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Best Environment Companies in Gelderland, Netherlands

The 46 best Environment companies in Gelderland, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: HyET group.

46companies tracked
$2.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT × GELDERLAND

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.

309companies analysed
79%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
7unicorns
2015median founding year

Ranked: Best Environment companies in Gelderland

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1HyET group
Developer of technologies for renewable energy, hydrogen production, and lithium batteries
$1M101 mo agoAcquiredRombout Swanborn
Founder
2008———
2BLUE-tec
Provider of membrane technology services
$873K63 mo agoFunding RaisedLex van Dijk
Founder & CEO
2014———
3Optixolar
Develops technology to reduce the cost of solar power
$84K144 mo agoDeadpooledSimon Meijer
CEO
2013———
4Kenter
Provider of energy infrastructure, electric vehicle charging, and energy management solutions
$38K115 mo agoAcquiredErik Ende
CEO
2016WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+30——
5Daly Plastics
Provider of waste management services
—50 mo agoFunding RaisedP Daalder
Owner
1985WordPressMySQLPHP+2——
6Nijhuis Industries
Industrial wastewater management solutions
—70 mo agoAcquired—1904Amazon Web ServicesApache HTTP ServerModernizr+9——
7Huismerk Energie
Promoter and preserver of blues and rock music heritage, hosting live music events
—92 mo agoSeries AJohn Laurysen
Founder
2012———
8PortLiner
Home | PortLiner
—100 mo agoFunding Raised—————

Top 12 Environment companies in Gelderland

#1
Funding Raised · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2014 · 4 employees
$873Kraised
▾

Provider of membrane filtration technologies intended to improve water filtration and nutrient recovery. The company's technologies focus on the development of forwarding Osmosis and Ammonia Membrane Stripping for industry, agriculture, or wastewater treatment, enabling businesses to increase the sustainability of water processes easily.

Funding rounds
  • May 2021Grant (prize money)$43.8K
  • Aug 2020Grant (prize money)$329.8K
  • Oct 2016Grant (prize money)$499.5K
Founders & team
Lex van DijkFounder & CEO
Investors
Europa, Oost NL
#2
Acquired · Arnhem, Gelderland · founded 2008
$1.1Mraised
▾

Developer of technologies for renewable energy, hydrogen production, and lithium batteries. The company focuses on creating commercially viable access to decentralized renewable energy sources. It develops technologies for solar photovoltaic, green hydrogen production, and solid-state lithium-ion batteries. The company aims to support environmentally sustainable economic development through its technology applications.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Pertamina NRE) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2018Series A—
  • Oct 2016Grant (prize money)$1.1M
Founders & team
Rombout SwanbornFounder
Investors
AP Ventures, Europa
#3
Acquired · Duiven, Gelderland · founded 2016
$38Kraised
▾

Provider of energy infrastructure, electric vehicle charging, and energy management solutions. They offer transformer stations, compact stations, and temporary power supplies. The company provides electric vehicle charging solutions for fleets and public spaces. They also deliver energy monitoring, data reporting, and power quality measurement services.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 30.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. TLN) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$19.6K
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$18.4K
Founders & team
Erik EndeCEO
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAppnexusBackbone.JsBootstrapCdnjsCloudflare
#4
Deadpooled · Asperen, Gelderland · founded 2013
$84Kraised
▾

Optixolar is developing a technology for optimization of solar yield by using the principle of concentrated photovoltaics. By concentrating sunlight onto solar cell less number of cells are required to achieve the same result. The company is working on fixed installation without installation of active cooling.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2014Seed$84K
Founders & team
Simon MeijerCEO
Investors
Oost NL
#5
Funding Raised · Zutphen, Gelderland · founded 1985
—raised
▾

Provider of waste management services

Founders & team
P DaalderOwner
Investors
REPEATS
#6
Acquired · Doetinchem, Gelderland · founded 1904 · 294 employees
—raised
▾

Nijhuis Industries is a Netherlands headquartered company specialized in providing services for industrial wastewater treatment and management. The company provides systems such as filters, flocculation systems, flotation systems, biological treatment plants, sludge management systems and disinfection systems. The company operates in over 100 countries and caters to a wide range on industries.

Investors
Europa, Egeria
#7
Series A · Nijmegen, Gelderland · founded 2012 · 39 employees
—raised
▾

Promoter and preserver of blues and rock music heritage, hosting live music events. This entity promotes, preserves, and furthers the blues and rock heritage through live music performances at its original venue and partnerships with local festivals. It provides a platform for established and emerging musicians, contributing to the ongoing legacy of British rhythm and blues. The organization also maintains an active online presence, sharing news and information about its events and the history of the music genre. The focus is on supporting and showcasing live music performances within the established venue and expanding its reach through collaborations.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2018Series A—
Founders & team
John LaurysenFounder
Investors
Greenchoice, Oost NL
#8
Funding Raised · Huissen, Gelderland
—raised
▾

Home | PortLiner

Investors
European Union
Tech stack
JouwwebYoutubeVimeoNginxOpen Graph
#9
Funding Raised · Geldermalsen West, Gelderland · founded 1989 · 231 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of waste recycling services intended to keep the environment clean and produce energy. The company's service includes waste management, sustainable collection of waste and raw materials and efficient maintenance of public space in the river land region, enforcement, policy, advice, and commercial waste recycling activities, enabling people to stay safe and healthy and also keep the environment sanitary by reducing waste.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 5.5% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Erik de VriesCEO & Director
Investors
Innovatie- en Energiefonds Gelderland, Triodos Investment Management, Oost NL
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailDrupalFont AwesomeGoogle Analytics
#10
Funding Raised · Beltrum, Gelderland · founded 1958 · 11 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of modernized machinery services intended to offer engineering and agricultural works. The company's services include agricultural contract work, earthworks, transport, earthmoving, and agricultural farm works, enabling clients to avail of contracts based on their construction needs.

Founders & team
Willem Van De BekkeFounder
Investors
European Union, Oost NL
Tech stack
CloudflareCore-JsElfsightFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#11
Series A · Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland · founded 1961 · 400 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of plastic waste recycling services

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 13.4% of this cohort's audience · 34 engagements/post (2.0× cohort median)
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +0 · hiring: HR-administratief medewerker, Officemanager
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Rolf MorssinkhofOwner
Investors
IKEA, Egeria
#12
Series A · Arnhem, Gelderland · founded 2010 · 19 employees
—raised
▾

Greenspread is a solar PV system developer which offers feasibility study, procurement, construction, financing ( lease), monitoring and management services. Clients include PCBO – Máximaschool, TerneuzenWide Care School De Cambier, The Sébaschool, OchtenDeventer Hospital, EpeRadiotherapy group, ArnhemGemeentehuis Veghel, VeghelCare farm De Maarhoeve, Rehoboth school, Rijnstate Hospital, ArnhemSports hall De Hazelaar, Rosmalen Vondelparc and Utrecht Spaarne Gasthuis.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2013Series A—
Founders & team
Jan WillemFounder & Director
Investors
Enfuro Ventures, BOM
Tech stack
Craft CmsPhpYiiWistiaAzure Front DoorAzure

Funding & investor landscape

$2.1Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
7disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Oost NL10 rounds
Europa4 rounds
Triodos Investment Management3 rounds
BOM2 rounds
Egeria2 rounds
European Union2 rounds
AP Ventures1 rounds
DutchBasecamp1 rounds
EIT InnoEnergy1 rounds
Enfuro Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Lex van Dijk
Founder & CEO · BLUE-tec
Rombout Swanborn
Founder · HyET group
Erik Ende
CEO · Kenter
Simon Meijer
CEO · Optixolar
P Daalder
Owner · Daly Plastics
John Laurysen
Founder · Huismerk Energie
Erik de Vries
CEO & Director · Avri
Willem Van De Bekke
Founder · Groot Zevert
Rolf Morssinkhof
Owner · Morssinkhof Rymoplast
Jan Willem
Founder & Director · Greenspread
Alfred van den Brink
Co-Founder · E-Kite Wind Power Systems
Prism market signals · Netherlands · country-scoped Prism corpus, 190,112 docs

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

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Netherlands

How research on Environmental Monitoring is moving in the Netherlands

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 374 Netherlands-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201120202026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 17% → 36% across 2011–2026.
top research entities
  • Wageningen University & Research58
  • Delft University of Technology41
  • Deltares32
  • Utrecht University28
  • Joint Research Centre23
leading researchers
Anabella Ferral · Michal Shimoni · Tim van Emmerik · Alba Germán · Hommersom, Annelies · Alikas, Krista · Peter Behnisch · Lammert Kooistra
▲ Breakthroughs53 · 14%
▲ 13%→15% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations77% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (13%→15% of field), led by European union.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • European union1→5
  • Aquatic ecosystem1→4
Newly emergingBiodiversity 0→6
Landmark Multimedia Modeling of Engineered Nanoparticles with SimpleBox4nano: Model Definition and Evaluation · 200 cites
◆ Advancements119 · 32%
▲ 13%→31% share
▲2.4× share momentum0 median citations70% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (13%→31% of field), led by Water quality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Water quality1→12
  • Biodiversity1→9
  • Environmental resource management3→8
  • Environmental planning1→5
  • Sampling (signal processing)1→5
Newly emergingEnvironmental impact assessment 0→7 · Eutrophication 0→6 · Water resources 0→5
Landmark Combining Satellite Data and Community-Based Observations for Forest Monitoring · 53 cites
▼ Concerns112 · 30%
▼ 38%→30% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations71% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (38%→30% of field), led by Biodiversity.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Biodiversity2→11
  • Context (archaeology)1→8
  • Ecosystem1→6
  • Environmental resource management5→9
  • Contamination1→5
Newly emergingWorkflow 0→5 · Environmental impact assessment 0→5 · Groundwater 0→5
Landmark Emerging pollutants in the environment: A challenge for water resource management · 1,081 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Netherlands

Where environmental monitoring is researched across Netherlands

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.

Delft84 · +0.28
Hot · Water qualityAdvancing · European unionOpportunity · BiodiversityConcern · Deliverable
Wageningen66 · +0.23
Hot · AgricultureAdvancing · European unionOpportunity · PollutionConcern · Pesticide
Groningen53 · +0.44
Hot · Mediterranean climateAdvancing · Wireless sensor networkOpportunity · Vegetation (pathology)
Utrecht31 · +0.19
Hot · Environmental healthAdvancing · Marine Strategy Framework DirectiveOpportunity · Environmental impact assessment
Nijmegen22 · +0.14
Hot · Environmental chemistryOpportunity · Biogeochemical cycleConcern · Environmental health
Leiden20 · +0.26
Hot · Citizen scienceAdvancing · Environmental engineeringOpportunity · MetadataConcern · Biodiversity
Amsterdam19 · +0.19
Opportunity · Microplastics
Rotterdam9 · +0.14
Opportunity · Greenhouse gas

Common questions

How many Environment companies are there in Gelderland, Netherlands?
Radar tracks 46 indexable Environment companies headquartered in Gelderland, Netherlands that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment companies in Gelderland, Netherlands?
The Environment companies in Gelderland, Netherlands on this list have raised a combined $2.1M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment company in Gelderland, Netherlands?
HyET group is the highest-funded Environment company in Gelderland, Netherlands, with $1.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment companies in Gelderland, Netherlands are funded?
4 of the 46 Environment companies in Gelderland, Netherlands on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment unicorns are there in Gelderland, Netherlands?
None of the Environment companies in Gelderland, Netherlands on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Gelderland, Netherlands Environment companies?
The most active investors in Gelderland, Netherlands Environment companies on this list include Oost NL, Europa, Triodos Investment Management, BOM, Egeria.
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