Alight
Alight builds, operates and owns solar projects, on our customers’ properties and as independent solar parks. We create sustainable solar energy for large companies, with a fixed price level that saves money from day one.
Explore startups and scaleups contributing to a more sustainable future on the Swedish Climate Startup Map. This comprehensive Map features a wide-range of companies developing innovative solutions across numerous sectors.
Climate startups and scaleups

Alight builds, operates and owns solar projects, on our customers’ properties and as independent solar parks. We create sustainable solar energy for large companies, with a fixed price level that saves money from day one.

Optibinary offers a tailormade and smart cardboard solution for all your deliveries. The patented technology creates a more resource effecient e-commerce by optimizing the usage of both material and logistics

A food intelligence platform that independently and scientifically ensures remaining shelf, linked to the best before date, in the event of a temperature deviation in the cold chain.
We extract ESG data from corporate reports using advanced AI for accuracy. By enriching our database with financial insights, we deliver contextualized, unbiased assessments to drive impactful actions.

Heavy Metal Eco Extraction is an innovative solution reducing heavy metals in process water and sludge by 99–100%. It boosts biogas production, creates high-quality fertilizer, and enables efficient, transportable energy.

We are building a platform for companies to be able to find competence, capacity and capital so that they can implement their climate projects today. We make sure they can buy climate projects as a service, with no upfront costs.

Minesto is a marine energy technology developer, founded in 2007 as a spin-off from Swedish aerospace manufacturer Saab. Since then, Minesto has successfully developed its unique Deep Green technology.

At Sproud, we make an alternative to dairy milk that is tastier, healthier and more sustainable than oat, soy, almond or any other plant milk alternative.

Quandify develops an intelligent water meter system for residential property owners that enables sub-metering cost-efficiently. The company’s platform uses machine learning to break down water usage data.

The purpose of Emulate Energy is to make renewable energy 100% accessible to the entire world. To do this the company has addressed the challenge of energy storage.

We offer completely in-house developed and advanced AI tools for sustainable mobility. We help municipalities and the sustainable mobility sector understand real demand for transport and to onboard real time optimization in traffic operations in ord

Producing the next generation of accurate measurement instruments for the bioenergy and pulp industry. We deliver real time analysis of organic materials used in industrial processes.

PlantVation develop and deliver cultivation technology to the forestry industry. Our main product is a big scale, fully automated vertical cultivation system that pre-cultivates seedlings in a closed environment and provides year-round production.

Airpelago provides the electric distribution industry with efficient end-to-end inspections of linear infrastructure. Our core service is to capture data and turn it into actionable data.

PandionAI secures the need for timely information, by launching AlertSat for space-based AI to generate actionable insights. Empowering users to control, order, and receive Alerts via AlertSat Portal, we bridge the gap between space and end users.

Recycla is Sweden’s largest recycling platform, providing people and businesses with cost-effective solutions to all their recycling needs. By leveraging a digital deal process, Recycla enables more waste to be correctly recycled.

We create innovative and sustainable energy solutions. Our outreach is B2B to offer a complete solution which is customized and scalable.

Circulaire is a premium second-hand discovery platform, where customers can browse and find their next gems from different online stores, all in one place.

Vakansa’s want to promote sustainable urban development where we meet people’s local needs, without the need for new construction. The most sustainable building is the one that never needs to be built.

Zparq is challenging the limits of marine propulsion by providing the markets’ most efficient and compact electric motors for leisure boats and commercial vessels.
The Swedish Climate Startup Map provides a comprehensive selection of categories to facilitate the search for startups and scaleups. These categories cover sector, enabling technology, Sustainable Development Goals, type, team size, turnover, location, incubator and founding year.
Solutions for the production and processing of food, crop cultivation and animal husbandry, and innovations to the forestry industry.
Technologies to capture and store carbon dioxide from the air or exhaust gas for utilization or storage.
Solutions to improve the construction and building process, and services related to the maintenance and upkeep of existing buildings.
Solutions to promote energy efficiency, smarter grid systems and energy storage.
Solutions to optimize resource utilization and enhance environmental values.
New and/or improved innovations to manufacturing processes or products.
Solutions that enhance efficient transportation such as carpooling, improved vehicles, as well as solutions supporting infrastructure for transportation such as charging infrastructure.
Solutions for the end-of-life treatment for materials not suitable for reuse.
Solutions for the production of renewable energy or supporting renewable energy solutions.
Materials designed to be more sustainable than competing products or used to create more sustainable applications (e.g. due to lighter weight).
Solutions to improve water management, from manufacturing to daily use or irrigation, as well as wastewater management.
Solutions that are not contained in any of the previous sectors.
Utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning for enhancing sustainability.
Automated processes for improved efficiency.
Distributed ledger technology and its applications for a decentralized web.
Alternatives to traditional business models such as sharing and leasing that enhance a more circular economy.
Information and data sharing structures to enhance sustainability.
Innovative funding mechanisms to support sustainable initiatives.
Development of new products to meet market demands.
Optimization of industry production through advanced technologies.
Solutions that enable a more sustainable way of life, such as improved grids, charging stations, and induction roads.
Integration of smart technology to manage appliances more sustainable.
Providing software, products, and services as a subscription rather than ownership.
Solutions to drive behavioural change towards sustainability.
Enabling environmental sustainability through other options than those mentioned above, e.g. combining offerings in innovative ways, developing new systems or creating alternative food products.
Companies that focus on providing products or services to other businesses.
Companies that focus on providing products or services directly to consumers.
Companies that focus on providing products or services to government agencies and public sector organizations.
Solutions designed to have a positive sustainability impact in developing countries.
Emergent from a research context
Companies with at least one female co-founder
Verified solutions with high sustainability impact
Founded within the last two years
Companies with turnover surpassing 20MSEK