Modular Cycling
Modular Cycling develops, builds and installs innovative low-carbon active mobility infrastructure solutions. By replacing asphalt with wood, we provide a healthier product both for people and the earth.
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

Modular Cycling develops, builds and installs innovative low-carbon active mobility infrastructure solutions. By replacing asphalt with wood, we provide a healthier product both for people and the earth.

CarbonCloud offers a web-based SaaS solution enabling detailed calculations of climate footprints of food products and production processes. This enables calculations at a fraction of the cost and time spent on traditional life-cycle assessments.

DUG is a vegan plant-based drink. It is made from potatoes, has a really low carbon footprint and works just like any other milk. Patented emulsion technology to develop new ways to harness the power of the potato and create innovative foods.

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.

n-ink provides high-performing, scalable conductive polymers that boost battery and solar cell performance to provide solutions for the electrification of the future.

SmartFront is a patented method for upgrading facades, ventilation and windows on existing properties. The installation provides significant energy savings and a healthy living environment.

We redefine the concept of locally grown food – by developing cultivation systems for vertical and indoor cultivation in urban environments – we create opportunities for food production inside, or in direct connection to grocery stores.

Modular wind power towers in laminated wood – enables higher wind turbines to fully utilize permits, harvesting more energy and reducing cost/produced kwh. In addition, dramatically reducing CO2 footprint.

We strive to revolutionize ecosystem health assessment. We combine advanced EO tech, robust ground-truth data collection and powerful ML-AI processing with our 10+ years hands-on experience on regenerative land regeneration.

Recoma is uniquely scalable when it comes to reducing waste and emissions. Saving packaging waste and giving it new life by turning it into 100% recycled, 100% recyclable building materials

We create and provide the global industry with bio-based functional fluids, enabling efficient production of goods and services. We develop unique high performance functional fluids using our own bio-based formulations.
Polonite is a filter material with a verified high ability to trap phosphorus. It is based on a natural mineral, opoka, which has historically been used e.g. to build houses.

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

Lignoflow has developed a patent-pending technology for the processing of lignin to produce scalable bio-based materials for a sustainable future. Lignoflow Technologies AB is a spin-off company from Stockholm University.

Renasens AB develops and demonstrates a waterless technology to recover fibers from blended textile wastes without their depolymerisation or degradation while mitigating the microplastic release.

TrusTrace is a leader in textile supply chain traceability and compliance. It aggregates and digitizes supply chain data that was previously unavailable to brands, so they can discover and manage risks and improve ESG performance.

Bärta® is manufactured by Swedish Temptations AB. The peas are grown in Sweden and fermented into culinary delights in our production kitchen in Karlshamn. BÄRTA® is easily digestible, full of vegetable proteins and rich in fiber.

Sencept’s reliable and high-resolution radar enables less downtime of your operations and helps you achieve high productivity. Our 4D radars navigate your operations in the dust and darkness of the mine while preventing human-machine collisions.

The SWESTEP technology delivers a capital-efficient and profitable solution that produce renewable fuels, sustainable liquids and raw material alternatives.

FarmUp is a marketplace for locally produced food that helps food producers find customers. FarmUp has channels to consumers, grocery stores, restaurants, school kitchens and hospitals.
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