Whywaste
Whywaste offers digital systems that help store staff to more easily identify goods that are at risk of passing their best-before date. The food can then be reduced in price, cooked or donated to charity instead of ending up in the bin.
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

Whywaste offers digital systems that help store staff to more easily identify goods that are at risk of passing their best-before date. The food can then be reduced in price, cooked or donated to charity instead of ending up in the bin.

Flocazur is a deeptech technology that separate and recycle substances/particles from liquids. Flocazur has five different reactions in one reactor. The technology enhances the natural physical and chemical forces that bind particles.

Heliospectra is the global leader in innovative horticulture lighting technology, custom light control systems and specialized services for greenhouse and controlled plant growth environments.

Discover Jord’s innovative solution to remove and reuse CO₂ from the atmosphere using photosynthesis, a natural process that has sustained Earth for billions of years, now refined and accelerated.

Takes timber measurement to an entirely new dimension. Our goal is to facilitate the forest industry with the most efficient and sustainable solution for measuring and transporting timber, unlocking a whole new field of value-creating opportunities

Ignitia began as a research project to understand the differences in tropical weather events and create a model to more accurately predict them. With an accuracy of 84%, our forecasts are more than twice as accurate as global producers.

Green City Farming is a trailblazer in the field of hydroponic farming systems, with a focus on large-scale operations that are designed to maximize yields while minimizing costs and environmental impact.

Drupps works with recycling of industrial evaporative wastewater with negative opex by utilizing steam’s own latent heat to increase water efficiency and drought resiliency.

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.
The Winteria system is available as a portable handheld unit and as a fully integrated production system and everything inbetween. A flexible and easy to use handheld system for quality inspection of welded structures.

Luma has for several years led the development of solar cell installations for commercial properties in Sweden. We have also developed a leading digital tool for monitoring and managing solar cell systems

Ocean Harvesting is a privately held company with offices in Karlskrona and Gothenburg, Sweden. After years of research within the wave energy sector, the company started in 2017 to develop the InfinityWEC wave energy converter.

On a large scale, a cost-effective way to store large amounts of compressed air can be in balloons at the bottom of the ocean where the pressure from the water depth keeps the air compressed.

Bröllopsbruket is Sweden’s largest meeting place for brides-to-be and used wedding dresses. With us you can find new and used wedding dresses from the collections of recent years, at a favorable price.

The world’s most sustainable fish, from Swedish farms. With integrated systems between aquaculture and agriculture, fertilisers and water is used in a circular way.

Novatron Fusion Group AB is a Swedish company developing the NOVATRON™ fusion reactor, an innovative solution for stable magnetic plasma confinement aiming to provide clean, safe, and abundant fusion energy.

We exist to create elegant, thoughtful and sustainable everyday products. We detail the environmental footprint of every one of our products and list all of our suppliers, their ownership structure, their certificates and their work environment.

We want to disrupt the traditional railway industry and make it super easy for everyone to enjoy the beauty of train traveling. Our mission is to get more people in Europe to choose the train over flying.

Panter is a digital return system enabling and ensuring the rotation of reusable packaging. For the guests, it’s like a library. For the restaurant it’s packaging as a service, subscription-based. Compliance and climate impact guaranteed.

Nordic Energy Audit is a tech company spun off from Linköping University. The core business is advanced energy management and customized digitization solutions for companies and authorities, together with energy-related training packages.
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