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Best Air Pollution Management Tech Companies in Bavaria, Germany

The 35 best Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Bavaria, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: IntegrityNext.

35companies tracked
$150.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
15have raised

Ranked: Best Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Bavaria

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1IntegrityNext
Provider of supply chain sustainability management platform for due diligence
$109M41 mo agoSeries ASimon Jaehnig
Chief Revenue Officer | Co-Founder
2016ContaoApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+241 partnership
2Phlair
Provider of carbon capture solution
35Talent top 38%Tech top 40%Innovation top 43%Patents top 44%
All 9 signals ▾
Talenttop 38%
Techtop 40%
Innovationtop 43%
Patentstop 44%
Fundingtop 47%
Moatbottom 49%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 25%
Newsbottom 18%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 23 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100
$13M24 mo agoSeedPaul Teufel
Co-Founder & CTO
2022StoryblokNode.jsRadix UI+189 patents
Electrolytic systems for carbon capture and conversion into chemicals via CO₂ reduction.
3Tanso
Provider of sustainability software for CO2 accounting and CSRD reporting
45Talent top 28%Funding top 35%Growth top 45%Moat top 48%
All 8 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 35%
Growthtop 45%
Moattop 48%
Techtop 50%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 36%
Newsbottom 22%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $9.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100
$9M13 mo agoSeries ALorenz Hetzel
Co-Founder & CTO
2020WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20
4InPlanet
Developer of carbon removal projects
$6M35 mo agoSeries AFelix Harteneck
Co-Founder & CEO
2022WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+272 patents
Quantifying field‑deployed CO₂ capture/reactant performance for atmospheric carbon removal
5Airmo
Provider of methane emissions monitoring for regulatory compliance and leak detection
40Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Funding top 44%News top 46%
All 8 signals ▾
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Fundingtop 44%
Newstop 46%
Moattop 48%
Techbottom 49%
Globalbottom 39%
Marketbottom 28%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100
$6M6 mo agoSeedDaria Stepanova
Co-Founder & CEO
2022WebflowGSAPMicrosoft Advertising+19
6Pina
Provider of CO2 certificates from forest carbon projects.
$2M39 mo agoSeedViet Le
ex-Co-Founder
2021Webflow EcommerceWebflowYouTube+15
7autarkize
Atmospheric carbon dioxide removal solutions
$2M22 mo agoSeedMichel Konder
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
2022WordPressWebflowMySQL+141 partnership
8KEYOU
Hydrogen-powered conversion kits for commercial vehicles
$2M62 mo agoSeedThomas Korn
Co-Founder & CEO
2015Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+1342 patents
Advanced control strategies for spark‑ignition and hydrogen combustion internal combustion engines
1 partnership
9Silencio
Decentralized community-powered noise pollution management network
$1M21 mo agoSeedEric Stotz
Co-Founder
2022WixSentryEnvoy+16

Top 12 Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Bavaria

#1
Seed · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2022 · 10 employees
$5.8Mraised

Provider of methane emissions monitoring for regulatory compliance and leak detection. The company offers services for leak detection and repair, and regulatory frameworks. It provides site-level measurements and automated reporting to meet regulatory goals. The company utilizes sensors for methane emissions monitoring and offers data-driven insights.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Funding
top 44%
News
top 46%
Moat
top 48%
Tech
bottom 49%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $5.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Seed (Mar 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers — 6.7% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Product Marketing Manager, Business Development Intern
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Seed$5.8M
  • Jun 2023Seed$5.7M
  • Oct 2022Seed$98.6K
  • May 2022Seed
Founders & team
Daria StepanovaCo-Founder & CEOErrico ArmandilloCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Antler, Seraphim, Ananda Impact Ventures, PI LABS, E2MC, Findus Venture
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#2
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2020
$9Mraised

Provider of sustainability software for CO2 accounting and CSRD reporting. It provides reporting on company and product emissions and helps to comply with EU regulations by collecting data automatically,

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 35%
Growth
top 45%
Moat
top 48%
Tech
top 50%
Global
bottom 37%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $9.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series A (Aug 2025)
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 10k LinkedIn followers — 7.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Series A$13.9M
  • Apr 2023Seed$7.1M
  • Mar 2022Grant (prize money)
  • Sep 2021Seed$1.9M
Founders & team
Lorenz HetzelCo-Founder & CTOGyri ReiersenCo-founder & CPOTill WiechmannCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
EIC Fund, Capnamic Ventures, UVC Partners, Picus Capital, Possible Ventures, henQ
#3
Seed · Ismaning, Bavaria · founded 2022
$13.4Mraised

Provider of carbon capture solution. It develops and commercializes scalable Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology for carbon removal and storage, leveraging its Hydrolyzer-based DAC technology.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
Tech
top 40%
Innovation
top 43%
Patents
top 44%
Funding
top 47%
Moat
bottom 49%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 23 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Devops: Nginx
Innovation: 9 patents (top 84% of patent-holders) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Seed$13.4M
  • Sep 2024Grant (prize money)$2.8M
Founders & team
Paul TeufelCo-Founder & CTOMalte FeuchtCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Europa, Extantia, Planet A, Verve Ventures, Atlantic Labs, Counteract
Tech stack
NginxOpenresty
#4
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2016 · 24 employees
$109Mraised

Provider of supply chain sustainability management platform for due diligence. The platform offers solutions for product compliance, forced labor prevention, and carbon emissions reduction. It also facilitates sustainability reporting, supply chain visibility, and sustainable procurement. The platform helps businesses meet regulatory requirements and improve supply chain practices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 24k LinkedIn followers — 18.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. leadership | ESG & ISO Platform) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Series A$109M
Founders & team
Simon JaehnigChief Revenue Officer | Co-Founder
Investors
EQT
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon Web ServicesAmplitudeApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailBootstrap
#5
Seed · Pfronten, Bavaria · founded 2022 · 5 employees
$2.5Mraised

Atmospheric carbon dioxide removal solutions. It aims to build up humus and create a permanent CO2 sink through its technology. It focuses on producing climate-neutral energy in the form of gas, heat, or electricity by utilizing organic residues and biochar.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Autarkize) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Michel KonderCo-Founder & Co-CEOFriederike PeterCo-Founder & Co-CEO
Investors
HTGF, Fair Capital Partners, Interface Capital, Innovation for Impact, Floris Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle AnalyticsHstsJqueryJsdelivrMicrosoft 365
#6
Seed · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2022
$1Mraised

Decentralized community-powered noise pollution management network. It offers a decentralized community-powered network that rewards users for providing hyper-local noise pollution data with smartphones. It utilizes blockchain technology and uses smartphones that works as noise sensors via the Peaq network blockchain ecosystem. Its app is available for Android and iOS users.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 5.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Seed$2.5M
  • Dec 2023Seed$1M
Founders & team
Eric StotzCo-FounderTheo MessererCo-Founder
Investors
Borderless Capital, Moonrockcapital, Mvglobal, Cogitent, Blockchange, MV Global
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGitbookGoogle Workspace
#7
Seed · Garching, Bavaria · founded 2011 · 11 employees
$58.4Kraised

terraplasma GmbH provides patented technologies for producing cold atmospheric plasma. The technology is used by various industries for medical technology, hygiene, water treatment, odor management, emission control, and others. It is a partially ionized gas that helps in stopping the growth of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and spores. The company uses its propriety technology of Magnetically organized plasma coating technology, Surface micro-discharge technology, Microwave plasma technology, and Venturi plasma technology.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Seed
  • Oct 2018Grant (prize money)
  • Jul 2018Grant (prize money)$58.4K
Founders & team
Julia ZimmermannFounder & Managing DirectorHc MorfillFounder & Managing Director
Investors
Europa, EIC Fund, BioLab Holdings, Mpg
Tech stack
All-InklApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailBorlabs CookieCdnjsCloudflare
#8
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2022 · 25 employees
$5.8Mraised

Developer of carbon removal projects

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 24k LinkedIn followers — 19.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Series A$4.5M
  • Jan 2023Seed$1.3M
Founders & team
Felix HarteneckCo-Founder & CEONiklas KlugerCo-Founder & Chief Operations Officer
Investors
Carbon Removal Partners, Übermorgen Ventures, Mudcake, Katapult, Carbon-Drawdown, FoodLabs
Tech stack
Animate.CssApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianzCore-Js
#9
Seed · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 15 employees
$2.5Mraised

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LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 6.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Wolfklimaschutz Schweiz (Verein)) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • 2023Seed
  • Feb 2022Seed$2.5M
  • Jan 2021Grant (prize money)
Founders & team
Viet Leex-Co-FounderFlorian FinckeCo-Founder
Investors
Y Combinator, XAnge, Nordstar, Climate Capital, ESA BIC Bavaria & Northern Germany, Village Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareFathomGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted Libraries
#10
Seed · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2015 · 59 employees
$1.8Mraised

Hydrogen-powered conversion kits for commercial vehicles. The company develops conversion kits with components that include the injection system, exhaust gas recirculation, turbocharging and hydrogen catalytic converter.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 6.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. KEYOU) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Seed
  • Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$1.8M
  • Feb 2017Seed
Founders & team
Thomas KornCo-Founder & CEOAlvaro SousaCo-Founder & CIO
Investors
Nagel, EIC Fund, Europa, PortXL, Kreissparkasse Esslingen-Nürtingen mbH, KEYOU
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-JsGoogle Font Api
#11
Seed · Munich, Bavaria
raised

Provider of a climate protection software. It is dedicated to promoting environmental justice, energy security, and green energy conversations in low-income communities, focusing on climate change mitigation and resilience.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Ruth BosseCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Satgana, Another, Voyagers, Bund.de
#12
Seed · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2019
raised

Provider of software for climate neutrality. It focuses on digitizing sustainability and helping organizations reduce greenhouse gases and improve their ESG rankings.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Seed
Founders & team
Altan GuensoyCo-Founder & CEOSabine GunsoyCo-Founder & CMO
Investors
VAERING
Tech stack
Animate.CssApache Http ServerBorlabs CookieBricksCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management

Funding & investor landscape

$150.9Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
17disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
EIC Fund3 rounds
Europa3 rounds
Atlantic Labs2 rounds
Seraphim2 rounds
Advanced Blockchain1 rounds
Allguth1 rounds
Amadeus1 rounds
Ananda Impact Ventures1 rounds
Another1 rounds
Antler1 rounds

Notable founders

Daria Stepanova
Co-Founder & CEO · Airmo
Errico Armandillo
Co-Founder & CTO · Airmo
Lorenz Hetzel
Co-Founder & CTO · Tanso
Gyri Reiersen
Co-founder & CPO · Tanso
Paul Teufel
Co-Founder & CTO · Phlair
Malte Feucht
Co-Founder & CEO · Phlair
Simon Jaehnig
Chief Revenue Officer | Co-Founder · IntegrityNext
Michel Konder
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · autarkize
Friederike Peter
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · autarkize
Eric Stotz
Co-Founder · Silencio
Theo Messerer
Co-Founder · Silencio
Julia Zimmermann
Founder & Managing Director · terraplasma
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,317,189 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Air Pollution Management Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany

How research on Air Quality is moving in Germany

A read on the academic research around Air Quality — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,802 Germany-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820182026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 0% → 12% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Max Planck Institute for Chemistry192
  • Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research128
  • Forschungszentrum Jülich125
  • Helmholtz Zentrum München119
  • Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.115
leading researchers
Andrea Pozzer · Jos Lelieveld · Kathrin Wolf · Volker Matthias · Siqi Zhang · Matthias Karl · Sourangsu Chowdhury · Lorenza Gilardi
Breakthroughs172 · 10%
▲ 5%→10% share
▲2.0× share momentum0 median citations93% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (5%→10% of field), led by Air pollution.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Air pollution4→86
  • Pollution3→40
  • Particulates3→31
  • Pollutant2→30
  • Aerosol3→30
Newly emergingMeteorology 0→22 · Greenhouse gas 0→16 · Ozone 0→8
Landmark A global anthropogenic emission inventory of atmospheric pollutants from sector- and fuel-specific sources (1970–2017): · 580 cites
Advancements437 · 24%
▲ 20%→25% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations89% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (20%→25% of field), led by Air pollution.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Air pollution14→215
  • Pollution9→83
  • Pollutant6→70
  • Particulates9→67
  • Meteorology3→35
Newly emergingClimate change 0→15 · China 0→15 · Air traffic control 0→14
Landmark Enhanced haze pollution by black carbon in megacities in China · 946 cites
Concerns486 · 27%
▼ 39%→26% share
▼0.7× share momentum1 median citations84% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (39%→26% of field), led by Air pollution.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Air pollution29→249
  • Pollution7→88
  • Pollutant7→59
  • Particulates14→55
  • Aerosol1→41
Newly emergingEnvironmental planning 0→14 · Public health 0→14 · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 0→13
Landmark Contributions to cities' ambient particulate matter (PM): A systematic review of local source contributions at global le · 1,044 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany

Where air quality is researched across Germany

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Munich201 · +0.18
Hot · Environmental healthAdvancing · Waste managementOpportunity · Climate changeConcern · Confounding
Jülich/Bonn198 · +0.17
Hot · System of measurementAdvancing · Aerial surveyOpportunity · DroneConcern · Atmospheric chemistry
Berlin87 · +0.15
Hot · Global warmingAdvancing · Chemical transport modelOpportunity · Air pollutantsConcern · Asthma
Karlsruhe70 · +0.22
Hot · Atmospheric dispersion modelingAdvancing · Dispersion (optics)Opportunity · Greenhouse gasConcern · Air pollution
Heidelberg37 · +0.13
Hot · MethaneAdvancing · Atmospheric sciencesOpportunity · Aerosol
Stuttgart35 · +0.18
Hot · CombustionAdvancing · Environmental engineeringOpportunity · MeteorologyConcern · Pollutant
Aachen23 · +0.10
Hot · Diesel fuelAdvancing · Air pollutionOpportunity · PollutantConcern · Human health
Dresden13 · +0.09
Hot · ParticulatesAdvancing · PollutantOpportunity · PollutionConcern · Air pollution
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany

Who's filing air quality patents in Germany

Germany air quality patent filing is cooling — 170 filings from 196 assignees (2016–2025), led by Robert Bosch, Umicore & KG, Daimler; annual filings 15→12.

170 filings196 assigneespeak 31/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Robert Bosch61
  • Umicore & KG27
  • Daimler23
  • Orion ENG Carbons16
  • Emitec Emissionstechnologie15
  • Siemens13
  • Bayerische Motoren Werke10
  • Airbus10

Common questions

How many Air Pollution Management Tech companies are there in Bavaria, Germany?
Radar tracks 35 indexable Air Pollution Management Tech companies headquartered in Bavaria, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Bavaria, Germany?
The Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list have raised a combined $150.9M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Air Pollution Management Tech company in Bavaria, Germany?
IntegrityNext is the highest-funded Air Pollution Management Tech company in Bavaria, Germany, with $109M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Bavaria, Germany are funded?
10 of the 35 Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Air Pollution Management Tech unicorns are there in Bavaria, Germany?
None of the Air Pollution Management Tech companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Bavaria, Germany Air Pollution Management Tech companies?
The most active investors in Bavaria, Germany Air Pollution Management Tech companies on this list include EIC Fund, Europa, Atlantic Labs, Seraphim, Advanced Blockchain.
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