Water Strategy works with private equity investors to deploy water and other natural resources technologies.
Founder(s): Laura Shenkar
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Consulting, Government, Information Technology, Water
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The Cleanweb Initiative
Addressing issues related to resource constraints through the application of information technology.
Founder(s): Blake Burris, Sunil Paul
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Internet of Things, Solar
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Global Cleantech Impact Expo
Global Cleantech Impact Expo specializes in cleantech innovation to combat climate change.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Sustainability
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SunReports
SunReports is an application that enables its users to measure power consumption of solar energy systems.
Founder(s): H.P Baumeister
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Solar
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Shelf Control
Develops energy efficient lighting technology.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Lighting
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Endré Communications
Integrated marketing and communications for the unicorns of tomorrow.
Founder(s): Aaron Endré
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Automotive, Clean Energy, CleanTech, GreenTech, Information Technology, Nanotechnology, Renewable Energy
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