Best Environment Companies in Minnesota, United States
The 113 best Environment companies in Minnesota, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Madison Air.
Our analysis of 90 Environment companies
$38.2b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Environment companies in Minnesota
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | advanced water treatment Advanced Water Treatment is a water softening equipment supplier. | — | — | 15 | 1998 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | ALLETE Clean Energy Independent wind power producer | — | — | 43 | 2011 | — | — | — | 2 job openings · 1 expansion |
| 3 | Allstates Pavement Recycling & Stabilization Provider of road infrastructure development services | — | — | 86 | 2014 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Apadana Renewable energy solution provider with a focus on solar energy systems installation and design | — | — | 381 | 2013 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+30 | — | — |
| 5 | ARCA Recycling Provider of waste recycling services | — | — | 37 | 1991 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Ashtead Technology Provider of subsea equipment rental and solutions for the offshore energy sector | — | — | 11 | 1985 | — | WordPress Block EditorCart FunctionalityWooCommerce+29 | — | — |
| 7 | atlas ssi Atlas SSI is a supplier of raw water intake screens and bulk material handling equipment manufacturer. | — | — | 56 | 1998 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — |
| 8 | automatic systems company Automatic Systems Company is a water treatment plant automation company that provides water, wastewater, and… | — | — | 38 | 1967 | — | — | — | 1 job opening |
Top 12 Environment companies in Minnesota
#1
Public · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2005$10.9Braised▾
As one of the world’s largest privately held companies, Madison Air exists to help our customers realize the often invisible, but very real return better air has for us all.
- Apr 2026Series D$10.9B
#2
Seed · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2021 · 5 employees$6Mraised▾
Provider of carbon removal services
- Dec 2025Seed$6M
#3
Series A · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2017 · 24 employees$10.4Mraised▾
Producer of recyclable cups and food ware intended to eliminate single-use plastic waste at live events. The company's cups provide rentable and reusable items and also offer an application for tracking waste and infrastructure, turn-key operations, and campaigns that are transforming throwaway culture and showcasing the importance of circularity, enabling the restaurant and live events industry to create meaningful connections between restaurant operators and their clientele.
- Jul 2025Series A$160K
- Nov 2023Series A$4.7M
- Jul 2023Series A$7.9M
#4
Series B · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2017 · 31 employees$34.8Mraised▾
Developer of solar energy projects
- Feb 2025Series B$333.4K
- Jul 2024Series B$30M
- Aug 2022Series A$1.8M
- May 2021Series A$3.1M
#5
Funding Raised · Saint Paul, Minnesota · founded 1986$2.1Mraised▾
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- Mar 2024Grant (prize money)—
- Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$950K
- Mar 2021Grant (prize money)$1.2M
#6
Deadpooled · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2008 · 51 employees$74.4Mraised▾
tenKsolar designs, manufactures and markets PV systems which provide high kilowatt hour production per unit area at the low cost per kilowatt hour. tenKsolar has announced its RAIS Wave system which combines PV modules, reflectors and racking configured in a repeating wave pattern to provide the highest density energy producing system for flat roof or ground mount systems. tenKsolar's proprietary Cell Optimizing architecture makes PV modules more efficient and unique in their ability to generate energy from all available light, whether direct, diffuse or reflected.
- Jan 2016Series D$25.2M
- Sep 2015Series C$1.9M
- Apr 2015Series C$6M
- Oct 2014Series C$8M
#7
Series B · Chanhassen, Minnesota · founded 2000 · 56 employees$11.5Mraised▾
Developer of large scale solar energy power projects
- May 2022Series B$11.5M
#8
Series A · Rogers, Minnesota · founded 2022$9.2Mraised▾
Provider of plastic recycling services
- Jun 2022Conventional Debt—
- Jun 2022Series A$9.2M
#9
Series A · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2001 · 51 employees$9.9Mraised▾
Provider of waste recycling services
- Dec 2016Series A$9.9M
- Jul 2009Grant (prize money)—
#10
Deadpooled · Plymouth, Minnesota · founded 2007$8.3Mraised▾
Developer of lubricants from used motor oil
- Apr 2014Series A$3.6M
- Sep 2011Series A$4.7M
#11
Series A · Brooklyn Park, Minnesota · founded 2006 · 13 employees$2.3Mraised▾
Manufacturer of solid waste management trash bins designed to decompose trash in a sustainable manner. The company's bins consist of custom trash bags used in mall food courts, fast food restaurants and dining rooms, enabling clients to replace the traditional methods of low waste disposal in an environment-friendly manner.
- Mar 2020Series A$100K
- Apr 2016Series A$1.3M
- Apr 2016Conventional Debt—
- Jul 2012Seed$115.1K
#12
Public · Eagan, Minnesota · founded 2002 · 31 employees$3.2Mraised▾
Provider of medical waste management services
- Jan 2018Post IPO$2.8M
- Dec 2017Post IPO$1.3M
- Aug 2014Post IPO$122.2K
- Jul 2014Post IPO$733.2K
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
What Minnesota researches in environmental monitoring
University of Minnesota leads Minnesota's environmental monitoring research—spanning air quality forecasting and freshwater ecology—with a cautiously optimistic tone (mean stance 0.37) skewed toward advancement.
- University of Minnesota11
- University of Minnesota System3
- University of Minnesota, Duluth3
- Minnesota Department of Health2
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources1
Common questions
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