Polonite Nordic
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.
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Climate startups and scaleups
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.

Tekinn provides a technology platform for improving the quality of life of people and the planet and serves to improve the field of biotechnology. It enables circular flows of organic side streams to become sustainable and profitable products.

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.

Our mission is to offer environmentally friendly cooling units and heat pumps and to spread knowledge about natural refrigerants and energy efficiency. We fight for a better climate by offering sustainable and energy-efficient solutions.

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 create an ecosystem AI of other solutions and collect all APIs in to one app instead of many. Think Airbnb and hotels but different energy sources.

The RAPID ONE is a 3D-printer that enables the use of more sustainable materials with repeatable and fast results. Unique bio-based approach to material development without compromising on functionality.

Evolar is leading the evolution in solar by commercializing the next generation of photovoltaics by offering a solution that enables industrial-scale production of perovskite tandem solar cells.

Whether you work in the food, household care, chemical, cosmetics or medical sector, Flexpenser develops and provides an airless dispensing technology specifically developed for the liquids and semi-liquids that you manufacture.

Omniloop is an underground tube-based system for delivering goods and packages to, and waste and recycling from, households in cities. Two patents are granted and several pending.

Zparq is challenging the limits of marine propulsion by providing the markets’ most efficient and compact electric motors for leisure boats and commercial vessels.

We have developed an IoT wireless irrigation solution. Our solar powered watering stations are environmentally friendly and maintenance free. We have an irrigation controller, for alarms and weather forecast trough mobile and web apps.

Gimic is one of Sweden’s leading companies in providing complete autonomous visual inspection solutions. Our inspection software performs image analysis with the power of AI according to our customers’ quality standards.

Sustainable Advantage aim to enable a green and profitable climate transition for society, companies and people. Therefore, our digital tool facilitate for various social actors to understand and analyze the situation now and in the future.

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.

Working to develop and commercialize a service for energy efficiency and temperature control in buildings by combining hardware, software, AI in the form of machine learning and approaches to create a service that delivers reduced heat consumption

Lignin Industries has a patented revolutionary technology of transforming lignin, the most abundant unused biopolymer on earth, into a renewable and functional biomaterial replacing fossil-based plastics and thereby reducing CO2 emissions radically.

Our purpose is to re-think efficiency in marine transportation to radically push the performance boundaries of electric boats and ships.

NanoScientifica has developed a scalable solution for production of world leading catalyst systems for Power to X and Fuel Cell applications. The production is based on circularity principles and recycled metals.

SAVEGGY provides plant-based edible coatings that extends shelf-life of fruits and vegetables and replaces plastic packaging.
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