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Top 27 Smart (Energy-Efficient) City startups
Jul 20, 2025 | By Alexander Gillet | 29 |
These startups optimize city electric grids, energy generating systems, lighting, transportation systems, etc.
1
Country: USA | Funding: $1.5B
Lime helps people move around their cities in an affordable and convenient way while eliminating their carbon footprint.
Lime helps people move around their cities in an affordable and convenient way while eliminating their carbon footprint.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $479.2M
NineDot Energy creates innovative energy solutions that make the urban grid cleaner, more resilient and less costly. It wants to turn underused properties into community battery-farm projects.
NineDot Energy creates innovative energy solutions that make the urban grid cleaner, more resilient and less costly. It wants to turn underused properties into community battery-farm projects.
3
Country: Israel | Funding: $260M
Optibus is a developer of an AI-enabled SaaS platform for planning and running mass transportation.
Optibus is a developer of an AI-enabled SaaS platform for planning and running mass transportation.
4
Country: USA | Funding: $213.5M
With Passport, cities can easily analyze scooter usage, parking patterns and curb utilization. Passport also enables cities to implement real-time curbside pricing and payments and better manage scooter placement.
With Passport, cities can easily analyze scooter usage, parking patterns and curb utilization. Passport also enables cities to implement real-time curbside pricing and payments and better manage scooter placement.
5
Country: UK | Funding: $86.5M
Origami Energy is creating a real-time marketplace for a distributed energy world. It's smart technology intelligently manages and remotely controls distributed energy assets to access the most profitable current and future value opportunities.
Origami Energy is creating a real-time marketplace for a distributed energy world. It's smart technology intelligently manages and remotely controls distributed energy assets to access the most profitable current and future value opportunities.
6
Country: Canada | Funding: $65M
Peak Power provides energy management solutions for commercial real estate and industrial companies.
Peak Power provides energy management solutions for commercial real estate and industrial companies.
7
Country: Israel | Funding: $50M
ElectReon provides a complete solution for the future E-city with no gas and charging stations, no visible infrastructure and with a shared energy platform for the near future ban on fossil fuel vehicles entering the urban environment. It's developing a smart transportation technology for underground electric coils that recharge EVs wirelessly as they travel.
ElectReon provides a complete solution for the future E-city with no gas and charging stations, no visible infrastructure and with a shared energy platform for the near future ban on fossil fuel vehicles entering the urban environment. It's developing a smart transportation technology for underground electric coils that recharge EVs wirelessly as they travel.
8
Country: Sweden | Funding: €28.3M
ClimateView is a climate action technology company that combines scientific modelling, machine learning and interface design to help cities understand and act on the complex climate challenge, clearly.
ClimateView is a climate action technology company that combines scientific modelling, machine learning and interface design to help cities understand and act on the complex climate challenge, clearly.
9
Country: Australia | Funding: $25.2M
AEV Robotics has built a modular vehicle system for cities. The system allows businesses to configure solutions for a multitude of applications.
AEV Robotics has built a modular vehicle system for cities. The system allows businesses to configure solutions for a multitude of applications.
10
Country: USA | Funding: $19.9M
Populus is a platform for cities to manage the future of mobility.
Populus is a platform for cities to manage the future of mobility.
11
Country: UK | Funding: $10.6M
Pavegen is the global leader in harvesting energy and data from footfall.
Pavegen is the global leader in harvesting energy and data from footfall.
12
Country: UK | Funding: £6.2M
Upside Energy reduces greenhouse gases by enabling people to make smart choices about when to use energy. It uses advanced algorithms and artificial intelligence to match energy demand with the available supply, helping the electricity grid deal with fluctuations and times of peak usage.
Upside Energy reduces greenhouse gases by enabling people to make smart choices about when to use energy. It uses advanced algorithms and artificial intelligence to match energy demand with the available supply, helping the electricity grid deal with fluctuations and times of peak usage.
13
Country: USA | Funding: $6.5M
InPipe Energy enable water agencies to manage pressure while producing renewable energy-turning excess pressure into a revenue stream.
InPipe Energy enable water agencies to manage pressure while producing renewable energy-turning excess pressure into a revenue stream.
14
Country: France
Evolution Energie provides energy management solutions to large companies & utility intensive industries.
Evolution Energie provides energy management solutions to large companies & utility intensive industries.
15
Country: France
Clem developed a platform for managing eco-mobility stations. It's smart city electric vehicle car sharing operator to offer carpooling via our user interface. Customers can thus share their journeys and associated costs.
Clem developed a platform for managing eco-mobility stations. It's smart city electric vehicle car sharing operator to offer carpooling via our user interface. Customers can thus share their journeys and associated costs.
16
Country: France | Funding: $3.7M
Luceor is pioneering the development of WiMesh technology to connect strategic and mission critical applications. These WiMesh network solutions ideally complement existing fibre and powerline networks to give the flexibility and rapid deployment needed to support diverse distribution environments.
Luceor is pioneering the development of WiMesh technology to connect strategic and mission critical applications. These WiMesh network solutions ideally complement existing fibre and powerline networks to give the flexibility and rapid deployment needed to support diverse distribution environments.
17
Country: USA | Funding: $3M
Online bidding platform for residential solar buyers. Compare quotes from dozens of top solar companies.
Online bidding platform for residential solar buyers. Compare quotes from dozens of top solar companies.
18
Country: Switzerland | Funding: $2.1M
Urbio is a software that accelerates the transition of utilities towards clean energy.
Urbio is a software that accelerates the transition of utilities towards clean energy.
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Country: USA | Funding: $50K
Constructis is a leader in kinetic energy. With the high demand for clean energy. Constructis has brought to life a roadway system that allows traffic to create renewable energy. The Roadway Energy Sensory System or R.E.S.S are roadway installed power modules capable of capturing vehicle traffic and converting it into usable energy.
Constructis is a leader in kinetic energy. With the high demand for clean energy. Constructis has brought to life a roadway system that allows traffic to create renewable energy. The Roadway Energy Sensory System or R.E.S.S are roadway installed power modules capable of capturing vehicle traffic and converting it into usable energy.
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Country: Denmark
Suncil deliveres street lights that include solar panels and can also provide streets with WiFi connectivity and air quality monitoring.
Suncil deliveres street lights that include solar panels and can also provide streets with WiFi connectivity and air quality monitoring.
