Best Environment Companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France
The 54 best Environment companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Gerflor.
Our analysis of 309 Environment companies
$75.8b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Environment companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acoem Provider of environmental and industrial monitoring solutions for various applications | — | — | Funding Raised | 850 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | 1 award |
| 2 | Blokiwood Developer of a modular wall system | — | — | Funding Raised | 2 | Joel Menard Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — | — |
| 3 | Cap Sud Provider of solar panel installation and maintenance services for residential | — | — | Acquired | 110 | Stephane Gilli Owner & CEO | — | — | — |
| 4 | Capillum Provider of waste recycling services | — | — | Funding Raised | 12 | James Taylor Co-Founder & CEO | PHPLaravelLivewire+18 | 16 patents High‑strength biodegradable mulches and absorbent films for sustainable agriculture | — |
| 5 | Carbon Manufacturer of wafers, cell, and modules | — | — | Unfunded | — | Pascal Richard Co-Founder | Partner | WordPressMySQLPHP+13 | 2 patents Direct air capture technologies using solid sorbents for ambient CO2 removal | — |
| 6 | Climatescape Provider of environment consultancy services | — | — | Funding Raised | 2 | Brendan Loudermilk Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 7 | Collvert Provider of waste collection services | — | — | Acquired | — | Jean-Marie V CEO | Cart FunctionalityPrestaShopMySQL+17 | — | — |
| 8 | Cy-Clope Provider of waste recycling services | — | — | Unfunded | 23 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — | — |
Top 12 Environment companies in Auvergne Rhone Alpes
#1
Series A · Fontaine, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2020 · 23 employees$16.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of magnetic confinement fusion
- Mar 2025Series A$34.3M
- Jan 2023Seed$16.4M
- 2022Seed—
- 2021Seed—
#2
Series C · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2017 · 23 employees$92.6Mraised▾
LANGA International is a French renewable energy company that develops, builds, and operates renewable energy facilities. They offer renewable energy solutions and provide the latest news in the industry.
- Jan 2024Series C$92.6M
#3
Series D · Jonage, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2014$109.3Mraised▾
Developer of solar energy projects
- Dec 2023Series D$109.3M
#4
Series A · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2021$42.1Mraised▾
Provider of strategic metal production and battery recycling with low impact. The company focuses on recovering metals from end-of-life batteries and production scraps. It employs a process designed to minimize environmental impact and maximize resource recovery. The business model emphasizes creating a circular economy by reintegrating recovered materials.
- Oct 2023Series A$42.1M
#5
Acquired · Grenoble, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2015 · 10 employees$11Mraised▾
Provider of solid waste management and recycling services
- Feb 2024Post IPO$60M
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$2.8M
- Nov 2019Series A$11M
#6
Seed · Chasse sur Rhone, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2019$3.4Mraised▾
Recyc'Elit is an innovative startup that has developed a patented low-carbon recycling process for polyester-based textile materials. They specialize in the selective chemical separation of polyester from other fiber materials without causing damage. Their goal is to solve complex textile recycling issues and contribute to the circular economy.
- May 2024Seed—
- Oct 2023Seed$3.4M
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$149.8K
#7
Acquired · Tarare, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 1937 · 4200 employees$318.8Mraised▾
Manufacturer of flooring and interior furnishing products
#8
Series A · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2004$6.4Mraised▾
Developer of large-scale renewable energy power projects
- Jun 2023Series A$6.4M
#9
Early Stage · Saint Quentin Fallavier, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 1977 · 48 employees$9.6Mraised▾
Provider of battery recycling services
#10
Funding Raised · Roussillon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2012 · 30 employees$130.3Kraised▾
Nereus is a France-based company focused on developed technology solutions for management of wastewater in commercial and industrial applications. The company has developed its solutions based on membrane filtration technology. The company's solution Mobilis extracts water from slurry pits using sieving, ceramic module filtration and reverse osmosis. Valordig solution aims to extract water from biogas sludge using similar techniques. Recynov is a solution for commercial applications for wastewater recycling.
- Apr 2024Grant (prize money)$130.3K
#11
Seed · Dardilly, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2012 · 36 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Operator of a solar self-consumption company intended to support professionals and individuals towards energy autonomy. The company offers individuals and professionals photovoltaic devices for energy independence and has developed advanced management tools for solar production, enabling clients to optimize consumption and move towards autonomy.
- Jun 2022Seed$2.1M
#12
Funding Raised · Saint Paul Trois Chateaux, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2009 · 11 employees$4.6Mraised▾
H2P Systems is a company that develops and manufactures solutions to transform waste into carbon-neutral energy. They specialize in CHP systems that convert industrial gases into usable power.
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$1.5M
- Oct 2017Grant (prize money)$1.6M
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$1.5M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Environment coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Environmental Monitoring is moving in France
A read on the academic research around Environmental Monitoring — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 652 France-affiliated papers.
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique183
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement58
- Ifremer57
- Aix-Marseille Université27
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement25
- Pollution1→9
- Biomonitoring3→7
- Pollutant1→5
- Underwater1→4
- Wireless sensor network3→6
- Environmental DNA1→23
- Biodiversity5→21
- Sampling (signal processing)3→17
- Water quality3→16
- Contamination1→13
- Contamination2→8
- Pollution1→7
- Pesticide1→7
- Water quality4→9
- Ecosystem1→6
Where environmental monitoring is researched across France
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.
Who's filing environmental monitoring patents in France
France environmental monitoring patent filing is steady — 7 filings from 3 assignees (2021–2025), led by Commissariat Energie Atomique, Oreal, Thales; annual filings 1→1.
- Commissariat Energie Atomique5
- Oreal2
- Thales1
Common questions
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