Best Environment Companies in New Mexico, United States
The 44 best Environment companies in New Mexico, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Array Technologies.
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 New Mexico
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Array Technologies Manufacturer of solar trackers 78Funding top 19%Patents top 22%Innovation top 29%Talent top 29% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% Patentstop 22% Innovationtop 29% Talenttop 29% Fin. healthtop 32% Producttop 32% Moattop 35% Techtop 37% Growthtop 43% Newstop 49% Marketbottom 49% Globalbottom 40% Funding: Raised $846M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 10 yrs (0.3/yr) Patents: 68 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 26 filings since 2022 vs 9 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $846M | 13 mo ago | Public | Ron Corio Founder | 1992 | DrupalApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+27 | 68 patents Solar photovoltaic mounting, stowage, and hail‑mitigation hardware systems | — |
| 2 | Advent Solar Silicon PV modules | $108M | 230 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2002 | — | 62 patents Monolithic integration of back-contact silicon solar cells and module assembly | — |
| 3 | Miox Provider of on-site chemical generator for water disinfection | $44M | 128 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1994 | — | 102 patents On‑site electrochemical synthesis of specialty halogenated and quaternary ammonium chemicals | — |
| 4 | Edgewater Technical Associates Provider of nuclear waste processing services | $34M | 67 mo ago | Series B | — | 2003 | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryWordPress+20 | — | 9 job openings |
| 5 | mPower Technologies Manufacturer of solar modules for space applications and related solutions 48Funding top 30%Tech top 33%Growth top 35%Talent top 38% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 30% Techtop 33% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 31% Marketbottom 23% Funding: Raised $31.4M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 6 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 35 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $31M | 16 mo ago | Series B | Murat Okandan Co-Founder | 2008 | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+18 | — | — |
| 6 | Envitrace Provider of AI software and services for energy and environmental solutions | $6M | 15 mo ago | Funding Raised | Trace Kliphuis Chief Executive Officer | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 7 | IX Power Clean Water Provider of water treatment services | $3M | 40 mo ago | Seed | John R Grizz Deal Chairman & CEO | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — | — |
| 8 | Plastic Concepts Plastic waste to construction systems | $353K | 121 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2010 | Amazon Web ServicesApache HTTP ServerSwiper+7 | 216 patents Design and engineering of heavy‑duty lids, handles, and containers for waste and sports gear | — |
| 9 | Positive Energy Solar Solar installation company | $137K | 109 mo ago | Early Stage | Allan Sindelar Founder | 1997 | ScorpionWordPressMySQL+29 | — | — |
Top 10 Environment companies in New Mexico
#1
Public · Albuquerque, New Mexico · founded 1992 · 14 employees$845.9Mraised▾
Manufacturer of solar trackers
- Jun 2025Post IPO$345M
- Aug 2021Post IPO$500M
- Jul 2016PE—
- Jan 2010Grant (prize money)$946.6K
#2
Series B · Albuquerque, New Mexico · founded 2008 · 10 employees$31.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of solar modules for space applications and related solutions. The company delivers high-volume production and rapid fulfillment of customizable modules. These modules adapt to complex applications and provide lower production costs. The company offers solutions for satellite constellations, lunar and deep space, and space logistics.
- Apr 2025Series B$21.1M
- Oct 2023Series B$16.2M
- Feb 2022Series B$10M
- Mar 2020Series A$5.3M
#3
Funding Raised · Santa Fe, New Mexico · founded 2021$6.1Mraised▾
Provider of AI software and services for energy and environmental solutions. It offers tools for geothermal exploration, induced seismicity mitigation, and contamination modeling. The company helps energy developers, environmental program managers, and research teams. It provides customizable AI software designed to analyze, process, and predict data. The company also offers consulting and cloud-based AI solutions.
- May 2025Grant (prize money)$1.4M
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$1.4M
- Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$463K
- Feb 2023Grant (prize money)$1.4M
#4
Acquired · Albuquerque, New Mexico · founded 2002 · 100 employees$108.4Mraised▾
Advent Solar produces silicon photovoltaic cell-to-module technology. Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A., the company focuses on delivering intellectual property (IP) for intelligent, high-energy silicon photovoltaic (PV) solutions. With patented, advanced technologies, Advent Solar enables higher value products that are Beautiful by Designâ„¢, changing the rules for smart grid economics. Advent Solar provides its industry-leading Venturaâ„¢ Technology through a licensing model. Ventura Solar Technology is a comprehensive cell-to-module architecture for high-performance solar modules that deliver the industry's best value for silicon PV modules. (The company website is not working as of Sept 2015)
- Jun 2007Series D$70M
- Nov 2005Series C$30M
- Dec 2004Series B$8M
- Nov 2003Grant (prize money)$10K
#5
Seed · Albuquerque, New Mexico · founded 2012 · 24 employees$3.3Mraised▾
Provider of water treatment services
- Apr 2023Seed$610.1K
- Jun 2022Seed$122.4K
- Apr 2020Seed$610.1K
- Sep 2018Seed$1.5M
#6
Series B · Los Alamos, New Mexico · founded 2003 · 321 employees$34Mraised▾
Provider of nuclear waste processing services
- Dec 2020Series B$34M
- Aug 2009Grant (prize money)$202.3K
#7
Acquired · Albuquerque, New Mexico · founded 1994 · 29 employees$43.5Mraised▾
Provider of on-site chemical generator for water disinfection
- Dec 2015Series C$3M
- Jan 2015Series C$1M
- Aug 2014Series C$1M
- Jun 2013Series C—
#8
Seed · Los Alamos, New Mexico · founded 2021 · 2 employees$20Kraised▾
Developer of solar-powered technologies designed to reverse the adverse effects of global warming. The company's equipment operates on solar energy with off-grid options, also process saline well water, seawater, RO brine and other contaminated waters to distilled water and dry salt, enabling communities, crops, and corporations to get access to carbon capture technologies in a simplified way.
- 2023Seed$20K
#9
Funding Raised · Mosquero, New Mexico · founded 2010$353.1Kraised▾
Plastic Concepts transforms plastic and rubber waste into a construction system for temporary and permanent homes, shelters, classrooms, community halls and other buildings. Plastic waste is recycled and then melted and injected into a mold to produce plastic blocks that work as Lego pieces. The materials contain additives that make them resistant to fire and as the structure is made of plastic, it is resistant to earthquakes. Clients are the government, non-governmental organizations, foundations and private companies. The company claims it can build a house for a single family of four people in five days.
- Jul 2016Grant (prize money)$353.1K
#10
Early Stage · Albuquerque, New Mexico · founded 1997 · 89 employees$137.1Kraised▾
Solar installation company
- Jul 2017Unattributed$37.6K
- Jul 2012Unattributed$99.5K
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 the United States
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 3,039 United States-affiliated papers.
- United States Geological Survey157
- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies112
- Environmental Protection Agency84
- National Research Council79
- National Park Service76
- Software deployment2→31
- Pollution3→27
- Air quality index1→25
- Water quality10→34
- Air pollution3→25
- Air quality index14→60
- Air pollution8→51
- Pollutant4→32
- Sampling (signal processing)14→42
- Water quality23→48
- Human health1→32
- Pollution4→33
- Air quality index6→31
- Pollutant6→28
- Biodiversity1→22
Where environmental monitoring is researched across United States
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 the United States
United States environmental monitoring patent filing is accelerating — 450 filings from 343 assignees (2016–2025), led by LEEO, Valencell, United Parcel Service; annual filings 47→49.
- LEEO41
- Valencell25
- United Parcel Service21
- Honeywell INT20
- Apple18
- Venturedyne18
- Pillar TECH17
- IND Scient16
Common questions
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